Todd Kraemer

Jan 24, 2025 | hagerty.com | Sajeev Mehta |Todd Kraemer |Greg Ingold |Eric Weiner

There’s nothing like a hot cup of coffee in frozen weather, provided you have a cup holder for it. Or perhaps an ice cold beer when you’re working on a car that needs such motivation for its repair? In-car beverages can be a wonderful thing, but we all know that drinking and driving certain beverages is never acceptable. So now is the time to poll the staff here at Hagerty Media for their thoughts on the matter. Will their favorite in-car beverage ring true with you?

Nov 29, 2024 | hagerty.com | Sajeev Mehta |Cameron Neveu |Chris Stark |Todd Kraemer

Perhaps this was a question on par with the lowest of low-hanging fruit. Names have been recycled for decades in loads of industries, not just in the automobile-centric world of everyone here at Hagerty Media. There are only so many ways you can stretch the Star Wars franchise, or use classic architecture to kit out homes on the cheap. Put another way, what iconic names have companies used for a car that didn’t earn it? I asked my co-workers what came to mind.

Apr 26, 2024 | hagerty.com | Sajeev Mehta |Brendan McAleer |Todd Kraemer |Andrew Newton

As you will soon see, I picked this question for this Our Two Cents episode for a personal, almost selfish reason. The motivation is unique to me, but many of us recall the first vehicle that took us down the road for the first time. Odds are it was the vehicle that drove you home from the hospital as a newborn. If so, that’s also a moment that non-car people can wax nostalgically about, no matter what.

Apr 25, 2024 | hagerty.com | Todd Kraemer

I’ve stormed down the Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans, taken laps at Sebring, and clipped apexes at Lime Rock, Virginia International Raceway, and Road America. Almost all of this heroic driving was in… minivans. As an automotive magazine art director, the job of piloting a Town & Country around raceways—at lofty speeds of 25 or 35 mph—while a photographer hangs out the open hatch, clicking away at a pretty car behind, usually falls to me.