 A picture may be worth a thousand words, as the old saying goes, but a picture AND a thousand words can be even better — if the words are as good as the picture, that is. The Ride&Drive organization not only offers unforgettable images, but a staff that can produce award-winning editorial writing, quickly and to a consistent high standard.
The editor of Ride&Drive, Thomas E. Bonsall, is one of the most honored automotive writers in the business. Automobile magazine has called him 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 Since it established its road test program in 1982, Ride&Drive has covered the international automobile industry. Our staff members have driven hundreds of thousands of miles and traveled hundreds of thousands more in order to bring our readers the best possible feature articles on cars and trucks and on the industry, in general. Among our corporate clients, we have produced editorial material for General Motors and Ford Motor Company. In addition, Ride&Drive features have appeared in an array of magazines, including: Automotive News, Automobile Quarterly, Beverly Hills Life, BusinessWeek, Car Design, Car Exchange, Career Futures, Compass Readings, Continental Comments, Diversion, Monterey Bay, Old Cars Weekly, Palm Beach Illustrated, Palm Springs Life, Physician's Practice Digest, Special Interest Autos, Spotlight, The Journal of the Society of Automotive Historians, The Way of the Zephyr, Ultra Magazine, and other publications too numerous to list. For more information on how our editorial services can make your job easier, e-mail us (RideDrive@aol.com) or fax us (1-410-235-6134) and we will respond promptly.
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"America's best automotive historian." He is the former Automotive Editor of Palm Beach Illustrated & Palm Springs Life, is currently a contributing editor to Car Collector, and has been editor of Ride&Drive Features since its inception in 1982. 
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.