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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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Cars

Original Auto Spy Photographer–the Zany World of Jim Dunne

The photographer that virtually invented the art of shooting spy photos of cars not released to the public died this week at 87 years old. Jim Dunne was recognized throughout the world as the leading new-car spy photographer. For Fun and Profit We’ve all seen those long-lens shots of vehicles zooming down a dusty desert …
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Hybrids & EVs

Chevy Bolt Is 100% Solar Charged

Looking as strange as one would expect, one guy outside of Ottawa, Canada, built himself a solar recharging system so he never has to plug in again. Daniel McGuire was cruising around in his Chevy Bolt when he decided he needed to make the car completely self-sustainable according to cleantechnica.com. First Try Looking at cell …
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Cars

Watch: First Look At 2021 Formula 1 Cars

We have a new video released by Formula 1 and its governing body the FIA  outlining some of the big changes that will be taking place over the next couple of years in the world’s premiere racing series. For the first time we get to see what these changes will be and how they will …
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Automotive News

Now You Can Buy Your Car From a Vending Machine. No, Really!

If you’re looking for a trendy way to buy your next car Auto Trader offers up a car vending machine. That’s right! Even better, if you have a Smartphone you can pay for your new car right at the vending machine and drive it home. Many Questions For us, it raises more questions than it …
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Tesla Model Y parked on road
Hybrids & EVs

Survey: Why Buyers Avoid Electric Cars

What is it about electric cars that scares people enough that only two-percent of all cars sold are EVs? Those who purchase them rave about the cost saving satisfaction and saving the environment, too. Though they seem like appliances to enthusiasts, they have shown themselves to be performance minded. All you need to look at …
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2020 Nissan GT-R
Cars

The Next Nissan GTR: What Will It Be and When?

What will Nissan do about their 370Z and GTR performance cars? Will enthusiasts ever see another performance car out of Nissan? Will the GTR slowly shuffle off into the graveyard of cars sold way past their prime? Will it sell for so long Nissan will market it as a new car that’s so old it’s …
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Cars

California Dealers File Complaint Against Volvo

Care by Volvo is a service provided by Volvo Cars USA that allows you to lease certain Volvo cars monthly with insurance and maintenance included, with a 15,000-mile-per-year cap for two years. After 12 months you can switch to a different Volvo. With a $500 deposit, monthly payments average between $700-800 for the two years …
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Audi RS6 Avant
Cars

Yes! Audi Brings Haulin’ 2020 RS6 Avant Wagon To US

As station wagons in the US are canceled one by one leaving so few you can count them on one hand, Audi sends us a love letter in the form of the 2020 RS6 Avant. This hauler looks nas. Volkswagen just killed its last two Golf wagons. We see the Buick TourX wagon barely hanging …
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Cars

Drako GTE EV Boasts 1200hp, 206 mph, $1.25 Million Price

If you can’t keep up with all of the new auto startups centered around electric vehicles, you may want to stop reading because here’s another one. The latest electric kid on the block is Drako Motors. Their car is a four-motor electric monster built around the bones of the Fisker Karma. Remember Fisker? That was …
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2019 Toyota Land Cruiser off-roading over rocky trail
SUVs

Is the Toyota Land Cruiser Dead? Why Isn’t It Selling Like Other SUVs?

If the Toyota Land Cruiser was killed tomorrow, would anyone know? Would anyone care? It depends on who you hang around with. Rumors abound that the Land Cruiser will be discontinued in 2021. As less than 3,000 are sold annually, those circulating the rumors seem to be the only ones who care, and they are …
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Trends

Assembly Plant Shuffle Signals End of Lincoln Continental

While Lincoln has been coy about its plans for future Continentals, the assembly plant news announced today by parent company Ford signals the end of Continental production–at least in the US. From Automotive News comes word that Ford plans on building two midsize electric crossovers at its Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan. The crossovers …
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2019 Volkswagen Beetle
Cars

Say Goodbye To These Discontinued Cars For 2020

All wrapped up for you in a neat bow are all of the cars we say “goodbye” to in 2019. These cars—and they’re all cars with the exception of two Lincoln crossovers that are being renamed for 2020—won’t be back in 2020. A couple might show up down the road, but for almost all of …
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a Volkswagen Diesel engine spews black exhaust
Trends

Not Again! VW Caught Cheating With Its Diesel Emissions “Fix”

Not again! Volkswagen, what are you doing? Stop it already! Just when you thought Volkswagen’s “Dieselgate” emissions debacle was behind it, a German court today revealed that VW’s “fix” for the diesel cheating devices contains another cheat device. We can’t make this up. In a court hearing in Dusseldorf, Germany, the district court there has revealed …
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Cars

McLaren Announces a New Unnamed Speedster

The Pebble Beach Concours is quite the place for exotic car announcements and 2019 was no exception. McLaren has ambitious plans to launch 18 new models between now and 2025 based on its “Track25” business plan. At a private gathering, McLaren CEO Mike Flewett announced a new addition to the Ultimate Series McLaren entering production …
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New York International Auto Show - bright green Dodge Challenger
Cars

Why the Dodge Challenger Attracts the Youngest Muscle Car Buyers

What would you think the average age of a muscle car buyer is? 40? 60? 75? He or she would need to have the bread to purchase it in the first place, right? Or at least be able to get a loan—which these days is anyone with a pulse. So maybe money isn’t a factor? …
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Cars

A Botched Auction, Controversy, and Why Porsche Should Buy the Type 64

After the big publicity push behind the auction of the “first” Porsche ever built, the Type 64, slated for this past weekend in Pebble Beach, the auction turned into a nightmare for auctioneers RM Sotheby. With a reserve that many thought was $30 million, the auction was started at $10 million. It quickly escalated to …
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Cars

More Project Cars Should Be Built Like Icon’s Derelicts

If you’re into old cars and fancied doing a project someday but were turned off by what you think it takes in both ability and cha-cha, you should watch this Icon vid at the bottom of the post. Really. There was a time when something old was not considered used up. If it was an …
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Car Manufacturing
Cars

Recession, Brexit, and Union Negotiations Could Tank Global Car Industry

Today’s more-than-800-point drop in the stock market confirms the warning signs many financial scribes and analysts have been bleating; that there’s another recession heading our way. Less demand for vehicles and the Trump tariffs are causing carmakers to back off of some product plans to help weather a possible recession, according to Reuters.  Add to …
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Cars

You Can Get a 2020 Toyota Supra With a Manual Transmission After All

Maybe Toyota got it right with the 2020 Supra. Don’t offer a manual transmission and they’ll be writing about it for years, which is publicity. Even if it’s not good publicity.  The Supra seems like the best performance model Toyota has offered in years. One of the most natural options one can imagine would be …
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Hybrids & EVs

The Bronco and Mustang-Inspired EV Are the Future at Ford

Ford is laying out a massive new portfolio of products to better address the fast-changing consumer demands happening right now. Things we never thought would be considered are in the pipeline for production by 2020. Ford announced it’s radically changing up some of its most iconic brands in the face of falling demand for conventionally-powered …
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