Automobile magazine has called Thomas E. Bonsall "America's best automotive historian." He is the former Automotive Editor of Palm Beach Illustrated & Palm Springs Life, and has been editor of Ride&Drive Features since its inception in 1982. He is the author, editor or publisher of more than one hundred books and the sole author of fifty-three, including several on transportation topics that are widely regarded as standard works on their subjects. Avanti! (1979) is the only book ever written about Studebaker's dramatic last-gasp gran turisimo coupe. The Lincoln Motorcar (1981) won both major national awards for automotive history writing, and is one of the most awarded automotive histories ever published. Pontiac: The Complete History (1986) was recognized for excellence by the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH). Pontiac! They Built Excitement (1991) won the prestigious Cugnot Award of the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) as finest automotive history published in 1991. Titanic, The Story of the Great White Star Line Trio: Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic (1987) sold over 70,000 copies in hardcover. In addition, Edsel: The Forgotten Ford, about Henry Ford's son, published in Automobile Quarterly, won the prestigious Benz Award of the Society of Automotive Historians (SAH) as finest automotive magazine article published in 1991, and he has won numerous other magazine feature awards through the years. More Than They Promised, The Studebaker Story, was published in December, 2000, by Stanford University Press. His latest work is, Disaster in Dearborn, The Edsel Story, also published by Stanford University Press. It has been nominated for four major history writing awards. Works on postwar Cadillacs and Lincolns are due to be published in the near future, as is a book on the Pontiac GTO to be published by Automobile Quarterly.

Kevin Lowery, our associate publisher, has worked with Ride&Drive in a variety of demanding capacities since 1993. This has included everything from graphic design to editing to helping out with the road test program. An example of his design work is the Ride&Drive steering wheel logo. Over the years he has played a key role in several major automotive book publishing projects, including: 75 Years of Lincoln, Cadillac: The American Standard, Pontiac: Seventy years of Milestones, The Coachbuilt Lincoln, Ninety Years of Fleetwood, and Avanti! As of late, he is working for Ride&Drive Online in the capacity of Associate Editor. However, lately, he has brushed off some of his advertising sales skills that have heretofore languished in seclusion for years. As the Advertising and Promotions Director, the fruits of his labor can be seen above many of these pages. During personal time, Mr. Lowery contributes his natural talents as a member of the celebrated Bach Choir of Baltimore and of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Chorus.

Paul North has participated in Ride&Drive's various acitvities intermittently since the very beginning. His name has graced the cover of at least half-a-dozen automotive titles — including an entirely forgettable volume on kit cars, for which he briefly developed a morbid fascination — and even a well-regarded book on steam locomotives. His first love, however, has been American muscle cars, and books he has written on the subject have covered such diverse nameplates as the Olds 4-4-2, the Plymouth Road Runner, the Dodge Charger, the Shelby Mustang, and the multitudinous brands built in special Hurst editions (Olds, American Motors, Pontiac, and so on). He has long been celebrated among his co-workers for rarely showing up on time (if at all), refusing to take phone calls and not answering his mail. When confronted by fans of his books, he heatedly denies authorship and accuses them of plotting against him — if not, indeed, engaging in a diabolical conspiracy to undermine the very foundations of Western Civilization. He insists that this is his favorite photograph.