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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

Cars/SUVs/Pickups To Buy New Or Used After 1 Year

Ever notice how some cars just don’t seem to go down much in price, while others seem like a steal just two or three years after they’re new? Now there’s data compiled by iseecars that break it down. Here are the best cars and trucks to buy new-because they don’t depreciate very much. Then there’s …
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Trucks & SUVs

Forget Ferrari. Two Wienermobiles Are For Sale!

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has just become available and we’re shook. Not one but two, TWO Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles have come up for sale and we want them both. Who hasn’t wanted to drive a Wienermobile? You remember them when you were a child and the pleasure it brought to think you could drive a hot …
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2021 GMC Canyon AT4 | GM-0
Trucks & SUVs

Is GMC Canyon Rare Because Few Are Made Or Few Want It?

It’s an interesting question seeing as how GMC Senior Marketing Manager Stuart Pierce brought it up. Last year GMC sold 32,826 midsize Canyon pickups. As a reference, Honda sold 33,000 Ridgeline pickups and Jeep sold a bit more than 40,000 Gladiator trucks. So in this segment, GMC sells the least amount of pickups. Looking at …
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Automotive News

The Chevy Impala Dies Today But GM Killed It In 1976

The last Chevy Impala rolls off of the assembly line at the Hamtramck Plant in Detroit today. There are many articles lamenting the death of an American icon. For many, the Impala was a symbol of what America is and can be. It’s baseball, apple pie, and Impalas roaming our streets and highways. So there’s …
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Trends

Honda vs Hyundai: What Are The Biggest Differences?

It’s more than a rhetorical question. Besides both having an “H” at the beginning of their names they are vastly different companies. Both represent quality and have their following but both have completely different backstories and got to where they are in very different ways. Honda’s start in America Honda started in Japan after WWII …
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This Crazy Camaro Was Used By US Special Forces In Bosnia
Automotive News

This Crazy Camaro Was Used By US Special Forces In Bosnia

Why was a 1979 Camaro used by US Special Forces in war-torn Bosnia? How did it get there and how did US Special Forces use it? At that time the bad economic conditions and ethnic groups fighting each other led to an all-out war in Bosnia. NATO nations sent troops into the region to try …
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Rotary-powered Ferrari 456 GT | Instagram-
Automotive News

Ferrari Sends Cease-and-Desist For Rotary-Powered 456 GT

PLEASE NOTE: This post has been proven to be false. We apologize for passing along a story that another website sensationalized by saying the owner received a cease-and-desist when in fact he didn’t. Most of the rest of this story is true, except for the part that actually makes it a much more interesting story. …
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Hybrids & EVs

“Massive” Software Issues Delay VW ID3 Indefinitely

VW can’t pull it’s all-new ID 3 electric vehicle together in time for its summer release in Europe. It may have to push off the launch date because of “massive” ID3 software issues. The problems are said to involve the basic architecture of the ID3’s software according to VW engineers speaking to Germany’s Manager Magazin. …
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Hybrids & EVs

VW Considering EV Sports Car To Combat New Tesla Roadster

Finally some good Volkswagen news! VW is considering going into production with an EV sports car it has already designed. It is to be based on its MEB platform which it seems like will underpin anything and everything that is future VW-related. So, if true the chassis will have similar dimensions to the ID 3 …
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Trucks & SUVs

2020 Ford Ranger Rally Raid Racer With EcoBoost V6 Power

We know this might be a bit extreme for the street but we want it anyway. This is the Ranger Rally Raid Racer. They’re built for Dakar-style cross country racing by Neil Woolridge Motorsports out of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. To get this look they are diced and sliced and changed around a bunch, but that’s …
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Automotive News

Germany Is Headed Toward Recession Due To Tesla

In Germany, the auto industry is looking at Tesla as an existential threat. And rightly so. It won’t be long–maybe even this year, when Tesla will outsell both Mercedes and BMW combined in the US. Arguably the two most prestigious brands in the US getting outplayed by an American electric vehicle manufacturer that doesn’t have …
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2021 Citroen DS | PSA-
Automotive News

The 2021 Citroen DS Could Be A Great Chrysler 300. Will It?

Right now it’s a fun time to speculate on the impending Fiat Chrysler/PSA merger. PSA has been on a bit of a roll debuting a pickup truck last week that could definitely become a Ram Dakota. Now it’s showing off its newest sedan for 2021, a somewhat straightforward and generic Citroen spinoff known as DS. …
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2020 Ford GT Heritage Edition | Ford
Automotive News

Ford Sues GT Owner After It Was Sold 3-4 Times In Same Month

Supposedly participants in a Ford-alleged conspiracy acquired a 2018 Ford GT which they sold twice in a couple of weeks. Ford has strict rules on reselling GTs. Before purchasing a GT you have to prequalify. When you purchase one you sign a contract forbidding the owner from selling it for 24 months. This is to …
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2021 Lotus Evjia Hypercar | Lotus-3
Automotive News

The Improbable: 2021 Lotus Evija Production Set To Begin

Unreal performance, incredible styling, insane price; no one expected this to actually happen. The Lotus Evija was too much and too good to be true. Many enthusiasts never thought Lotus would be able to pull this one-off. That’s the reason we’re reporting on the Evija’s factory being completed to start production soon. This should quell …
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Tesla Cybertruck Premiere 11-21-19-00
Trucks & SUVs

Tesla Reveals Cybertruck Changes From The Concept

When Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk starts tweeting you can bet he’ll tease some things out. That’s what happened recently when he volunteered without prompts as well as answered questions posed about his Cybertruck. The amount of hype this one product has generated for Tesla since being unveiled in November last year is incredible. …
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2021 Chevy Menlo EV | GM-
Hybrids & EVs

Chevy 2021 Menlo EV Just Released: US Won’t Get It?

Another day, another weird move by GM. Today Chevy debuted the all-electric Menlo. It gets 250 miles range and will sell for $23,000. That makes it a great choice for US buyers looking for a good EV with decent range and not costing an arm and leg. This is the latest EV from GM that …
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Automotive News

Will US Get 2021 Golf? Who Cares! We Get GTI and Golf R

Ahead of the Geneva Auto Show the first week of March we get this peek at the GTI version of the new 2021 Golf. What VW is doing with the GTI is to give it a different but subtle change from the regular Golf. The Golf fascia was already a unique departure with the headlights …
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Trends

Is Hyundai Breakthrough Predictive Shifting System A Game Changer?

Other than the increase in the number of gears in an automatic transmission there have been few breakthroughs in transmission developments. We may have a breakthrough now. Hyundai and Kia say they’ve developed a transmission that can predict the gear it should be in at any given point. It’s called the “Information and Communication Technology …
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Cars

Why Does VW Still Sell The Arteon?

There is a lot of mystery behind the VW Arteon. The mystery is why Volkswagen makes the sedan? Sedans don’t sell anymore, VW couldn’t give away its last big sedan the Phaeton, and VW put zero effort into a marketing campaign. VW knew each of those fun facts yet the Arteon is here. Why does …
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Porsche Taycan Turbo cutaway
Hybrids & EVs

What’s Porsche Doing: Replacing All Taycan Batteries?

When the EPA posted the range for the new Porsche Taycan of 201 miles you knew something was going to happen. Porsche was not happy about the estimate and knows if it can’t squeeze a 300-mile range out of the Taycan it will greatly limit its appeal. Now comes word that Porsche has a battery …
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