Category: Stories
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An interview with Klaus Busse: The story behind the Car Week Edition MC20
If you’re a frequent reader of my site, which all of you should be to help my ego, you’ll remember my mention of an interview with Klaus Busse! Klaus has been Head of Design for Maserati since October 2015, overseeing the design of Maserati’s current line up including the MC20, with prior design experience at…
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Yet another Monterey Car Week in the books!
Even after three years of attending Monterey Car Week, I still fail to find the right words to properly encapsulate the experience. Exhilarating? Jaw-dropping? Breathtaking in the sense of a Porsche 911 that sat in the Las Vegas desert for two decades driving past while blowing plumes of oil smoke? As cliche as it may…
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Ed Bolian actually bought a Bugatti
In folk tales, old and new, it is often the case that our hero prevails in achieving his goal despite all overwhelming circumstances. Our hero in today’s tale is none other than Ed Bolian, purveyor of terrible examples of terrific cars, world-famous shrewd negotiator, and utmost authority on drug overlord-owned McLarens. His goal? One we…
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A Chevy LUV named “Patience”
Ever since I acquired my 1975 Datsun 620 project, I dove headfirst into 1970s car culture in an attempt to make it as period correct as eBay would allow. I learned about designer collabs, appearance packages, CB radios, 8-tracks, and a plethora of other questionable accessories that sane humans likely find repulsive. And while RADWood…
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The unearthing of the barn find Ford GT!
All good barn finds begin with a trip to Home Depot for some personal protection equipment, as Ed Bolian and Matt Ivanhoe, the Cultivated Collector, recently discovered. Years of neglect can spawn all kinds of murderous particles and diseases, which from what I hear tend to be fairly unhealthy for us human folk. What set…
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SuperSunday IV is the most exclusive car event in the 916
Nestled between sprawling acres of gorgeous lawns, private ponds, and a runway, rests what is quite possibly Northern California’s most exclusive automotive event. SuperSunday lives up to its name tenfold. Hosted by Brian of the local 9sixteenexotics crew, this private event invites a select group of supercar and hypercar owners along with only 40 handpicked…
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The Beautifully Bold Car Designs of the 1970s
In a world dominated by aerodynamics and the endless pursuit of high fuel economy, I find myself at home within the confines of “land yachts.” A land yacht best describes the cars of the pre-oil crisis 1970s US market, the automotive world’s best examples of sheer excess and consumption. Drivers of these pavement behemoths would…
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Finding the Queen of Oil’s Continental
If you’re a frequent flyer here at AutoSaga, you might remember January’s story about Chandler’s rarer-than-hen’s-teeth-Woodill. It might not surprise you to learn then that he has once more struck gold. Automotive gold, that is. He may not have been exploring rivers with a pan searching for nuggets, but he was exploring the untamed paradise…
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The Konbini Suzuki Carry has Arrived
I love slapping stickers on my car. Yes, it isn’t a complex or even a performance-enhancing modification, but it sure as hell is better than putting a double-decker Amazon wing on your FWD Civic isn’t it? I digress. This article isn’t about stickers, but rather a recent acquisition of one of my favorite sticker manufacturers.…
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To Save a Datsun 620
For reasons I cannot fully explain, I’ve always had an implausible infatuation with terrible cars. I’m like the Statue of Liberty, only for shitty automobiles. “Give me your rusty Your terrible and unloved Your downright useless and badly made And I will give them tender love and care” I’m sure that’s not how the poem…
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