Ever heard of a dealership paying private-party value for a car, even without a trade-in? Yeah, me either… until it happened.

An exotic-car track experience in Las Vegas is a fantastic way to beat the Utah winter blues. Dream Racing, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is where I learned learned that racing is not driving!

OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car Series (OUSCS), presented by Advance Auto Parts, is all about showcasing highly-modified, but still street legal, cars in a high-performance environment. The 2024 Lingenfelter GTL Class champion is none other than Utah driver Lane Farka.

I recently got a brief test drive in the Lotus Emira, which Lotus claims is the last internal-combustion powered vehicle they will  produce. I also got to test the Lotus Eletre: the electric “hyper SUV” that heralds their future. 

So what were my impressions of the old and the new?