California Dreaming
When JLR announced that it would reveal the new Defender to American enthusiasts at the Los Angeles Auto Show last November, I booked my flights and hotel imme... Read More...
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Snowpocalypse!
What could go wrong? I just had to get myself from my home outside of Denver to Copper Mountain to cover the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix.It’s only a short d... Read More...
Daughters in the Desert
Put me on a boat far out to sea, with no land in sight. Scouring the horizon, I remain calm. Let the boat rock and the waves crash onto the bow. I’m fine.... Read More...
The Day I Drove Old Dixie Home
Last October, I became a verse in the song, “The Day They Drove Old Dixie Down”; another carpetbagger walking off with a slice of Virginia history. “A faux sol... Read More...
Behind the Steering Wheel – Winter 2020
As I write this column, winter has arrived in New England, replete with icy cold temperatures and bracing winds. Over in New Hampshire, February becomes the cu... Read More...
Honoring Guy Fawkes
In 1605, Guy Fawkes led a plot to blow up the British Parliament using 36 barrels of gunpowder. When the authorities foiled his assassination attempt, they sent... Read More...
The Return of the Defender
David E. Davis of Car and Driver once wrote of “perfectly reasonable people who take leave of their senses on first meeting a Land Rover,” in this case, a ’64 S... Read More...
The Ultimate County Vehicle: Defender
The announcement of the new Defender has raised a storm of protest and a tsunami of appreciation for the NAS Defenders imported by Land Rover North America from... Read More...
Down the Rabbit Hole
For many years I sat behind a computer screen in San Francisco, working as a video game artist. My job was to create the landscapes essential for any successful... Read More...
Hooray for Ouray!
When Maurice Wilks sketched a silhouette on the sand of a Welsh beach in 1947, he had no idea that it would become the most world’s most intrepid and iconic veh... Read More...
Happy 30th Anniversary Discovery
Turning 30 became a touchstone for Baby Boomers, who proclaimed, “Don’t trust anyone over 30!” as well as for Gen X’ers, who obsessed over their tribulations wa... Read More...
Jessi Combs: A Life At Full Throttle
The automotive world lost a most compelling personality with the death of Jessi Combs on August 27, 2019.She died when the 56-foot jet-powered vehicle, the ... Read More...