Doomed: AMC Eagle (1979-1988)
American Motors Corp had a rep for being, well, different.
Broke, too.
The lack of money tied into the different drummer-ness.
Oddities like the Ambassador and Matador, the Hornet and Gremlin ... and of course,...
Embarrass a Classic V8 Muscle Car… With a New Four Cylinder Performance Car!
The new Chevy Camaro has 335 hp and does zero to 60 in about five seconds flat.
That's with the V6.
Which is the one to buy.
Because it is affordable - $27,195 -...
Muscle Cars Were Slow… II
About two weeks ago, I got a new (2016) Mustang GT to test drive. 435 hp. This is a mass-produced, docile, AC-equipped street car with a dead-calm idle. Anything from back...
Doomed: Lincoln Blackwood (2002)
When something works once, it's reasonable to assume it might work again.
Then again, maybe not.
Back in the late '90s, Ford's Lincoln division managed to outsell crosstown rival Cadillac almost entirely on...
Doomed: Chevy SSR, 2003-2006
When muscle cars were legislated off the roads, muscle trucks became a kind of end-run alternative. A way to offer the same basic gear in a form that did not have...
Best Car Commercials Ever
If you can't get the tune out of your head, does that mean you'll end up buying the car? Rich, corinthian leather will only take you so far.
Here are some of...
The Old Car Hobby… Literally
Old car shows are getting old.
Not just the cars, either.
I've been going to car shows since I was a teenager in the '80s and what's changed is that now there are...
Blue Haze: Mazda RX8 (2001-2011)
Some of the greatest ideas never get fleshed out and remain... great ideas.
Mazda's rotary engine, for instance. And the car that was built around it.
The RX8.
Well, it began with the RX-7...
Numbers vs. Names
New cars lack a certain something. But what is that something? What's changed that's made them less emotionally involving - and more appliance-like?
Herewith some thoughts along those lines:
* Liters vs. cubic inches...
Maintenance 101: Old Car Oil Change
Everything changes - even oil changes. Not necessarily the procedure. But the oil you use.
Or rather, ought to be using.
If you happen to own an older vehicle.
Specifically, a vehicle with an...