If you’ve been following the collector car market recently, you may have noticed that prices seem to be going down again.
I used to think that idioms such as “With age comes wisdom” were idiotic concepts that people uttered so others would think them enlightened.
I have a theory.
In an exclusive interview with the The Daily Star, Negib Debs, general manager of Gargour Automotive Co., sheds light on the strategies and initiatives that...
Continuing with our look back at cars that were quite popular in the 1970s, including in Lebanon, we bring you the Z-cars, classics from the Land of the...
There are far too many things we take for granted today.
From Dolce & Gabbana to Michael Kors, major brands are catering to lucrative Gulf markets during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which is earning its own...
Heat was in the air on the first day of Paris Fashion Week menswear collections that showcased next year’s spring-summer designs.
Being born without fingers can be tough for any child.
Russia's state communications watchdog threatened Friday to ban the Telegram messaging app, saying the company behind the service had failed to submit company...
The first 16 graduates from the Lebanese American University’s inaugural fashion class showed off their final year collections with a catwalk show that...
Tony Bou Safi begins his day at 4 a.m., selecting produce to stock his grocery, before driving back in Geitawi neighborhood to prepare for the morning hustle...
A Japanese university is planning what it says will be the world’s first research center devoted to ninja – the black clad assassins known for secrecy and...
Family and supporters Sunday honored an 85-year-old Nepali man who died trying to regain his title as the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, while...
In the years leading up to the return of Hong Kong to China by Britain in 1997, thousands of residents fearful of the future under Beijing jumped ship to...
The global obesity problem now affects one in 10 people in the world, it is rising in countries rich and poor, and in many countries it is increasing faster...
Whenever the topic of SUVs is brought up, someone invariably mentions how they would love to own a “Range Rover” Defender.
I often remind myself that to truly appreciate something old, I must judge it not by today’s standards, but according to those prevailing at the time of its...
Fred Croatti often drives his silver Dodge Charger Hellcat to the grocery store, turning heads as he rumbles through the parking lot with a supercharged...
Pick pretty much any mass-produced car rolling off the factory floor today. It looks spiffy and smart doesn’t it, all gleaming with its new coat of paint,...
Sometimes you need to tackle a topic head on, call a spade a spade if you will, and here it is: No one ever dropped several hundred thousand dollars on a...
It turns out I make a good assistant.
If someone asks me about my favorite decade for music, it would be the ’80s hands down.
Revolutions in the auto industry are few and far between these days, especially as we’ve grown to expect that cars will feature performance, styling and...
Car enthusiast Mohammed Mohiedin Anis gazes sadly at a 1955 Buick Super, one of his collection of vintage cars "wounded" in battles that ravaged the northern...
I’ve often heard it said that in the event of a nuclear explosion, the only things that would survive are taxes and cockroaches.
Gathered on the shores of Lake Geneva for Europe’s biggest annual car show, leading automakers expressed cautious optimism Tuesday about the industry’s...
The Peugeot 3008, the French automaker's offering for the hot mid-size SUV segment, has been named "Car of the Year" by dozens of European motoring journalists.
For well over two years now we at The Daily Star have been offering our readers our two cents on the latest cars offered by the auto industry.
There are baffling mysteries out there that constantly gnaw at me.
Ford Motor will spend $1 billion to take over a robotics startup to acquire more of the expertise needed to reach its ambitious goal of having a fully...
Up until a few weeks ago, I’d grown increasingly convinced that the auto industry simply wasn’t interested in pampering customers with modest budgets.
One of the ironies of the auto industry is that every gain in any aspect of a car comes at the expense of something else.
It seems that every few weeks I find myself, yet again, declaring that crossovers are taking over the world.
Look folks, we can try all we want to pretend it isn’t true, but no one who owns or drives a car picked one randomly just to get from point A to point B.
Most guys, and I suppose some girls, who first hit their teens in the ’80s had posters of the Ferrari Testarossa or the Lamborghini Countach adorning the...
You would assume that selecting the perfect car to cap off the year would be a monumental task.