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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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Delage Is Back: How Is It Street Legal-Where Can You Get One?

The storied French Delage brand is coming back. But the bigger surprise is what it will debut with and how can it be street-legal as claimed? Yes, what you’re looking at is claimed to be street-legal. It’s a two-seater and is designed to be “the closest to the sensation of driving a Formula One car …
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Report: Chevy Stops Delivery Of All Corvette C8s

We’ve been on this 2020 Corvette flying frunk mystery for a while. Now it seems it’s no longer a mystery to Chevy as it concludes there is a problem. A big problem. As we reported a number of YouTube dashcam videos are showing frunks randomly flying open while driving. It’s not a conspiracy it’s just …
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2020 Ford F-250 Tremor | Ford-4
Trucks & SUVs

Is the 2020 Ford F-Series Tremor Really Worth the Price?

Surprisingly, Ford was the last to offer a heavy-duty off-road truck. It’s called the Tremor, and it shares the marketplace with the Ram Power Wagon and more recent GMC Sierra HD AT4. So now Ford has finally entered the off-road domicile with its Super Duty line. With what Ford has put together is the 2020 …
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Nokia Can Stop Mercedes From Selling Cars In Europe: Will It?

In a patent dispute in Germany Nokia won a court ruling that allows it to stop Mercedes from selling cars in Europe. The court says Mercedes violated Nokia’s mobile-technology patents. Mercedes ignored licensing Nokia’s technology. In fact, the court went so far as to say, “The facts show that Daimler and its supporters aren’t willing …
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Worst Car Wednesday: Dismal Dreary 1980-82 Ford T-Bird

Ford always had a winner with the Thunderbird. Until 1980, that is. The original personal luxury car was a hard combo to screw up. But Ford did one hell of a job of doing just that with the all-new, downsized 1980-82 Thunderbird. Or what we refer to as the “Thunderturd.” How anything that looked this …
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2021 Toyota Hilux “Invincible” Is the Pickup US Needs

Toyota has announced it will start taking pre-orders for the new 2021 Hilux pickup in September. In the UK. This means the facelifted Hilux will be out before the end of the year. In the UK. Its top-of-the-line is the “Invincible” and “Invincible X.” The 2021 Hilux Invincible is the Pickup the US needs. But …
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2020 Holden Colorado | GM-001
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Australia Is Really Mad At Chevy Over This

The Holden brand was GM’s Australian manufacturing arm forever. But GM has been retracting for years. First, it sold its Opel brand in Europe, and then it killed the Holden brand last February. But now it has done a partial reversal and started another company. It’s called GMSV (General Motors Specialty Vehicles). And the Aussies …
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Ford Ranger Raptor parked on cement
Trucks & SUVs

You Want A Ranger Raptor: Ford Gives You the Tremor Instead

Ford is taking a page from GM by continuing to not offer what buyers want but instead what it wants customers to buy. We’re talking about the Ranger Raptor. Since Ford made the Ranger available in 2018 in the US buyers have been requesting a Raptor version. Now it’s 2020 and Ford refuses to make …
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2021 Chevrolet Silverado Realtree edition bed
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Chevy Will Offer A New 2021 Silverado Feature Nobody Needs

Let’s celebrate the lengths GM will go for a bit of hype. What we all want from the upcoming refreshed 2021 Chevy Silverado is a new fascia. Oh, and a better interior. What we’ll get is something that serves little purpose that no one wants. That would be a six-position tailgate with a secret seventh …
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2023 Mustang: What We Know About Ford’s Last Car

New is starting to leak out about Ford’s next big launch. The Mustang is Ford’s last remaining car. But if you were concerned that it was on the chopping block just because it’s a car you’ll be relieved. Ford plans on keeping the next generation of the original pony car around for eight years when …
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Weirdest Camaro Ever Made: 1976 Europo Hurst

In some views, you can see it and others you can’t. This was once a stock 1976 Chevy Camaro. But a lot has been changed. It was restyled by Frua, which was an Italian coachbuilder run by Pietro Frua. It was much like Italdesign or Pininfarina. Chevy commissioned him to slice up the second-generation Camaro …
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Rusty Monday: Buried Past the Axles

What is even more amazing than the oxidation of metal is the swallowing by Mother Nature. It’s both oxidation and consummation. You know, when you see some wasted hulk buried past the axles. That’s Rusty Monday! They’re so far gone you marvel at the idea that this car has been sitting here so long the …
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People take a closer look after the unveiling of the 2020 mid-engine C8 Corvette Stingray
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This Guy Just Paid $280,000 For A 2020 Corvette

How much would you pay for a 2020 C8 Corvette? We’ve seen them for sale recently ranging from around $80,000 to $120,000. We haven’t looked further to see if that’s for a place in line or for an actual mid-engine Corvette. For as popular as they are in the US, how do you think the …
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Mark Reuss, president of General Motors Company, unveils the 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette Stingray
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2020 Corvette Owners Bumped To 2021 Will Pay More

If you’re on the list for a 2020 Corvette we don’t feel too sorry for you. But be aware that if your order gets bumped to a 2021 Corvette you’ll have to pay more for certain options. That’s because those options have increased year-over-year. That’s how GM rolls lately. Just because you ordered your car …
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2021 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV
Trucks & SUVs

Ever Wonder How Much Profit GM Makes On Tahoe/Suburban? A Lot!

GM’s Chevy Tahoe and Suburban full-size SUVs are just now trickling into dealerships. The coronavirus pushed back GM’s schedules but it is full steam ahead right now. The GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade are soon to follow. These are the real moneymakers for GM. combined with the Silverado and Sierra they are funding all of …
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What Is GM Doing? Racketeering Lawsuit Against FCA Denied 2nd Time

It’s a bit hard to understand why GM thinks it has such a compelling racketeering case against Fiat Chrysler. That’s because it has been denied a second time. The lawsuit was denied by a federal judge who called it “too speculative.” The case was dismissed with prejudice in July. Judge Paul Borman called it a …
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Chevy Hates Ram: Will Pay You $750 Incentive To Switch

With Labor Day coming and summer almost over those yearly incentives, car manufacturers rely on to move the iron are upon us. But this year Chevy is taking a different approach. As Ram trucks beat out Chevy for the number two slot in sales last year the folks at Chevy are mad. The combination of …
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Motorbiscuit Freak Show Friday: Four Fin Failures

We don’t know why some are compelled to restyle their cars with fins. It’s an odd freak show niche that we can’t explain. The reason we wonder is that blending 1950 jet-age fins to newer cars never blends well. Ever. Yet, we continue to see these mobile mismatched mutations here at Freak Show headquarters. So …
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2020 Titan is on display at the 112th Annual Chicago Auto Show
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Nissan Titan Pickup Killed In Canada: Will the US Be Next?

Globally Nissan is contracting. It has to for survival. Its desperate four-year plan calls for reducing models from 69 to 55. It is also handing over certain markets to the brands it shares under the Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi umbrella. But, we are surprised to learn it has killed the Titan pickup in Canada after 2021. Surprised because …
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2020 Speed Demon Poteet Bonneville Speed Week | Facebook
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Fastest Piston-Powered Land Speed Record Broken At Bonneville: 470 MPH

A 470.016 mph average speed for the five-mile run broke the land speed record by George Poteet and his Speed Demon streamliner. Running various engine combinations the record came from a 555 ci supercharged Chevy big-block. Wednesday of Speed Week he ran a 469.298 mph speed. To qualify for a record you need to back …
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