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Published on Dec. 16, 2024, 8:37 a.m.
In the sepia-toned photographs of the first automotive age, there’s a freewheeling spirit, but also a glaring absence. Amid the…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 7:46 a.m.
There was a time when starting an automobile was an act of unceremonious violence. It was an intimate, often treacherous, dialo…
Published on Nov. 24, 2024, 5:40 a.m.
A car’s dashboard is the face of its era. The wood grain and chrome dials of the 1970s spoke of analog luxury. The hard plastic…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 8:57 a.m.
There’s a violence to the old stories. A sudden, sharp kick from a hand-crank that could break a man’s wrist, an engine that re…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 8:07 a.m.
In 1859, French physicist Gaston Planté arranged two lead sheets, separated by a rubber strip, and submerged them in a jar of s…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 7:40 a.m.
There is a ghost in every car ever made. It’s a silent specter that haunted the earliest motorists and, despite a century of in…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 6:54 a.m.
In 1859, long before the first automobile engine coughed to life, a French physicist named Gaston Planté submerged two lead pla…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 5:03 a.m.
It began with a moment of chivalry that ended in tragedy. In 1908, on a cold bridge in Detroit, Cadillac founder Henry Leland’s…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 4:14 a.m.
There is a visceral conversation that occurs between a driver and a powerful machine. It’s a dialogue written in throttle input…
Published on Nov. 23, 2024, 5:09 a.m.
Before the quiet hum of an electric starter, starting a car was a violent, intimate act. It was a brutal ballet between man and…