Chicago native Brian Mallin has spent the past few years finishing his degree as an engineer here in paradise. Much like his college education, his first ever classic muscle car has been quite the learning experience.

Ferrari is widely seen as the pinnacle of supercars with a history of racing that spans all the way back to 1929. Over the years, it has been one of the most sought after and beloved luxury sports cars in the world.

After 107 years of producing fine American automobiles, Oldsmobile made its last car in Lansing, Michigan in 2004. The company started in 1897, and GM decided to stop making the Oldsmobile because of low sales.

The Honda CR-Z is the spiritual successor to the Honda CR-X — the tuner world’s legendary model known for its ease of modding and performance potential.

When you grow up in Southern California, it’s easy to appreciate the region’s automotive ambiance. Nice cars are seemingly everywhere, and when viewed, their intoxicating allure is often difficult to resist.

Born and raised in Aiea, Allyza Calderon’s first introduction to cars was when she was around 15 — primarily through her Honda enthusiast friends known as The Runumhard Crew.

Brandon Pau has been an automobile lover since his days of driving around in a 1973 Toyota Celica, but family life — including raising three children — required him to put his love for cars in the trunk for a number of years.

The American version of the Toyota Starlet enjoyed a relatively short career on U.S. soil. Known as the KP61, the diminutive RWD hatchback graced our shores for a scant four years, even while commuters appreciated the automobile for its reliability and excellence in gas mileage.

The Toyota Prius is probably the most earth-friendly vehicle on roadways, thanks to its low-level, smog-forming emissions. But in the case of this 2010 Toyota Prius, the automobile was specifically built to hug the ground while maintaining its absolutely clean ways.

The Chevrolet Corvette is a living legend, one of America’s domestic stalwarts that dates all the way back to 1953 but still causes heartbeats to thump at a frenetic pace.