Chris Smith

Chris is an avid automotive enthusiast and thoroughly enjoys writing about the consumer experience with automobiles. In addition to WheelScene, he has written for auto repair shops, collision shops and automotive dealers.
His predilection for buying fun-to-drive but not necessarily easy-to-maintain vehicles has given him decades of hands-on experience in maintenance and permanently scrapped knuckles.
Examples of the automotive zoo he has kept include a 1961 Borgward, 1957 Chevy Bel Air convertible, 1960 Austin Healey Sprite, 1969 MGB, a long line of boring company cars and then the RX7 years with an ’87 Turbo II and an ’89 convertible.
Living in Florida now where it is flatter than Kansas and all the roads go in straight lines, sport cars make little sense. However a Chrysler Sebring convertible makes a nice beach ride.

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Two soldiers sit in a military Jeep while on duty in Vietnam

Classic Driving Impressions: Military Jeep

I drove and rode in the ubiquitous M151A1 Military Jeep during my 8 years in the Military Police Corps. One of these will always be special to me.

I drove and rode in the ubiquitous M151A1 Military Jeep during my 8 years in the Military Police Corps. One of these will always be special to me.

Not a NASCAR car, but a 1939 black Ford was perfect for bootlegging.

NASCAR and the Moonshine Connection

NASCAR's phenomenal success is largely due to the exploits and outlaw driving bravado of moonshine runners from the late 1940s and early 1950s.

NASCAR's phenomenal success is largely due to the exploits and outlaw driving bravado of moonshine runners from the late 1940s and early 1950s.

A Honda self-driving car

Honda Rolls Out Self-Driving Car

Keller predicts that a truly autonomous system to be offered on every Honda and Acura model by 2020 then Honda becomes a true autonomous vehicle competitor.

Keller predicts that a truly autonomous system to be offered on every Honda and Acura model by 2020 then Honda becomes a true autonomous vehicle competitor.

The Indy pace car

Driving the Indy Pace Car

We take a look back at the history of the Indy pace car and how as the Indy 500 became more popular so did the demand to become the pace car driver.

We take a look back at the history of the Indy pace car and how as the Indy 500 became more popular so did the demand to become the pace car driver.