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Taking Pictures of Cars

Dom Miliano

 With the advent of the ubiquitous digital camera, just about everyone these days fashions himself or herself as the next Ansel Adams. But the rules about what makes a good picture and what constitutes “dreck” did not changed when we went from using light sensitive silver crystals to capture our images to using electrons. You still need good composition, good lighting, proper exposure, an interesting…

1967 Porsche 911R

When a car maker with a reputation like Porsche's produces a new competition car, journalists take note, competitors get nervous and customers line up with cash in hand.  That's because Porsche has a long history of building fast, reliable cars that can be raced with great success.  And this is why the 1967 Porsche 911R is such a difficult model to place in either the production or racing strategy of the German automaker.  The reason…

 Driven by Passion

The 2005 Ferrari Superamerica

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Dom Miliano

 What is it about a car that speaks to a potential car buyer? For many, it’s price. For others, it’s utility or safety and, of course, performance.  But for the Ferrari owner, it’s almost always about passion – an unexplainable, maybe irrational, emotion for the car and the company. I have talked to hundreds of Tifosi over…

   The Porsche 550 and 550A 

By Dom Miliano

            When it came out, many automotive writers were falling over themselves trying to be the first to show pictures and write stories about Porsche's new Boxster. But I always like to look back to see where inspiration comes from so let me put things into historic perspective by taking a look at the 1950's Porsche Spyders that serve as its…