Justin Hughes
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Justin has owned, driven, and raced a wide variety of cars in autocross, rallycross, HPDE, and time trial events, as well as driven and co-driven course cars at stage rallies in the northeast. He is interested in getting the maximum bang for the minimum buck when it comes to playing with cars, and his car history, including old Miatas, Saturns, Honda Civic wagons, and an ex-police Crown Victoria, demonstrates that.
Can You Rally A Miata?
“The answer is always Miata.” It’s one of the most overplayed, overused tropes on the internet. Need a practical…
Electric Storm: Tesla Model 3 vs. Chevy Bolt
Last week’s reveal of the highly anticipated Tesla Model 3 has led to more than 325,000 reservations and counting. That’s…
“Too Soon, Junior.”
It’s my fault. Having been born, raised, and living in New England my whole life, I should’ve known better…
Security And Convenience: Where’s The Balance?
Benjamin Franklin once said, “He who would trade convenience for some temporary security, deserves neither convenience nor security.” That’s not actually true,…
Subaru Gets Serious With The BRZ STi!
Subaru stunned enthusiasts today by announcing that the BRZ STi performance concept, shown last year at the New…
Arcimoto: Electric Motoring For The Masses
While checking out Elio’s final prototype at NYIAS, they asked me if I’d heard of Arcimoto. I had not. Later…
2001 Audi S4 Avant: The TARDIS
Ever since Allison Feldhusen bought her Audi S4 Avant new on July 20, 2001, I’ve called it the TARDIS.…
Elio: Economy And Fun On Three Wheels
For the past few years there’s been a great deal of buzz about this small company called Elio,…
2016 NYIAS Day 2 Wrap-Up
It was another good day at NYIAS. Ike from the Untitled Car Show joined Michael Thompson and me for…
2017 Mazda MX-5 RF
Mazda “blew the lid off” the MX-5, and how. We expected a retractable hardtop, but we didn’t expect the…