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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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1984 Honda CR-X 2 twin-engine | Rare Blend via YouTube
Coupes

You Need This Twin-Engine 1984 Honda CR-X For Sale

Crazy magazine builds tend to disappear, and then reappear years and sometimes decades later. This Honda project was memorable for featuring two engines in this CR-X-2 dubbed “Project Synchronicity” by Car and Driver back in 1984. It even ended up on a C&D cover. Everybody needs a twin-engine Honda CR-X, right? After disappearing for years …
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James Garner 1968 L88 Corvette in AIR livery
Coupes

James Garner’s 1968 L88 Corvette For Sale Asking $777,777

The 1968 L88 Corvette is one of the rarest and most desirable Corvettes out there. Just 20 were built in 1967, with a combined 200 in both 1968 and 1969. And of those L88 Corvettes built the rarest are the three built for actor James Garner’s American International Racing team in 1968. Now one of …
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Alpha Wolf EV Pickup Truck | Alpha
Hybrids & EVs

EV Pickups Leave You Cold? Check Out The Alpha Wolf

The folks at Alpha Motor Corporation in Cali have been busy looking ahead while looking backward. We say that because their prototypes are state-of-the-art electric vehicles, but they have retro looks. We’ve seen the Ace Coupe and Jax CUV now comes this latest called the Wolf. And it’s a pickup looking like a slick lifted …
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Porsche 911 hot rod Targa coupe
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Butchered Or Beautiful: Porsche 911 Hot Rod Has Bentley V8

What do you think? Is this Porsche 911 butchered or beautiful? The combination of things leading up to its build may make you think more one way or the other. And if you like this 911 hot rod that much it is being auctioned off later this month. This much-modified Porsche hot rod was designed …
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Singer ACS Porsche flying in jump
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Porsche Tells Builder Remove Its Brand Name From Car

A book could be written about how often companies like Rolls Royce and Ferrari send out cease-and-desist letters for trademark issues. Lawsuits are a regular occurrence when your name or product wedges into popular culture. But Porsche doesn’t make the news much when it comes to trademark law. Until now. Porsche asked Singer Vehicle Design …
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Dealership Service Department from 1950s
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Auto Brands With Best Service Rated: JD Power

That deal on your new or used car is important, but once you drive off your most important connection to the dealer is service. And that remains for the duration of ownership. That’s why JD Power’s Best Brands Service ratings are so important. You know the hassles associated with a bad service department. Nobody needs …
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Pedestrians in the shadows
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These States Are the Most Dangerous For Pedestrians

When we think of car accidents our mind’s eye sees passengers and drivers inside of cars. But there is another group of victims of car accidents outside of cars-those being pedestrians. And surprisingly, even with the increased use of vehicles for even short errands, there has been a historic increase in pedestrians struck and killed …
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Canoo pickup truck | Canoo
Hybrids & EVs

Off The Rails Canoo EV Pickup Coming In 2023

In the battle of the strange-looking electric pickup trucks, there is a new challenger to Tesla’s Cybertruck. That would be the off-the-rails Canoo pickup leaked yesterday. Planned as the third Canoo product to utilize its proprietary EV platform, it resembles a modern VW Microbus pickup of the 1960s. And that’s not a bad thing.  Canoo’s …
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2004 Pontiac Solstice coupe concept
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Is There One US Made Car In The Last 10 Years That Is Collectible? Yes!

Yes, there is one US-made car in the last 10 years that is already highly collectible. It’s the 2009-2010 Pontiac Solstice coupe. Did you know that Pontiac made a Solstice coupe? We’ve never seen one in the wild which makes sense when you find there were only 1,266 ever made.  The Solstice coupe was one …
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2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Widebody Redeye doing donuts in parking lot
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Watch: 2021 SRT Wide Body Hellcat Redeye Doing Donuts Crashes

Watching an $80,000 Dodge Hellcat Redeye Wide Body get munched doing donuts is cringeworthy. Especially when it is brand new. But hey, that’s what we’re here for-cringeworthy car-crazy crashes! This YouTube video was just posted last week. Now you can see what it’s like to smack a new Hellcat Redeye into a wall SRT Bree is …
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traffic
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Some Cities Saw Crazy Drops In Traffic For 2020-Some Didn’t

As you would expect the pandemic has significantly decreased traffic throughout 2020. US drivers spent 73 fewer hours in traffic for all of 2020. But that meant on average drivers still spent 26 hours in traffic for the year. In 2019 that figure was almost 100 hours believe it or not. The same was true …
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2022 BMW i7 sedan in white
Hybrids & EVs

BMW i7 Revealed: Each Successive New Model Looks Worse

What the heck is going on over at BMW? It looks like each successive new reveal looks worse than the previous one. This spy shot from Autobild of an i7 M60 sedan looks flabby and awkward. Like a modern version of a Checker cab. The front end especially looks busy, cut up, and those oversized …
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Nissan Mitsubishi cheap EV front 3/4 view
Hybrids & EVs

Nissan and Mitsubishi Reveal All-New EV For Under $18,000

With volume comes less expense and we have always been told that eventually, electric cars will become cheaper. Now that may be finally happening. Nissan and Mitsubishi are combining talent to launch an EV for under $18,000. If cheap EVs are what adopters are waiting for then it is coming to change the electric car …
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Chrysler Turbine insignia on hood
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There’s A Chrysler Turbine Car For Sale: It Will Sell For Millions

With only two Chrysler Turbine cars in private hands don’t expect to see one for sale ever again. When Chrysler killed the turbine project in the mid-1960s it destroyed all but nine of the 55 Turbine Cars it built. Though the program limped along in the aftermath there were too many negatives to turbine power …
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Pickup truck rolling coal
Trucks & SUVs

US Sues Aftermarket Company EZ Lynk For Rolling Coal

This has been in the works for a while. The US feds have maintained that they will actively go after companies that sell components that defeat emission devices. Diesel truck tuning firm EZ Lynk has refused to cooperate with the investigation. According to the filed complaint, EZ Lynk “failed to provide the EPA with information …
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A Nissan Sentra on display at an auto show
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Nissan Recalls 850,000+ Cars Over Crash Risk

Another day, another Nissan recall. Nissan is advising that if you own a Sentra sedan that you head on over to your nearest Nissan dealer. That’s because your rear brake lights may not be working. As you can imagine, if you come to a stop and your brake lights aren’t lighting up you could be …
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The 2022 Buick Enclave Avenir in black parked in front of a modern home
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Does Buick Really Rank #1 With US Female Buyers?

Over half of all Buick customers are female. No other brand even comes close to hitting that number. While it accounts for only 6% of GM sales in the US it leads in female buyers. Not only that but more female engineers want to work for Buick than any other US car manufacturer.  What’s Buick …
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The 2021 Hyundai Tucson driving
Trucks & SUVs

Woman Wants Money Back: Hyundai Tucson Arbitrarily Slams On Brakes

This has been happening over the course of a couple of years. The owner of this Hyundai Tucson says she’s traumatized by the car’s random slamming of the brakes-especially on the highway. She no longer wants to drive it and instead wants Hyundai to give her money back.  The woman paid $47,000 for her new …
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2022 SAIC Maxus pickup truck front 3/4 view in blue
Trucks & SUVs

China’s Maxus T90 Pickup Wants To Eat Ford F-150’s Lunch

The SAIC group in China has just unleashed the flagship Maxus T90 pickup. It’s an aggressive-looking truck that looks like it wants to eat Ford F-150s for lunch. Though it is expected to be sold in different markets around the world it is doubtful it will make it into the states.  For a new truck …
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2000 Mosler TwinStar Eldorado front 3/4 view
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You Could Buy A Twin-Engine Cadillac In 2000

It has been over 20 years but once you see it you’ll never forget it. We’re speaking about the Mosler twin-engine Eldorado. And this was not a one-off. These were made to order and five of them got built before clearer heads prevailed. So you could buy your own twin-engine Cadillac in 2000 from Mosler.  …
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