The Rear View Mirror

Road Trip Eats: Crowbar Caf� and Saloon, Shoshone, California

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:43:39 +0100

Automotive Traveler's eccentric yet hospitable editor tells of his favorite place to eat after a long day's spy shooting and extends an invitation for two test engineers to share dinner with him next Wednesday evening. Where does one eat after spending all day in 120-degree temperatures testing (or if you're a...

New 2010 Jaguar XJ Breaks Cover

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:51:55 +0100

In a clean break with its storied past, the new XJ forges a bold styling direction for all future Jaguars. While it might seem like today is British Car Day here on Automotive Traveler, it's only a coincidence that yesterday we snapped some detailed photos of the MINI 4X4 Crossover. What's...

The History of Agent Provocateur Automotive Journalism

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:11:08 +0100

In the age of Internet blogs, where bomb-throwing agent provocateurs predominate, it's fun to look back on automotive journalism's original bad boys, the editors at Car and Driver.From about this time last year, when automotivetraveler.com started a concerted effort to build our "brand" and with it traffic to the site...

Rainy Day Website: automotivemileposts.com

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:50:09 +0100

In looking up data for yesterday's All-GM Show blog, I happened to come across a website dedicated to American personal luxury cars of the fifties through the seventies. How's that for being keenly focused? In producing the All-GM Show coverage posted yesterday, I needed to find the production data for the...

Event Coverage: The 9th Annual All GM Car Show at Woodley Park, Van Nuys, California

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:16:55 +0100

A very hot day didn't discourage the Southern California General Motors community from bringing out a great selection of GM's finest cars. Yesterday the Southern California GM faithful gathered at Van Nuys' Woodley Park for their 9th annual All GM car show. While a multi-marque GM event, the Los Angeles chapter...