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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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Automotive News

You’ll Be Surprised At The Type Of Cars Kobe Bryant Collected

The devastating loss of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and the seven others who died in the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020, affected sports fans throughout the world. Bryant touched so many lives both on and off the court. As he entered his post-NBA second act, he became an …
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Automotive News

US Manufacturers Sinking Like A Stone In China

China is the largest vehicle market in the world. It’s one of the reasons GM pulled out of Europe, India, Australia, Russia, and Indonesia. It wanted to concentrate its efforts in the biggest market with the most profitable outlook in the world; China. So how is GM doing there? “GM’s profitability is sinking like a …
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Crossovers

All-New Mazda 3 Is Tanking Like We’ve Never Seen

Man, Mazda must be spinning out about the performance of its all-new Mazda 3. Being one of its rock-solid performers for years it looked to continue that feat when an all-new 2019 3. Instead, it sank to its lowest sales numbers in 29 years. That’s practically three decades. Yikes! Now, it’s launching a compact crossover …
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2021 Genesis GV80 SUV | Genesis
Trucks & SUVs

Genesis Preparing All-New V8 Flagship SUV Above GV80

Genesis and parent company Hyundai is on such a roll they’re having a hard time focusing on what to develop next. But, one segment it needs a win in is with SUVs. And, the hottest sub-segment within the SUV genre is in the luxury SUV group. Its GV80 is coming to fill that void. It’s …
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2020 Porsche Sport Turismo wagon | Porsche-0
Crossovers

2020 Porsche Sport Turismo: The Most Perfect Vehicle

Now that they are almost extinct do we conclude station wagons are the perfect vehicle? A wagon can do most anything a pickup or SUV can without the high-riding truck-ness most think they need. Yet, as pickup and SUV sales continue to climb we are almost out of any wagons offered by manufacturers. So, to …
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2020 Lexus 460 GX Overland luxury camping concept parked in gravel
Trucks & SUVs

Lexus Surprises With This GX Overland Luxury Camping Concept

Even when you want to get away from it all you still would like a bit of the convenience you’re getting away from. Lexus knows this and so has surprisingly come up with this real-world camping concept. It’s called the 2020 460 GX Overland built from-you guessed it, its 460 GX SUV. The Lexus Canadian …
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Automotive News

Cadillac Is Listening: Next CT5-V Gets A 640hp V8

The Cadillac CTS-V was getting traction both with its name and reputation. The alphabet-soup mumbo jumbo model identification Cadillac saddled itself with had little meaning to the public. Except, that is, with CTS-V. Its power and performance were finally putting actions to words that Cadillac finally was close to equal footing to its Euro-mates. Its …
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Automotive News

Former CEO Carlos Ghosn Says Nissan Will Be Bankrupt By 2022

Not that he has an agenda or anything but ex-Nissan Chairman, CEO, fugitive, and automotive Houdini Carlos Ghosn says Nissan will be bankrupt by 2022. He told defense attorney Nobuo Gohara this and many other things in 10 hours of interviews while under Japanese house arrest. The interviews were done in 2019 according to Bloomberg. …
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Trends

Dealerships Suck! Here’s How We Want To Buy Cars

It’s the best thing. It’s the worst thing. Buying a new car is an exhilarating experience. Some get goosebumps thinking about it. That first drive, showing your friends, new car smell, walking into the dealership. Wait, scratch that last one. That’s the worst thing about buying a new car. Dealerships suck. The whole experience inside …
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2021 Canoo Van | Canoo-0
Hybrids & EVs

You Won’t Be Able To Buy A 2021 Canoo, But You Can Still Get One

How many more electric vehicle manufacturers will come to light in the near future? We don’t know the answer but when an interesting one pops up we’ll take a look. This is the 2021 Canoo, and it’s not a paddleboat. It’s also not a slick Porsche Taycan or Tesla super sedan. It’s a mono box …
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2020 Subaru EV Crossover Concept | LoveCars!-
Hybrids & EVs

Watch: Walkaround Of Subaru’s Suprise EV Concept

Subaru and Toyota are working on a joint EV crossover project and this looks to be the initial fruits of that development. It was a bit strange that Subaru was not saying much about the concept unveiled at its technology gathering for the press in Tokyo. However, LoveCars!TV!, a Japanese YouTube channel, did a walkaround …
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2015 JMC Yuhu Concept Pickup | JMC-
Trucks & SUVs

The JMC Yuhu Is Out To Kill Bland Pickups

It’s time for an outrageous pickup truck. We yawned at the most recent SEMA Show from the huge amount of lifted pickups with roll bars and lights. These off-roaders all looked the same except for colors and wheels. They say “variety is the spice of life.” We don’t know who “they” are but we’ll acknowledge …
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Cars

The DeLorean DMC 12 Is Actually Going Into Production Again

When Motor Biscuit last visited the potential return of the DeLorean “DMC 12” gullwing coupe, it was ready to start manufacturing a low-volume car with modern upgrades. That was in 2017. Then crickets. We thought, “Such is the end of most automotive endeavors.” We were wrong. The DeLorean is actually going back into production again. …
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2020 Volkswagen T6.1 California Camper Van | Volkswagen-
Trucks & SUVs

Why Can’t US Get This Great 2020 Volkswagen Camper Van?

Volkswagen started off the whole van thing with the Microbus back in the 1950s. Then, it created the camper van. Both were good sellers in the US. Today, Ford sells almost 150,000 Transit vans in the US alone. So, why can’t the US get the Volkswagen T6.1 California van? The name of one of America’s …
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Tailpipe Emissions | Getty
Hybrids & EVs

Volkswagen CEO Admits the ‘Era of Classic Carmakers Is Over’

Volkswagen’s agenda for the last two decades or so has been to be the largest, most dominant, Godzilla-like vehicle manufacturer, the world has ever seen. Every year it makes wild pronouncements about production goals that if met would begin the trajectory to overlords of the auto universe. Then, on the way to that glorious day, …
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2020 Hyundai Venue | Hyundai-0
Crossovers

2020 Hyundai Venue: Can Smallest And Cheapest Be Bestest?

There was a time when the smallest and cheapest new car in any given year always reminded you it was a cheap car. Hard plastic interiors, different levels of buzzing, sound but little power when you depressed the go pedal-things like that. And as the months and years went by it became a bit more …
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Trucks & SUVs

Nissan Dealers Tell CEO Many Problems With The Brand

We wonder if Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida wishes he hadn’t come to America for this. For the first time since becoming CEO on December 1, he came to America to get answers. He wanted, from nine of the top dealers in the US, a no-holds-barred view of what they think is wrong with Nissan. If …
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Trucks & SUVs

Stash Of Weird Stuff In Pickup Trucks

We at Motor Biscuit are exposed to every facet of vehicle enthusiasm. We see the good, the bad, and the questionable. We’ve seen pickup trucks used for just about every imaginable need. Nature abhors a vacuum. You bought that truck to haul. You’re not making $600-a-month payments to have to rent something better for your …
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Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge | Barrett-Jackson
Hybrids & EVs

This Vehicle Is Whatever You Want It To Be

In Russia versatility is everything. Money is really tight, so the more you can get for your buying buck the better for you. The Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge is just such a product. It’s anything you want it to be in a vehicle. Let’s say your commute includes swamps, lakes, highways, and byways. The Aerosledge can …
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