Podholic: Spike’s Car Radio
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Spike’s Car Radio is an aural mix of cars, coffee and comedy.
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VIEWS
Hinckley: Turning copper into gold
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An air-cooled wonder … that proved a disaster for Chevrolet.
Read MorePodholic: The V8 Sleuth
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Want the inside line on all things Supercars? The V8 Sleuth has you covered.
Read MoreHinckley: America’s first ‘motown’ wasn’t Detroit
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Bicycles, plows and Buick … these and more all came from the city of Jackson.
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Hinckley: It seemed like a good idea at the time
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In the first half of last century, Henry Ford decided to one-up the rubber industry by creating a mini-Dearborn in the Amazon.
Read MorePodholic: The Fast Lane Talk Podcast
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Want an electric vehicle that’s not a Tesla? The Americans at Fast Lane talk up some electrifying alternatives.
Read MorePodholic: Past Gas By Donut Media
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Donut Media's take on the Bruce McLaren story is refreshingly different.
Read MoreHinckley: The man who would be king
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Heard of patent trolls? Arguably one of the first was George Shelden; his influence on the automotive sector in its earliest years is fascinating.
Read MorePodholic: CarExpert Podcast
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Aussies are the world’s ace know-alls … so this view on all things automotive is highly expressive and entertaining.
Read MoreHinckley: Albert Pope's two-wheeled wonders
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This month the spotlight falls on an early identity in the formative years of motorcycling.
Read MorePodholic: Smith And Sniff
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Fancy some hilarious antics with a couple of car-crazy British lads?
Read MoreHinckley: It seemed like a good idea, but …
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In the dawning years of the automobile industry, design and development was only limited by the imagination. Most everything seemed like a good idea. Right hand or left-hand steering. Tiller or steering wheel. Steam, petrol or electric power. Three or four wheels, six wheels, eight wheels. Back seat or front seat driving.
Read MorePodholic: DriveTribe podcast
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Our podcast pick of the week features some famous faces … well, voices, in this context.
Read MorePodholic: Collecting Cars with Chris Harris
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If one person out there can mix journalistic magic with a racing pedigree, it would be Chris Harris
Read MoreHinckley: The father of automotive advertising
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Cadwallader Washburn Kelsey’s talent was mediocre when it came to making cars. Selling? A different story. He transformed automobile advertising and marketing.
Read MorePodholic: The Autoblog podcast
/Our weekly podcast pick is an American institution.
IN an American-centric view on automotive news, the Autoblog team offer a weekly must-listen podcast chaperoned by Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore.
With a focus on new vehicle product (some of which we get to see in little old New Zealand), the crew talk shop about everything from the pint-sized (they love Mazda MX5s) to all the usual massive full-size pickups.
Asides from the usual musings on news and reviews, Autoblog’s “spend my money” segment is a great way to sit back and ponder your next vehicle purchase. Here, listeners write in and ask the podcast panel for vehicle buying suggestions with accompanying criteria ranging from sensible to stupendous.
EV vehicles and their owners are not left out either; the podcast regularly debates the merits of new all-electric newcomers, discussing everything from range anxiety, fast-charging and performance, to Teslas and other aspirational EV brands. So chuck on your ‘Murica’ cap and have a worthwhile listen.
The Autoblog Podcast Homepage: https://www.autoblog.com/audio/
Hinckley: A Marriage of Convenience
/BY the 1920s, automobile companies had become multifaceted, building vehicles for every budget and every need; a scenario that made it increasingly difficult for smaller operations to compete against the likes of General Motors and Ford.
Yet there was a small but lucrative market where smaller manufacturers had an edge.
Read MoreHinckley: A Checkered Tale
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THE last of the truly independent American automobile manufacturers had its origins in a Joliet, Illinois based body manufacturer. This obscure company would serve as the cornerstone for the quintessential American taxi brand – Checker.
Read MoreHinckley: A business built on connections
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A WELL-organised livery and carriage service companies took to the streets of Chicago almost as soon as this great US city was established.
One of the earliest of these companies, Parmelee Transportation Company established in May 1853, would play a key role in the development of America’s use of the horseless carriage as inner-city taxis and serve as the foundation for the building of empires.
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