Matt went long on the UAW's drive to unionize auto plants located in the American South. I don't need to recap pro- and anti-union arguments -- you know them by now. What I am curious about is this: Do you think unionization of these plants would be a good thing, or a bad thing? For example, does unionization buoy the local economy by giving workers...

In our last installment of the Cadillac Eldorado saga, we covered the engineering and equipment advancements that arrived with the fourth generation in 1959. All Cadillacs grew longer, lower, and wider, and the exclusive Fleetwood Brougham moved closer to its Biarritz and Seville siblings. But the big news for 1959 was all-new styling courtesy of Bill...

Today we serve up a heavily modified 1992 BMW 535i. This is apparently a "hobby" car that has never been driven in the winter and has been garage-kept.Mods include the camshaft, exhaust manifold and exhaust system (including the muffler), wheels, and radiator fan. There's a Bilstein suspension, launch control, Konig seats, and Alpina front and rear...

The entertaining Ford Heritage Vault is a treasure trove of photos and information from the Blue Oval’s yesteryear, including the scattered forgotten concept vehicle. Whilst looking for details to inform another story, we stumbled upon this fantastic concept from when the Ford Explorer was brand new and taking the world by storm.Called the Explorer...

Last month, I was chatting with Dave Thomas from CDK Global on the TTAC podcast. We were discussing electric vehicles, and Dave suggested that for many EV buyers, range isn’t that much of an issue. That’s because, he said, many EV buyers will be able to charge at home and/or at work on a daily basis, and they aren’t going to use their EVs for long...

All good things eventually come to an end. The Chevy Corvette got its most dramatic makeover ever in 2020, but the man behind the car’s evolution since 2006 recently announced his retirement. Tadge Juechter, the Corvette Executive Chief Engineer, is retiring from General Motors after a career that spanned 47 years. His involvement with the Corvette...