In the beginning, virtually any bike built was a gravel bike; if you were to get anywhere beyond a 19th century city’s center you’d be on gravel. A century later, as gravel had fully surrendered to asphalt and skinny tires were mounted beneath skinny cyclists, the dual-purpose bicycle gave way t...

If you were a regular reader of the Dallas Morning News over the last 25 years, you know that its auto beat was covered by the paper’s automotive editor, Terry Box. Managing those responsibilities, ranging from GM’s Arlington plant to area dealer associations and – more recently – the reloca...

It’s hard to remember today, some 45 years later, just how mind-blowing BMW’s introduction of the 3 Series was to the BMW community in the mid-‘70s. Worshiping – as they were – in a temple comprised of upright bodywork, expansive glass and almost no refinement, the all-new 3 Series looked ...

If you’ve spent the last decade traversing sub-Saharan Africa – or been part of a research project in Antarctica – you may have missed it. Otherwise, you know that today’s family car is no longer a car. It is, instead, a car-based crossover, invariably built by Honda, Nissan or Toyota. And i...

There’s never been a Car of Texas. We’ve long had – courtesy of the Texas Auto Writers Association – a Truck of Texas, and this group has given an occasional shout-out to a deserving car, but never has it been described as the ‘Car of Texas’. And if you go back a few, you’ll remember [...

Coincidental with what automotive marketing teams dub the ‘Spring Selling Season’ is the DFW Auto Show, held at the Kay Bailey Hutchison (Dallas) Convention Center from Wednesday, March 27 through Sunday, March 31st. It’s not – as you already know – Geneva, Frankfurt or Los Angeles, but if...

It was, I think, the summer of 1967, and Fiat’s all-new 124 Spider was the cover subject of Road & Track. If, like me, you had taken mental ownership of MGs, Triumphs and Healeys over the years, the new Fiat offering was decidedly different. Instead of an agriculture four (or Healey’s six) w...

If, between ten and twenty years ago, you had been hanging in the better zip codes of Houston or Dallas, you know that the number of big Benzes and BMWs could look like an infestation; you were literally swarmed – and again, this was in the better zip codes – by drivers behind the wheel [&hellip...

Whether shopping for a bicycle or motorcycle, today’s marketplace seems all about the gravel. A growing number of riders believe that when the road ends, the ride shouldn’t. And to that end, more manufacturers are attempting to satisfy this need with motorcycles designed to handle the road less ...

While the collectible car hobby doesn’t predate the car industry, given its front-and-center status among car enthusiasts you might think it had. Of course, what had been a small niche in the ‘50s and ‘60s has grown exponentially since the ‘70s, driven largely by the tastes of Baby Boomers a...