MR. CALIFORNIA

MEET THE MAN WHO PUT THE STATE ON THE MAP AS THE LEADER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST VEHICLE EMISSIONS.

RESIDENT ALIEN

THE CZINGER 21C LOOKS LIKE IT ARRIVED FROM A DISTANT PLANET. INSTEAD, IT COMES FROM CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS KIND OF THE SAME THING.

FUNNY FACE

THE CURIOUS CASE OF CALIFORNIA-DIAL WATCHES.

THE PROBLEM WITH ROBERT WILLIAMS

TOWARD THE END of our third interview, Robert Williams gives me some advice about overcoming creative blocks. “Phrase it as a problem,” he says. “

Quiet Riot

In the Ioniq 5 N, Hyundai makes the case that an EV can tamp down racetrack noise without sacrificing capability.

The Sound and the Fury

A legal feud over booming decibels put California's most historic roadracing circuit in jeopardy.

HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST STUNT DRIVER

CAREY LOFTIN WAS THE KING OF THE SCIENTIFIC WILD-ASS GUESS

OFFLINE

THIS BURBANK BOOKSTORE IS A REPOSITORY FOR THE WORLD OF AUTOMOTIVE INFORMATION NOT ON YOUR PHONE.

THE COURSE OF HISTORY

The West Coast tracks where modern racing was born.

TANK WARFARE

WHAT IF THE WHOLE CAR WERE A GAS TANK?

THE GREEN RUSH

DIVING INTO CALIFORNIA GOLD COUNTRY IN THE WORLD'S QUICKEST PRODUCTION CAR, THE ALL-ELECTRIC RIMAC NEVERA TIME ATTACK.

A LONG, STRANGE TRIP

FOR A CENTURY. CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND CAR CULTURE.

REMADE IN JAPAN

ON A MISSION TO HIGHLIGHT THE COUNTRY'S FINEST ARTISANS, BUILT BY LEGENDS PIECES TOGETHER THE GREATEST-AND MOST EXPENSIVE-SKYLINE RESTOMODS EVER BUILT.

CREASE MONKEY

HOW GIORGETTO GIUGIARO'S FOLDED-PAPER ERA DEFINED THE SEVENTIES AND BEYOND.

WOULD THE REAL INTEGRA PLEASE STEP FORWARD?

A comparison between a 2001 Type R and the all-new Type S reveals much about motoring, then and now.

HUMMER. REBORN

After more than a decade, General Motors' profligate son returns.

THE V-8 BENCHMARK

The E39-generation BMW M5 has been the sport-sedan icon for over 20 years. Can Cadillac's CT5-V Blackwing measure up?

BABY BLUE

The Mazda Miata gets better without changing much at all.

INSANE BROTHERS.FROM OTHER MOTHERS

The Lamborghini Urus Performante presents with symptoms of Completely Bonkers first seen in the Nineties GMC Typhoon.

NO RESERVE

BRING A TRAILER'S ONLINE AUCTIONS ARE TRANSFORMING HOW COLLECTOR CARS ARE SOLD.

Going, Going, Gone

The generational shift that's redefining what a collector car is.

LET'S GET DIGITAL

TO EVOKE PROTOTYPE RACING'S RADDEST ERA, A CLASSICALLY STYLED CHRONOGRAPH WON'T DO

PEAK INDY

A LOOK INSIDE THE 1994 PENSKE PC-23. THE CAR THAT DOMINATED INDYCAR RACING'S GOLDEN ERA.

CHASING IT THE LAST GREAT CAR-CHASE FILM ISN'T FAST OR FURIOUS. IT'S RADICAL NINETIES NORMCORE.

JOHN FRANKENHEIMER WAS A HERO. An amateur racer in his twenties, the director crossed a Kurtzian line of sanity with his 1966 racing film, Grand Prix, placing art above safety.

Points for Style Design was always the substance of the Audi TT.

BRIAN MCCAULEY OWNS five Audi TTs. \"It's a cool car. You don't see them very often.\" McCauley explains his affection and affliction. \"It was 'the German Miata.' 'The hairdresser car.' 'It's just a Golf with a Beetle squished on top of it.'

THE BEST CAR

THE LEXUS LS400 WASN'T JUST A FLEETING INDULGENCE.

THE UNLOVED

THEY'VE LIVED FOR DECADES IN THE SHADOW OF MORE POPULAR SIBLINGS. IT'S TIME TO GIVE THESE THREE SPORTS CARS A SHOT AT REDEMPTION.

OPEN BORDERS HOW A FERRARI-OBSESSED BUREAUCRAT OPENED AMERICA TO A WORLD OF FORBIDDEN CARS.

FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T alive or paying sufficient attention, it's hard to explain how grim the Seventies and Eighties were for car enthusiasts.

Eldora Speedway is the Grand Dirt Dance Hall where an old, forgotten America isn't just a memory.

The road to Eldora Speedway does not pass through Troy, Ohio, but it damn sure runs straight through the heart of Troy’s favorite racing son, Jack Hewitt.

COLOSSUS OF ROADS

GREAT CARS ARE BUILT IN FACTORIES, BUT THEIR SOULS ARE FOUND ON THE OPEN ROAD. FOUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS REVEAL THE ROADS THAT HELPED CREATE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE VEHICLES.