![]() ![]() This year, Nena competed in the 2020 RAM Power Wagon. ![]() Want someone to kick your ass off-road, you get the picture. ![]() Want someone to instruct people with humor and respect, call Nena. If you want to design an off-road course, you call Nena. She’s the go-to off road woman for the industry. I think we both knew that I would mention Nena here. TEAM KILLER WATT: EMME HALL (LEFT) AND REBECCA DONAGHE (RIGHT) photo: Rebelle Rally Not to be outdone, this year these women raced in the all electric Rivian R1T. Last year, she and her navigator, Rebecca Donaghe raced the Rebelle in the Rolls Royce Cullinan, and won the crossover class. An editor at CNET’s Roadshow, Emme not only reports on cars but she’s raced the Baja 100, the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles in Morocco, and won the Rebelle twice. Pepper out of your nose, I’d like to recommend Emme Hall. If you ever want to sit next to someone at a dinner and laugh so hard that you snort Diet Dr. These fine ladies finished 4th overall this year, hell yeah! Lyn is a killer journalist, a true car enthusiast, part of the team at KBB and all around badass mama. Though I don’t know Sedona personally, I’m sure she’s a rockstar. This year, Lyn was the driver and Sedona Blinson was the navigator. Sponsored by Nissan and driving the new Nissan Frontier, team Wild Grace has competed in all five Rebelle Rallies. LYN WOODWARD (team Wild Grace) TEAM WILD GRACE: SEDONA BLINSON (LEFT) AND LYN WOODWARD (RIGHT) photo cred: Nicole Dreon I’m proud to say that many of the women who competed are not just badass, but they are also people that I am proud to call my friends. We’re talking about using paper maps, compasses, the stars, and shit. But each competitor is required to complete the event without using their cellular device, GPS or any other computer aid. This is not only a 2,000 km off-road race in the California and Nevada deserts. First, let me tell YOU about the Rebelle Rally. Here, in no particular order, are the 50 most underappreciated collector automobiles of all time.The best part of my day yesterday was when my husband tried to mansplain to me that the off-road race I’ve been following for the past week is called the Rebel Rally. So we reached out to nearly a dozen automotive writers, media personalities and experts to get their opinions on which classic vehicles are criminally overlooked. With today’s car fans no longer prioritizing American-made over Japanese imports, showing increasing interest in workaday trucks and SUVs, and overall much more open to metal from the Malaise (mid-’70s to early ’80s) and Rad (’80s to ’90s) periods, the doors have been thrown wide open for an entirely new set of cars and trucks to finally have their moment in the sun. What qualifies a classic car as “underappreciated?” These are models that for the most part have been shunned by the Boomer-fueled industry surrounding collector vehicles, usually because they fell outside the narrow definition of what was desirable due to their performance, vintage, styling, or even country of origin. As the previous stalwarts of the high-dollar auction scene (muscle cars, ’30s to ’50s hot rods and pre-war cars, mostly) begin to slowly fade from the collective zeitgeist, a rising tide of previously underappreciated autos are poised to take their place as the go-to rides for the latest group of gearheads. Whether it’s your first taste of freedom through an inexpensive beater, the sports car you lusted after in poster form on the wall of your childhood bedroom, the car you were driving when you met your significant other or the ride in which your mom carted you around to soccer practice, we form subconscious bonds with these useful objects that can last well into adulthood, especially for enthusiasts.Ĭurrently, the collector car world is deep in a phase of introspection as the old guard’s definition of “classic” is challenged by a fresh wave of drivers eager to own an entirely different set of vehicles culled from their own cultural past. Seen clinically, old cars are just that: consumer products that are past due, vehicles that have fulfilled their original purpose and now serve primarily as money pits or recycling fodder so that the next set of shiny paint jobs can move on down the assembly line and keep feeding the retail flames.įrom a cultural perspective, however, vehicles are often indelibly associated with emotions, experiences and eras in our lives. The automotive world has always lagged behind when it comes to recognizing which of its past efforts are worthy of praise. ![]() As one cohort ages out of a particular scene - be it music, movies, fashion or design - a new group rushes into to fill the gap, bringing with them their own ideas about what’s cool, what’s not and most importantly, where you should turn your attention next. Generational shifts almost always wreak havoc on accepted pop-culture wisdom. ![]()
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