2011 GMC Canyon
Compact trucks are all but gone - the last of the Mohicans is Ford's Ranger. Everyone else has upsized to at least nearly mid-sized, including GM. The smallest truck you...
Dem Ree-uhms
In the '80s, it was tinny electronic recordings advising you that "the door is ajar."
In the '90s, it was auto-strangulating seatbelts that assaulted you as soon as you closed the door.
But...
Chevy Laguna, 1973-1976
The mid 1970s were a weird and dangerous time for the American car industry. It had to turn on a dime - literally - and figure out how to "compete" with...
Dealing With Holiday Roadblocks
You can avoid being felt-up or scanned (for now) if you avoid flying, but that doesn't mean you're not subject to similarly random - and just as intimidating - random stops...
Track Testing The 2000 Cobra R
(I did this write-up 10 years ago... feels like yesterday!)
The last time I got my hands on one of Ford Motor Co.'s competition-only Mustang Cobra R models was back in 1995....
2011 Kia Forte
It wasn't too long ago - the 1990s - that economy car was a polite marketing euphemism for pathetic losermobile. Economy cars were mostly miserable; sad-looking and underpowered. Tinny, plasticky,...
Buick Invicta, 1959–1963
One of Buick's greatest early Dreadnoughts was the short-lived but extremely memorable Invicta series, which made its debut in 1959 as the replacement for the Century.
The unusual name derives from the...
I Guess The Terrorists Like Us Now…
I guess the terrorists like us now.
I mean, we were told after 9/11 that they attacked because they "hate us for our freedoms."
Remember that?
Well, since we're not very free these days,...
2011 Ford Explorer
The circle is now complete. The very first "SUV" - the vehicle that almost singlehandedly turned the market for passenger cars into a market for trucks - and truck-based vehicles called...
Packing Heat in Your Car?
A few years ago I decided to get a concealed-carry permit so that (among other things) I can keep a loaded handgun with me in my car.
Part of the application process...