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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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Gas/Diesel Car Values Will Start To Plummet Very Soon

Not that it benefits Tesla CEO Elon Musk much (we’re joking) but he’s got a warning. He says that those who may be buying a new car need to expect “residual values of gas/diesel cars to plummet in the coming years.” Over the next decade, 24 European cities with a population of 62 million people …
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Hybrids & EVs

Jaguar, Audi, Mercedes Paying A Huge Price Tesla Isn’t

In their zeal to blast into electrification faster than light huge companies like Mercedes Benz and  General Motors; and smaller manufacturers like Audi and Jaguar all rely on outside suppliers for much of their EV components. One main piece of the electric puzzle is batteries. LG Chem supplies the batteries to many EV manufacturers and …
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Trucks & SUVs

2020 Nissan Titan Pickup: For A Niche Within A Small Niche

The Nissan Titan in its current form has been with us for a long time. Since 2004 it has remained basically unchanged. For 2020 it has some styling mods but has cut lots of features and options it once had. Between its age and how much Nissan has cut from previous years, it places the …
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2020 Hispano Suiza Carmen | HS-
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2020 Hispano Suiza Carmen: Two Competing Designs Fight On One Car

This is what “unique” looks like. But this is also why unique isn’t necessarily the same as good. Before you is the Hispano Suiza H6C Dubonnet Carmen. It’s inspired by a one-off for French racing driver Andre Dubonnet back in the 1930s. It will spin-off to be a production Hisso that should be available just …
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2020 F-150 Harley-Davidson | Tuscany
Trucks & SUVs

A 2020 Harley-Davidson F-150 Is Coming: Why?

In a move that surprised more than a few at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show a limited-edition 2020 F-150 Harley-Davidson model was revealed. A limited-edition anything is an expectation for popular models from different manufacturers. It’s just another way to add sizzle to both hot and slow sellers. So a limited-edition Harley-Davidson F-150 is coming? …
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2021 Aston Martin DBX with roof-mounted bicycle
Trucks & SUVs

If The DBX SUV Doesn’t Sell Well Aston Martin Is Toast

Everything for Aston Martin rides on the DBX SUV. If it doesn’t get this right and/or if it doesn’t sell the company is toast. It will be gone by 2022. Aston Martin went public in late-2018. Since then the stock price has dropped 75%. At the time of the IPO, the Aston Martin company was …
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Camaro Discount Wars: Price Cuts $4,750 For Mustang Owners Only

And you thought cross-town rivalries in Detroit were dead? Last year the Ford Mustang beat out the Chevy Camaro in sales by almost 25,000. Chevy wants to cut that lead or even take the lead in 2020. If it can’t at least Chevy wants a fight so it has an exclusive offer pitched directly to …
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Trucks & SUVs

For 2021 Toyota Reveals “Trail Edition” for Tacoma, Tundra, 4Runner Pickups

For 2021 Toyota is adding yet another off-road theme for the Tacoma, Tundra, and 4Runner. This one is called “Trail Editions.” Don’t be confused even though you can currently get these trucks with the TRD Off-Road, TRD Off-road Premium, and TRD Pro off-road themes. The question is what makes the Trail Editions versions different from …
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2020 Ford GT Heritage Edition | Ford
Automotive News

2020 Ford GT Gets Unnecessary Updates Making It Even More Desirable

Ford is going to make the fabulous GT go out with a bang. For such a limited production vehicle that will see production end in 2022, it has lavished the GT with many new surprises. The 2020 GT will get some unnecessary updates making it, even more, desirable than it already was. The least of …
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Automotive News

Nobody Wants Sports Cars Anymore-Are They Dying?

Nobody’s buying sports cars. Has it really come to this? Are SUVs and pickups all that will be left? That and autonomous rolling toasters? From the latest sales figures for 2019, we have to surmise the end of the sports car is nigh? We’ve assembled a baker’s dozen of those that stand out for their …
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2020 UAZ SGR Combi Expedition Van | UAZ-1
Trucks & SUVs

The Whole World Needs UAZ SGR Combi Expedition Vans

What the world needs right now is a new, rugged, off-road van. Not really, but if you have always wanted one here’s your dream come true. The UAZ SGR Combi Expedition is an off-road van with proven ruggedness in the harsh environs of Russia. That’s because it is a Russian product. It has been since …
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1974 Pontiac GTO | GM
Cars

How GM Took Iconic Brands And Fouled Them

General Motors makes decisions in a time/space netherworld we mortals know nothing about. While we look upon many of its historic brands with reverence, it looks to them as only names bonked onto an ever devolving line of subcompact mushmobiles. What once stood for performance, style, engineering excellence, or desirable transportation in its simplest form, …
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Hybrids & EVs

GM Killed Its Electric EV1-Now It’s Trying To Lure EV Investors

This company started making electric vehicles 20 years ago. The EVs were highly developed, had a range of 100 miles which wasn’t great but made them popular for short commutes, and sold as many as it could make. The cars were mostly owned by celebrities and actors who praised them at every opportunity. Free advertising. …
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Trucks & SUVs

Porsche-Powered VW Multivan Is The Ultimate People Mover

Here’s another vehicle we wish would be sold in the US, and can’t understand the business plan behind not selling it here. It makes so much sense for VW to sell its T5 Multivan in the US. But we’re not here to debate Volkswagen’s poor judgment. You can read about Dieselgate to find out how …
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Automotive News

One Figure Is Left Out Of The Dismal 2019 Ford Financial News

Ford’s fourth-quarter financials for 2019 were revealed yesterday and a lot of numbers, projections, and apologies were floated around. But with as much spin as was spent on the dismal Q4 results there was one figure missing from it all; 99. This is the percent of income that fell from 2018. A 99% plunge. In …
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The Lamborghini Murciélago Gift Kobe Bryant Gave Wife Vanessa

Lakers great Kobe Bryant was an NBA superstar. He was also known as a generous person. His young wife Vanessa turned 19 in 2001 and Kobe wanted her to have something special for the occasion. Probably one of the most outrageous, ostentatious cars at that time (or any other time for that matter) was the …
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Automotive News

Ferrari Is Becoming More Like Chevy Every Day

Part of what you are buying when you buy a Ferrari is exclusivity. And fast, we don’t want to forget that part. But the whole Ferrari thing is how it looks. You don’t see them every day, even in Hollywood. So it’s that exclusivity combined with performance and heritage that makes a Ferrari a Ferrari. …
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2020 Ford Mustang GT500
Automotive News

Ford Accidentally Leaked An All-New Mustang Coming In 2022

From an online job site listing comes the first confirmation Ford will produce an all-new Mustang in 2022 as a 2023 model. Posted on LinkedIn is a job listing for engineers to be the “final sign off on the Ford 2023 Mustang S650 program.” We’re thinking S650 is internal lingo for this next-gen ‘Stang. We’re …
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Miata Conversions To 1960s Corvettes: Good Or Bad?

We have “forever meat” that is fake beef and Olive Garden which is fake Italian food. Artificial Christmas trees and spray-on tanning also come to mind. So, why not fake 1960s Corvettes? We’ve all seen conversions taking a C-5 Corvette and turning it into an This is like that only different. First, it comes from …
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Automotive News

What Does NBA Champ LeBron James Drive?

Whenever you’ve got someone making over $40 million a year plus endorsements, you know they’ve got some killer cars. Such is the case with Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. He’s considered one of the most valuable players in the NBA and is a three-time NBA champion. Just for some context he also has two …
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