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‘The Big Book of Tiny Cars’ Celebrates the Smallest Automobiles

By Michael J. Moody 7 months ago
Photo credit: Motorbooks

Photo credit: Motorbooks

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Small cars are currently out of vogue. In a market dominated by ever-growing SUVs, major automakers like Ford, Fiat, VW, and Mercedes (through its hapless Smart subsidiary) are giving up on the category—at least in the U.S. market. Even Minis no longer live up to their name, with the smallest one cresting 3000 pounds. But once a car category departs the commonplace, interest tends to pick up among enthusiasts and collectors. How else to explain the current fascination with personal luxury coupes of the ’70s and ’80s?

To slake our growing thirst for subcompacts, British automotive writer Russell Hayes has written a new book about them, The Big Book of Tiny Cars: A Century of Diminutive Automotive Oddities (Motorbooks, $40), that will be available electronically on Nov. 30. The hardcover

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‘The Big Book of Tiny Cars’ Celebrates the Smallest Automobiles

By Michael J. Moody 7 months ago
Photo credit: Motorbooks

Photo credit: Motorbooks

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below.”

Small cars are currently out of vogue. In a market dominated by ever-growing SUVs, major automakers like Ford, Fiat, VW, and Mercedes (through its hapless Smart subsidiary) are giving up on the category—at least in the U.S. market. Even Minis no longer live up to their name, with the smallest one cresting 3000 pounds. But once a car category departs the commonplace, interest tends to pick up among enthusiasts and collectors. How else to explain the current fascination with personal luxury coupes of the ’70s and ’80s?

To slake our growing thirst for subcompacts, British automotive writer Russell Hayes has written a new book about them, The Big Book of Tiny Cars: A Century of Diminutive Automotive Oddities (Motorbooks, $40), that will be available electronically on Nov. 30. The hardcover

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Back to the Bricks Rolling Cruise kickoff celebrates Flint’s rich automotive history

By Michael J. Moody 11 months ago

FLINT, MI — Swapping stories of classic cars is nothing new to Flint physician Bobby Mukkamala.

A collector himself, it’s a prideful hobby of his to keep pieces of Flint’s automotive history in prime conditions.

Mukkamala is able to notch two new notes to his resume when it comes to talking cars.

The first was being named the 2021 Back to the Bricks Show and Cruise official Grand Marshall and within cutting the ribbon for Wednesday’s first day of Rolling Cruises, he was also able to swap car stories with a NASCAR driver.

“I’m a car guy myself. I happen to clean out earwax during the day, but I wrench on the side,” Mukkamala said. “(Back to the Bricks is) something that puts us on the map, and continues to keep us on the map as far as automotive history. It’s really something to be proud of when you’re a

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Classic Car Procession Celebrates Lifelong Enthusiast

By Jaime E. Love 2 years ago

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Probably how every classic car lover would like to go.

Over his lifetime, it’s estimated that Phil Deegan owned 150 cars, and his home in Mankato, Minnesota is said to have always displayed an assortment of classic cars and trucks. So it makes total sense that after Deegan passed away on July 14, 2020, his funeral procession would be a rolling tribute to the automotive enthusiast. At the funeral service, a group of classic cars and trucks lined the church’s parking, and this was followed by a procession of classic vehicles to the cemetery including a 1964-66 Chevy C10 that carried his coffin in the cargo bed.

Image Credit: KEYC News

In a video report from KEYC News, Deegan’s son Dan said that his father “loved anything with wheels on it and anything with a motor in it,” while his obituary

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