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Thom Taylor

Thom Taylor is a celebrated automotive journalist. He was awarded the Top 100 Most Influential People in Hot Rodding from Hot Rod Magazine, and was inducted into the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame and the National Rod and Custom Hall of Fame. He’s a member of SEMA and the NHRA.

Thom has authored a number of books, including Hot Rod & Custom Chronicle and several guides for drawing vehicles like a pro, which pull from his distinguished ventures as an automotive illustrator.

Thom joined the MotorBiscuit team in 2019, and focuses his coverage on new vehicle releases, design, and the latest features and tech in the industry. His tenure of 25 years writing about the industry gives him a unique context for the auto news he covers, whether it’s part of the Rusty Monday series or the latest news from Chevy. Thom has built two complete cars from the ground up and driven vintage roadsters at the Indy 500.

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Volvo V70 with NEW YORK Plates
Trends

Why Is This 1990s Volvo V70 Selling For $20 Million?

This dark blue Volvo V70 wagon has to be the most expensive Volvo on the planet. There is nothing unusual about it to warrant the $20 million asking price, but that is the price. Take it or leave it. So, why is this 1990s Volvo V70 selling for that much money? Is someone out there …
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An image of a Tesla Model Y out on a race track.
Hybrids & EVs

Tesla Using In-Car Cameras In Legal Crash Disputes

With Level 2 driver-assistance systems comes a ”cabin camera” with a watchful eye on the driver. It monitors the driver’s face to record drowsy driving or the driver’s eyes being distracted. And it is important for the system to monitor the driver. There are situations that driver-assist can’t compute. In those cases, it will regularly …
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Bolivian lithium mines
Hybrids & EVs

Did Tesla Start Bolivia’s Coup in 2019?

This is a strange one, even for Tesla founder Elon Musk. Back in 2019 the President of Bolivia Evo Morales was ousted in a coup. Now, current President Luis Arce is accusing Musk of being involved in the coup. Arce thanked Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for granting asylum to Morales in a press …
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An image of a Dodge Challenger and Charger out on an airfield.
Trends

The Weird Way Dodge Is Stopping Charger and Challenger Thefts

Of the cars that thieves love to snag the Dodge Charger and Challenger are high on the list. Some feel it is because they are so easy to steal. There isn’t much in the way of theft deterrents to soften that trend. Until now. Stellantis is incorporating software that at first seems like a really …
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U-Haul trailer looking abandoned in a parking lot
Trends

The Charge For This U-Haul Trailer Rental Is $153,000. Plus Tax

Since 1945 you can basically take a truck or trailer from U-Haul for virtually nothing down. You have to bring it back, but that’s what the rental company has always been based on; bringing it back. But what if someone rents a U-Haul trailer, but doesn’t bring it back for 14 years? How does this …
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Trump capitalizing on manufacturing returning to Ohio
Hybrids & EVs

Now We Know Why GM Virtually Gave Away Its Factory To Lordstown Motors

With questions surrounding the EV startup Lordstown Motors, some of the pieces to its beginnings are starting to surface. This is due to the US Securities and Exchange Commission making public information as it looks into whether claims it has made were misleading investors. The Lordstown factory-in fact the origin of its name comes from …
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Segway kick scooter e-scooter
Motorcycles, Bikes & Scooters

Remember Segway? It’s Back With A Different Kick-Scooter

Remember those self-balanced things you stood on to blitz you around? We used to see police running around on them at sporting events and such. They stopped making those ubiquitous personal mobility things last year after 20 years in production. But now they’re back with this new e-scooter. It’s called the Segway Kick-Scooter. Today the …
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An image of a 2021 Ford Bronco parked outdoors.
Trucks & SUVs

Ford Is Giving Bronco Buyers Money Back: Here’s Why

The Ford Bronco rollout is getting a little clunky. But June is still the month Bronco customers should start receiving their SUVs. But there has been a snag with the supplier for some of the hardtop roof options so some won’t be available as ordered. Ford sent letters to Bronco customers offering FordPass Rewards points, …
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The all-new 2021 Cadillac Escalade is displayed during the Cadillac Oscar Week Celebration at Chateau Marmont
Trucks & SUVs

Recall: GM Recalling 95,000 SUVs For Bad Seatbelts

A recall notice has been issued for almost 95,000 2021 Cadillac, Chevy, and GMC full-size SUVs over seat belt damage. Those models included in the recall include 2021 Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac Escalade ESV, GMC Yukon, GMC Yukon XL, Chevrolet Suburban, and Chevrolet Tahoe large SUVs. The recall is for seatbelts used in the third-row seats …
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Toronto dump truck dragging a Mini sideways
Coupes

Semi Truck Shoved Mini Sideways Up The Road Because Driver Can’t See

Yesterday an old dump truck shoved a Mini up one of the Gardiner Expressway on-ramps in Toronto, Canada. Sideways. This went on for almost half-a-mile. The woman driving the Mini had no idea what or why it happened. Today we know more. Both TV and newspapers have since interviewed the woman driving the Mini. She …
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A red 2021 Lexus IS driving on a tree-lined road
Sedans

Top Two Fastest-Selling Vehicles Are Cars Not SUVs

Wait, what? Do any car companies even sell cars anymore? Are cars becoming more popular than SUVs all of the sudden? All we know is that the two fastest-selling vehicles in February 2021 were cars. All two of them; the Corvette and Lexus IS 350. We keep being told that cars are dead We keep …
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Helm Jaguar XKE
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Jaguar’s First XKE Back In Production After 60 Years

A UK company called Helm has started producing a modern version of the Jaguar E-Type Series One. known as the XKE it was first produced 60 years ago. And just like that, Jaguar’s first XKE is back in production after all those long 60 years. And it looks as contemporary as it did in the …
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Slabs cruising park
Trends

Tony New Apartment Residents Want Weekend Car Shows Gone

A new luxury apartment complex has popped up in Austin, Texas. That’s great, except the tony new apartment residents don’t like the weekend car shows that have been happening there for years. Like, way before the apartment was a gleam in the property owner’s eyes.  Since the early 1990s car shows have happened at Cesar …
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Dunham Corvorado at concours
Coupes

Dunham Corvorado: The Most Outlandish Cars Ever Made

For all of the cars we come across at MotorBiscuit to call one series of cars the “Most Outlandish” it has to really be outlandish. And there is no other way to describe the Dunham Coach Motor Car Company Corvorado. If another series car qualifies for that distinction better than the Corcovado please let us …
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Zimmer Quicksilver as
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Creepy Or Cool: 1986 Zimmer Quicksilver Coupe

If you look real close you still won’t be able to tell what this car started as. Keep looking. These were an elaborate re-body by Zimmer out of Florida. Florida was a mecca for exploits like this because of all of the boat building and development going on there. Zimmer built retro-trash “neo-classic” classic cars …
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Valarra C6 Corvette in candy apple red
Coupes

Supercar Of Your Dreams Or Just A C6 Corvette Body Kit?

A lot of unique vehicles have passed through the MotorBiscuit portals but we feel remiss in not knowing about this one before. Behold the Valarra Corvette. No, it’s not exotic but it looks like one. It is a body kit for a C6 Chevy Corvette. Valarra, out of Pinellas Park, Florida, has done an excellent …
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Lexus LF-1 Limitless crossover concept | Lexus-2
Trucks & SUVs

Next Lexus LF SUV Will Sell For $180,000

The Lexus LF is the flagship SUV of Toyota’s premium brand. Now it wants to be everyone’s premium brand flagship by knocking out the likes of Mercedes and BMW. But Lexus has been slow in getting the LF, based on the LF-1 Limitless concept to production. What was meant to debut sometime this year, it …
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Leaked Nissan 400ZX | newnissanz
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Leaked: First Images Of Nissan 400Z Production Model

Aside from the black tape covering the Nissan 400Z badges, this is a production-like version of the next Z-car. We weren’t too excited about the next Nissan 400 Z because it’s basically a reskin of the current Z. But many loved the looks of the concept, so we’ll reserve further comment until we get to …
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Volga Coupe from Russia | A:Level
Coupes

Did You Know Russia Made A Supercar? Here It Is!

Did you know that Russia made a supercar? We didn’t either, in fact, it never occurred to us seeing as how it is not exactly known for state-of-the-art cars. This is the Volga V12 Coupe supercar. It is styled after the 1956-1970 Volga M21, which was the most luxurious car made in Russia. And ubiquitous …
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Polydrops teardrop camping trailer outdoors
Trends

Look: Camping Trailers Are Styled Like Tesla Cybertruck

The styling of the Tesla Cybertruck is a thing-what kind of thing that is hard to say. But enough are enamored with the look that it is spreading like a rash. Polydrops has a new camping trailer styled like a Cybertruck. But it actually existed years before the Cybertruck. So what’s going on here? Did …
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