By: Tim Plouff Brett Alexander is not a typical Ford Bronco aficionado. His personaldooryard is full of GM big-Dooley pickup trucks and his summer car is aCamaro SS convertible, while his Ellsworth Maine mechanics shop is brimmingwith every vehicle imaginable–from Subaru’s and Toyota’s to dieselambulances, boxy Volvo wagons and Pantera’s, Brett works on them all. […]
By SCOTT WASSER It took less than 10 seconds and a single statement for Jim Morrison to get my attention. Morrison, Jeep Brand – North America Vice President, was introducing several dozen NEMPA members to Jeep’s newest vehicles. He began his presentation stating, “After 80 years, we’re really dialed into adventure, and the Jeep brand […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
