ByDon Hammonds
It’s time for Santa again, model collectors.
But are you missing something from your list to the man in red this year?
If  you love 64th scale model cars–and who doesn’t among  model car enthusiasts?–you may have overlooked some of the best products coming out of what is arguably the master of the scale: GreenLight.
You know GreenLight’s work. Painstakingly accurate. One of the only companies that gives you accurately designed wheels, rims, hubcaps and interiors.  Paint so glossy and real looking  …

Some of history’s best loved “rides” from the flicks are getting a second wind, thanks to GreenLight, maker of highly accurate, upscale 1:64 model cars.
     The first series features Dom’s Dodge Charger, from “Fast & Furious,” the kickin’ 1977 Pontiac Trans Am from “Sm0key and the Bandit,” the imposing Chicago Police Dodge Monaco from ”The Blues Brothers,” Jake and Elwood’s Bluesmobile from “The Blues Brothers,” and Natalia’s Dodge Charger fr0m the “CSI: Miami” television show.

 
As has always been the case with …

By Don Hammonds
This year’s big milestone  for the auto industry is the 100th anniversary for Mercedes-Benz.
The storied automaker is the birthplace of many a patent for important auto technology, safety and performance features, and we need not remind you of the many fabulous wheels they’ve sent down the road, much to the pleasure of auto enthusiasts and consumers alike.
Today, perhaps some of the most coveted new Mercedes cars are the AMG versions, all of which are fast enough to curl both …

“Ferrari Design: The Definitive Study,” by Glen Smale, $69.95, 272 pages, Haynes Publishing and distributed by Motorbooks/Quayside Distribution Services.

By Don Hammonds
Are you big on style? And even bigger on Ferraris?
You’lll want to check out a new book that chronicles the design of one of the world’s most glamourous automotive brands–Ferrari.
Yes, we know there are tons of books on these gorgeous automobiles, but this is a book with a difference. In eafh of its chapters, you’re introduced toa different model or …

It’s 2011, and time to get over the post-holiday doldrums by checking out some new books about cars.
Some of the best to cross our desk at Automobile Journal are all about some of your favorite brands: Corvette, Porsche, and Jaguar.  Is that enough to light your fire on these upcoming cold winter days?

Let’s start off with a bang with the new “Jaguar: All the Cars” Second Edition” by Nigel  Thorley. Thick, substantial, packed with pictures of every description and invaluable …

GreenLight  fans–and we know your numbers are huge—rejoice!
Your favorite model company has released some new products in its Auction Block and Muscle Car Garage lineups, and after taking a close look, we can tell you that they are terrific, as usual.
We had a chance to take a look at the following new Auction Block 1:64 scale models: 2010 Ford Shelby GT500, 1968 Plymouth GTX hardtop; 1966 Shelby GT-350H, 1970 Chevrolet Corvette LT-1 ZR-1, and the 1971 Dodge Charger R/T Hemi.
In …

It’s gift giving time again, and model car makers have a bunch of models, old and new, that may find a a home under many a holiday tree this year.
And of course, many of the models we reviewed were all done up in shiny red paint—what else would you expect in December?

Our first stop on our holiday rounds is Danbury Mint, maker of some of the finest 1:24 model cars and trucks in the country. Their contribution this month is …

Plenty of car enthusiasts will want to spend their Christmas evenings after all that good food sitting by the tree reading when they find out what awaits them from the new books out this year.
“Shelby: The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles,” $45.00, Motorbooks/MBI Publishing Company

There have been a number of interesting books about Shelby and Carroll Shelby of late, but if you want to read the complete story—not just about Ford Mustangs and Cobra roadsters, but about the products …

“The Complete Book, of Dodge and Plymouth Muscle”, Mike Mueller, $40.00
Here’s another “must have” book for car enthusiasts, especially thouse of the Mopar variety.
This book may have some material that is familiar to you, but the breezy, witty writing style of Mr. Mueller makes it a joy to read or to hear about again.  There seems to be a lot more background knowledge, though, with Mr. Mueller’s book, including inside looks at the developments of these cars, and some of …

“GTO: Pontiac’s Great One,” Darwin Holmstrom, with photographs by David Newhardt, $50.00.
This is one massive, massive tome to one of America’s four wheeled-sweethearts. The sad thing is that it feels so anticlimactic because, as we all know, Pontiac is no more. This book helps us to understand why that is such a huge blow to the automotive industry as we know it today.
The sheer size of this book is almost overwhelming. It’s 334 pages of  huge, lavish color photographs, featuring …