Badge Funging
You used to be able to easily tell a Ford from a Chevy from a BMW from a Subaru. Now it's becoming hard to know whether what you're talking about has...
The Yugo and its Merits
The joke goes: How do you double the value of a Yugo?
Fill up the gas tank!
True enough.
And yet, nearly 800,000 of them were made - all the way through 2008, a...
Old School vs. New-ish
My friend Jeff just got his 2002 Trans-Am back - after much engine work - and is somewhat disappointed. The car sounds tough. Slightly choppy idle and booming voice under way,...
Ford Mustang: 1964-2028?
We already know that the first will be the last - again.
Ford's Mustang didn't just precede the Chevy Camaro and the Dodge Challenger. It inspired their creation. Had Ford - under...
Doomed: VW Phaeton (2003-2006)
If you could get a really good ribeye at McDonald’s, would you be willing to pay a Peter Luger steakhouse price for it?
Probably not.
Especially if you had to eat it at...
The Uncle-ized Car
What’s the cost of Uncle when it comes to our cars? How much have his various fatwas added to the MSRP?
One way to add it all up is to compare a...
30 Years of Stagnation
I began test driving new cars some 30 years ago, so I have driven thousands of them over the years. Many of them are now antiques - which implies I'm becoming...
Doomed: Lincoln Continental (2017-2020)
The ‘80s rocker Eddie Money had a hit song titled I Wanna Go Back - which could serve as the funeral dirge for Lincoln’s unsuccessful attempt to bring back the Continental...
Slow drivers… is it getting worse?
At least back in '66, the bluehair (or whomever) up ahead would have pulled off onto the shoulder to let you by.
Why The Old Stuff Was Cool (Even When It Was Slow)
It's hard to imagine a 7.4 liter V8 that only made 200 hp. It did. Back in '76, the year my Pontiac Trans-Am (which I still have) left the Norwood, Ohio...