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The recent catastrophic flooding in Libya had me remembering my one and only visit to Libya many years ago. And a reason to re-publish this article. I was overlanding decades before the term existed, in the 1960s, when it was called – simply – touring. It was my honeymoon, an extended journey through Europe and
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The automobile was born on August 26, 1885. That is the day Gottlieb Daimler filed a patent for his ‘riding car’, the world’s first vehicle with an internal combustion engine. The world would never be the same, and more than 100 years later, engineers and designers are still tinkering with the size, power and performance
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Indianapolis is justifiably famous for the Indy 500 race every Memorial Day weekend. It’s the oldest race in the USA – 2023 is the 107th running – and one of the most famous races in the world. But Indianapolis has a much more to offer, during Race Week or anytime of the year. Here’s why Indianapolis is on our list of where to go next.
The US Postal Service has issued a love letter to the American Pony Car, with new Forever Stamps that honor legendary 1960s models. The Pony Car stamps celebrate five iconic U.S. automobiles — the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302 (think Steve McQueen in Bullitt), the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the
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Pierce Arrow. Studebaker. Packard. Hudson. Tucker. AMC. Pontiac. DeSoto. These and other automakers of the past no longer in business are showcased in wonderful new exhibit at the Hershey Auto Museum in Pennsylvania. 100 years ago, even 50 years ago, there were dozens of small companies making cars in the USA. Some survived, like Ford.
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Bertha Benz was the first documented woman driver and the first woman we would describe today as an automotive marketing pro or influencer. Her pioneering and headline-making 130-mile round-trip drive in 1888 between home and her mother’s house was a media sensation and helped her husband’s motorized contraption become popular. It was a road trip
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Automotive history: How Mercedes got its name. 120 years ago, the name of an eleven-year-old girl became the epitome of cars and the first luxury car brand in the world. On April 2, 1900, Gottlieb Daimler named the vehicles produced by his Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (Daimler Motor Company) as Mercédès, after the daughter of Daimler’s biggest customer.
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Cuba is a fabulous “bucket list” destination, with those memorable vintage cars, historic architecture, music and dancing everywhere, including in the streets, interesting art and history museums, including the home of Hemingway, and friendly people hungry for contact with Americans. I’ve been to Cuba twice in the last six years, and ready to return to
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If you own a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, this perk is for you: Get behind the wheel of a racecar and drive yourself around one of the legendary racetracks of Europe, including Hockenheim, with a professional race driver as your guide. The Mercedes-Benz Classic Trackdays experience is organized by the former racing driver Jörg van Ommen, a
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Any time is a good time to plan a visit to the city where every Chevrolet Corvette in the world is produced. Tour the National Corvette Museum and Mammoth Caves, one of the largest national parks in the USA.