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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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Trends

Fans Barred From NASCAR, IndyCar Races From Coronavirus

Today we are seeing the complete elimination or postponement of sporting events in the US. For auto racing enthusiasts that also includes NASCAR, IndyCar, IMSA, and NHRA races. Sunday’s season-opening IndyCar season in St. Petersburg, Florida, will be without spectators. For NASCAR’s race in Atlanta, Georgia, this weekend it would be immediately followed next week …
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Trucks & SUVs

Could CNG Save The V8 Engine?

We get so wrapped up in diesel vs gasoline, or EV vs ICE that we sometimes forget there are other ways to power vehicles. Some are clean, and we’re not talking about hydrogen. What we are talking about is CNG; compressed natural gas. Cars and trucks have been converted to CNG for decades. It’s mostly …
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Here We Go: Worker At Indiana Fiat Chrysler Plant Has Coronavirus

We’ve been holding our breath. We hoped the plant shutdowns and parts interruptions would not come to America. Now, it seems that we’re on the cusp of major auto manufacturing disruptions here. An employee of the Fiat Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo, Indiana, has tested positive for the coronavirus. This is the first person of …
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Rolls-Royce Silver Bullet roadster | RR-
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Your New Car To Hate: Rolls-Royce Silver Bullet Roadster

There are estimated to be over 2,500 billionaires in the world and they’re demanding more than production cars. Those are so bourgeois. They want to harken back to the days of coachbuilt opulence. For those seeking to be conspicuous about their wealth, we give you the Rolls Royce Dawn-based roadster. Its premise is perfect. Take …
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Trucks & SUVs

Will Small Trucks Get Their Day In The Sun Again?

It’s inevitable that we are going to see a return of the small truck. There are many indicators both culturally, within the auto industry, and economic factors, all pointing to smaller trucks on the horizon. So, will small trucks get their day in the sun again? We’ll show you why they will One of the …
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Tires Pollute 1000 Times More Than Exhaust-Study Finds

Wow, we didn’t expect to see this. A company called Emissions Analytics released a study that found on an average “family hatchback” the tires, brakes and road surface produced 1,289 times more particulates than exhaust. It did the test to determine how much non-exhaust emissions (NEEs) the car generated. The breakdown of the combined tires, …
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Hybrids & EVs

BMW Kills Flagship i8: What Replaces It?

BMW announced today that it will end production of the flagship i8 sports car next month. Available as both a coupe and roadster, BMW has built 20,000 over six years. Both design and styling expressed the pinnacle of BMW’s abilities and engineering prowess. When it debuted as a concept in 2011 nobody expected it to …
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Trends

Discovery’s Diesel Brothers Fined $2 Million Rolling Coal

A Utah US District Court has ordered the Discovery Channel’s Diesel Brothers cable show to pay $851,451 for selling modified diesel trucks. The Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment brought the case to a federal judge who made the ruling. Defendants David Sparks, Joshua Stuart, Keaton Hoskins, and Dave Kiley were ordered to pay the …
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Trucks & SUVs

Top 10 SUVs Everybody Hates-Nobody Wants

The SUV is dominating not only America but all over the globe. It is such a huge segment now that most US vehicle manufacturers have dumped their car lines to make more SUVs and pickups. Nobody saw that coming except the beancounters. They saw the rise and decided it was more profitable to make SUVs …
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Third Degree Burns From Heated Car Seats Prompts Lawsuit

A man from Missouri received third-degree burns back in 2018 from the heated seats in his Chevy Silverado pickup. He is now suing General Motors for failure to add a safety shutoff system for vehicles optioned with the heated seats. The man, paralyzed from the waist down, was driving from southern Missouri to Louisiana when …
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Thief Stealing Car
Trends

Millions of Toyota, Hyundai, Kia Keys Easy To Clone-Yikes!

Yeah, this isn’t good. The Texas Instruments encryption technology called DST80 used to protect Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia key fobs from hacking can be easily hacked. Thanks, Texas Instruments! It seems that there are holes in the security technology that makes hacking into the fobs easy for any tech-savvy fool.  Thieves use an inexpensive Proxmark …
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A BMW X3 driving on a dusty road
Hybrids & EVs

BMW Won’t Sell This SUV In The US: Here’s Why

It’s a bit of a mystery why BMW won’t be selling its electric version of the X3 in the US. The X3 SUV is BMW’s biggest seller in the US. It’s also a big seller for BMW elsewhere with a total sales of 325,000. An electrified version would seem to be a perfect slot to …
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2021 two-door Bronco
Trucks & SUVs

And Now Here’s The 2-Door/4-Door 2021 Bronco

Within hours of posting leaked images of the Ford Bronco Sport, two images appeared on the interweb. It’s the 2021 full-size two- and four-door Bronco. Or we think it is. It looks a bit photoshopped so we’re not completely sure. The four-door looks very similar to the Sport-maybe too similar. It raises a couple of …
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Trucks & SUVs

Ford’s Planning An Entry-Level Pickup Under $20,000

When you start hacking away at your product lineup you have less to sell. Having less to offer means less you’re making less money. That is unless you can raise the price of what you have left. Or, you can replace that product with another, better one. Ford’s future is either trucks or SUVs. So …
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2021 Ford Bronco Sport | Bronco Sport Forum-
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Leaked Photos: This Is The 2021 Ford Bronco Sport

Well, you knew this would happen it was just a matter of when. An online Bronco forum snagged these images of what is most assuredly the new 2021 Ford Bronco Sport. This is not the regular-size Bronco also coming soon to a Ford dealer near you. This is the smaller Bronco “Sport” front-wheel-drive version. Some …
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Trucks & SUVs

This Jeep Gladiator’s Frame Folded-What’s Going On?

The Interweb can be a fascinating place for shocking truths and harbingers of things to come. Perusing past multiple coronavirus and Stock Market historic drop news were two images of a Jeep Gladiator bending in half. Just what every off-road fan loves to see. So, what’s going on and has the Gladiator cheapened out for …
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Hybrids & EVs

Rumors Are Flying There Will Be An EV Camaro- Really?

While not completely convinced this is a news item we’ll go along with it for now. Mainly we go along because we don’t want to see the Camaro go away. Up to this point that was the way things seemed because there supposedly was no development underway for a next-gen Camaro. So, it was to …
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Trends

Gordon Murray’s T.50 Surpasses McLaren F1 He Designed

Gordon Murray, the South African designer, probably never thought he’d get the chance to out design what is considered his Mona Lisa; the McLaren F1. But he is on the verge of producing what could surpass the F1. This time it won’t be through McLaren but instead with his own Gordon Murray Automotive (GMA). Those …
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Forums Blow Up With Apple CarPlay Problems-Now It’s Android Auto Too

Recently, Harley Davidson and multiple car sites including Honda and Acura revealed there are problems with Apple CarPlay. What is happening is the phone call feature doesn’t function when you connect an iPhone 11 Pro Max to a Harley Davidson or various other car systems using an original iPhone cable. Older phone models with iOS13 …
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1966 Oldsmobile Toronado | GM
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Why Are So Many Cars Front Wheel Drive?

There are many reasons why there are so many front-wheel-drive cars. We’ll try to knock out what most of those reasons are. First some background. Front-wheel-drive has been around forever. It came into prominence in the US for racing with Harry Miller’s Indy 500 efforts in the early-1920s. In Europe, there were a number of …
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