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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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My Car’s Broken: How Do Lemon Laws Work?

Your new SUV was fine for a few hundred miles. Then the electric gremlins started. The audio volume would blast randomly. The infotainment screen went blank. Each time you took it back to the dealer it had your SUV for a couple of days. You’d pick it up and sometimes leaving the dealer or within …
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One Thing About A Dodge Hellcat Should Really Scare You

There are now almost 60,000 Dodge Hellcats of different stripes prowling the highways and dark places of America. There will be many more before Dodge implodes or otherwise stops making them. To many, 60,000 Hellcats is just great. And it is, except that there’s one very dark, very scary thing about 60,000 Hellcats in the …
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Japanese and European Vehicle Makers Have A Big Problem Now

Ford and GM have a huge advantage over their Japanese and German rivals. We’re seeing it in the number of Japanese companies in the hottest segments with the oldest models, and European companies rich in cars but almost nonexistent in trucks and SUVs. It took a while for this to happen, but US manufacturers are …
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Trucks & SUVs

Meth Head Carjacks Pickup But You Won’t Believe What Was In The Bed

This is a bad way to start your New Years’ day. Outside of a Carthage, Missouri, adult video store, a man carjacked a GMC pickup. With a sleeping passenger inside. And a goat in the bed. Allegedly on meth.  The owner of the GMC Sierra had gone inside with the passenger asleep when a man …
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Former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn standing next to white Nissan crossover
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Incredible Arrest and Escape Of Former Renault/Nissan/ Mitsubishi Head Carlos Ghosn

Nothing like James Bond-cool ever happens in the auto industry. Until yesterday. If you haven’t been following the saga of Carlos Ghosn, the former head of Renault/Nissan/Mitsubishi, you must not like mystery novels. There has been some crazy stuff going on with this whole episode, and it’s real. And, it’s happening to one of the …
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Trucks & SUVs

It’s 2020: Time For A Corvette SUV?

Ford announced this week that the all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV is sold out for the first year’s run. And Ford hasn’t even built one. In fact, it hasn’t even ramped up an assembly line for it yet. All of the Mustang enthusiasts screamed bloody murder about Ford calling an electric SUV a Mustang. But after …
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ID3 | Volkswagen
Trends

It’s 2020! Did Electric Vehicle Sales Tank In 2019?

The charts and analysis are so confusing. Are electric vehicle sales up or down? Are all of the other countries seeing a rise in electric vehicle sales except the US? Did electric vehicle sales tank in 2019? The standard response to the number of EV sales in the US is 2%. It’s 3% in California. …
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Trucks & SUVs

This Is The One Year Chevy Silverado To Stay Away From

The new 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup made substantial improvements over its predecessor. That’s good because the previous generation Silverado had some glaring problems. There was one year that had more issues than others. We dug down to explore the reasons and fixes. By far the worst year for problems according to carcomplains.com was 2014. The …
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A 2020 Honda CR-V on display at an auto show.
Hybrids & EVs

Best 2020 SUVs For Fuel Economy

Hybrids and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) have continued to advance giving greater economy than in their early days. Some manufacturers are doubling down on all-electric vehicles essentially abandoning hybrids. But, there are a lot of reasons to go for a hybrid SUV, not the least of which is the range you get and the …
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RAM 1500 trucks for sale at a dealership
Trucks & SUVs

Do Not Buy This One Year Of Ram Truck

The new 2019 and 2020 Ram pickup has improved vastly since the previous generation’s problems. Though production started in 2008 as a 2009 model, the big problems started when there was a major revision in 2013. There were so many changes that included a new frame, electronic steering, eight-speed transmission and the introduction of the …
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2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Daytona 50th Anniversary Edition
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Dealers Screw Customers With “Adjustments” To Charger Widebody

Nothing ever changes when it comes to how dealers screw with their customers. The latest assault on car buyers is over the 2020 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Widebody Daytona 50th Anniversary Edition models. (This has to be a record for the longest car name in history!) As they slowly trickle into dealers the limited edition …
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Mitsubishi 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon concept | Mitsubishi
Midsize SUVs

Mitsubishi Reveals Wacky 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon Concepts

The 2020 Tokyo Auto Salon will be upon us in January. That means lots of great new-vehicle announcements and some wacky concepts, too. Mitsubishi has revealed some of those from the latter which we present to you here. Sometimes the aftermarket vehicle culture in Japan doesn’t exactly jibe with western tastes. However, that makes it …
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Mars Rover 2020 | NASA-03
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Excitement Builds As NASA Reveals Mars Rover Vehicle

NASA is committed to getting to the Red Planet in the next couple of years. To that end, it has designed a vehicle to traverse the Mars surface to take samples and relay Martian winds it will send audio to scientists. This week excitement swelled as NASA revealed the rover at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
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2020 Mazda MX-30 EV
Hybrids & EVs

Mazda Says Your Higher Range EV Is Bad For Environment

As we edge into 2020 we didn’t expect to be seeing a headline like this: Mazda Says Your Higher Range EV Is Bad For The Environment. Really? That’s way off of the narrative we’ve read and heard for the last dozen years or so. Why would Mazda say this about its first EV; the MX-30? …
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Crossovers

Why Would Anyone Buy A Model Y Tesla? Here’s Why Not

The coming Tesla Model Y makes no sense. There is no reason for it to exist. The Model Y only up-tics the headroom in a Model 3. They’re basically the same car underneath. The Model Y has been advertised as having a third row of seats, but no adult will fit in that third seat. …
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2000 Ford Lightning pickup
Trucks & SUVs

You Need To Buy This Brand New 2000 Lightning Pickup

Everything old is new again, especially if it has never been taken out of its wrapper. In the case of this 2000 Ford Lightning pickup with only 537 miles, you’ll get as close as humanly possible to a brand new 19-year-old pickup. And a special pickup it is for it’s not your garden-variety truck, but …
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Trucks & SUVs

Ford Ranger Forums Blowing Up With Problems

When it comes to the new Ford Ranger there is a growing chorus of discontent on Ranger forums. While most love the 2.3-liter turbo four-cylinder engine and 10-speed transmission a common problem continues to plague the pickup. At low speeds, there is what some call a “shudder” and others describe as a vibration. Search any …
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Hybrids & EVs

Almost Every EV Manufacturer Is Having Huge Problems Except One

More and more manufacturers sliding into electric vehicle production are finding it’s not easy. Just last week, Mercedes announced it was delaying its EQC SUV for almost one year. It says it’s strategic to help it fill European demand. But this has been the same story for quite a few EV manufacturers. Debuts keep getting …
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Wa. Supreme Court Rules You Must Use Turn Signals

In a nanny state, happy new year to all crazy ruling Washington state’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday you must use your turn signals. In cases of lane changing or making a turn you have to use your turn signal or it’s the jail for you. OK, maybe not jail time but at least a …
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“TOGG” for 2022 Türkiye’nin Otomobili Girisim | Grubu | TOGG-0
Trucks & SUVs

Why Is The Country Turkey Building Its Own SUV?

It’s said that if the government made a horse it would look like a camel. That said, Turkey has just released info on its stab at building an EV manufacturing company. It’s true. The company is called “TOGG” for Türkiye’nin Otomobili Girisim Grubu. It’s the first nationalized vehicle manufacturer ever in Turkey. Turkey will hold …
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