Blake Z. Rong

1/15/20

The Last O.G.

To get to Roland George’s shop in Brooklyn, you take the A or C trains out to the Shepherd Avenue station, deep into…

6/21/19

The 2020 Ford Explorer: A Dinosaur Reinvents Itself

The Ford Explorer emerged mewling and blinking sometime during the Cretaceous period. The year was 1990.…

9/12/18

Buick Needs to Embrace Its Boat Dad Image

A story about a Buick is not exactly one that grips the imagination. Maybe not here. But allow me to explain.

2/5/18

This Tiny Vermont Shop Is The Singer Of Classic Range Rovers

Taylor Congleton grew up on the water, in South Hero, Vermont—an island in the midst of Lake Champlain, tucked…

8/21/16

What It's Like To Drive The World's Most Dangerous Track In A Giant 1972 Ford Wagon

On Aug. 13, in the Eifel Mountains of Germany, while rounding the Südkehre at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with…

8/19/16

Trans Am Champion Racer Drives Around In A Giant Chicken

“El Gallo Grande” is an eye-searingly yellow 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight sedan with the half-crowing head of an…

8/18/16

You Can Now Command Your Hyundai Genesis With A 'Free' Amazon Echo

You can do all kinds of stuff with your Amazon Echo, like order a pizza, listen to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious…

8/18/16

When Audi's Le Mans Racer Meets A Eurofighter Typhoon

These days, your average Le Mans prototype race car doesn’t so much resemble a car you can buy as it does a…

7/29/16

Le Cheapest Classic Car Ever Is A $1,600 Renault Le Car

Have we got a car for you! A bona-fide classic! The best in Gallic ingenuity and Space-Age thriftiness! A funky…

7/29/16

Why This Barrier-Breaking Woman Was Banned From The World’s Deadliest Race

“Some women refuse to be a slave of routine,” said Pathé News in 1962, the year Beryl Swain entered the Isle of Man…

7/28/16

Elio Motors Has Spent More Time Lobbying For Three-Wheel Cars Than Building Actual Cars

Elio Motors was founded in 2009 for an ambitious effort: bringing 3-wheeled, fully-enclosed trikes capable of…

7/28/16

This Is How You Nail The Perfect Drifting Shot

If you want to get a perfect drift shot like the one above, it’s easy! You just need a few things.

7/27/16

Scoot, Scoot, Scoot Around The World With Honda's X-ADV Adventure Scooter

When Honda introduces the world’s first adventure scooter on August 30th, what they’re tentatively calling the…

7/27/16

In 1991 A GMC Syclone Could Whoop A Ferrari's Ass

This ain’t your mother’s car review. Hell no, amigo. This is a bare-knuckled, down-and-goddamn-dirty,…

7/27/16

The Researchers Who Broke Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal Are Still Scrambling For Money

There is often no glory in muckraking. The researchers at West Virginia University’s Center for Alternative Fuels…

7/27/16

Toyota's Mythical New Supra May Have A 400-Horsepower Twin-Turbo V6

There may be a new Toyota Supra! There may always be a new Supra around, in fact, something we’ve been dreaming…

12/14/15

The Rebirth Of America's Greatest Car Museum, And What It's Like To Work There

Ninety percent of the human population, give or take, already regards the automobile as an appliance. At best. The Pe…

7/9/15

We Crashed A Rally For Old Alfas And Porsches In This Bigass '72 Pontiac

When Petrolicious invited the auto elite to the Drive Tastefully: Barker Hangar Rally, they expected Magnus Walker…

6/22/15

Killing Clutches And Driving Japanese Dream Cars At The Touge California

The Supra was the first car to go.

2/4/15

I Drove Every Aston Martin

A scream rang from across the canyons. A dull roar, really, dull only because I haven't yet punched it, sitting…

Blake Z. Rong's posts

The Last O.G.

The 2020 Ford Explorer: A Dinosaur Reinvents Itself

Buick Needs to Embrace Its Boat Dad Image

This Tiny Vermont Shop Is The Singer Of Classic Range Rovers

What It's Like To Drive The World's Most Dangerous Track In A Giant 1972 Ford Wagon

Trans Am Champion Racer Drives Around In A Giant Chicken

You Can Now Command Your Hyundai Genesis With A 'Free' Amazon Echo

When Audi's Le Mans Racer Meets A Eurofighter Typhoon

Le Cheapest Classic Car Ever Is A $1,600 Renault Le Car

Why This Barrier-Breaking Woman Was Banned From The World’s Deadliest Race

Elio Motors Has Spent More Time Lobbying For Three-Wheel Cars Than Building Actual Cars

This Is How You Nail The Perfect Drifting Shot

Scoot, Scoot, Scoot Around The World With Honda's X-ADV Adventure Scooter

In 1991 A GMC Syclone Could Whoop A Ferrari's Ass

The Researchers Who Broke Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal Are Still Scrambling For Money

Toyota's Mythical New Supra May Have A 400-Horsepower Twin-Turbo V6

The Rebirth Of America's Greatest Car Museum, And What It's Like To Work There

We Crashed A Rally For Old Alfas And Porsches In This Bigass '72 Pontiac

Killing Clutches And Driving Japanese Dream Cars At The Touge California

I Drove Every Aston Martin