By: Roger Parent I attended “The Gathering” of the Audrain Auto Museum’s Newport Concours and Motor Week at Rough Point, the cottage of Frederick William Vanderbilt that he built in 1894 on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, RI. Nice neighborhood! Later, when the house was finally sold out of the family to the next family in […]
Author Archive | Lisa Brock
Saying Goodbye to the Mazda6
By: Matt Smith Nothing gold can stay. For the sedan, those words ring painfully true. Ford was one of the first to drop the guillotine blade on its cars, shuttering the Fiesta, Focus, and Fusion in succession, but General Motors soon followed. When looking at Mazda, at its size and scale, that similar measures are […]
New England’s Automotive Legacy Will Grace the Field at Pebble Beach
By: Natalie Harrington It’s no exaggeration to call New England the birthplace of the American collector car hobby. The original American car collectors were a pair of young aristocrats, each with a New England pedigree through and through. Diplomat Larz Anderson was educated at Exeter and Harvard; he married Isabel Anderson (née Weld), a Boston […]
Acura Offers MDX-cellent Choice for Sporty and Luxurious Family Motoring
By: Scott Wasser 2022 Acura MDX (Photo Credit: Kevin Nguyen) Seeing a 2022 Acura MDX roll into my driveway for a week-long evaluation, it felt like I’d finally reached the front of the line at a favorite Disney attraction. I’ve been an MDX fan since it debuted as a 2001 model and couldn’t wait to […]
Cape Cod for Car Folk – Rainy Day Edition
By: Natalie Harrington On a rainy Cape Cod weekend, what’s a visiting car guy or gal to do? Here’s a great option: consider hitting up the Toad Hall Classic Sports Car Collection. Named for the car-loving batrachian from the classic novel The Wind in the Willows, this charming spot is chock-full of autos, whimsy, and […]
Ford Introduces – and Delivers – New Bronco to NEMPA Members
By: Scott Wasser Despite encroachment every so often from a Ram 1500 TRX, an F-150 Raptor, or a Land Rover owner who makes a wrong turn leaving the country club, Jeep has had the road – make that the off-road – pretty much to itself for many years. No longer, Tim Son Hing told NEMPA […]