Retro Review: Plymouth GTX, 1967-1974
People who argue that it wasn't GM - well, Pontiac - that created the first muscle car (the 1964 GTO) arguably have history on their side. Because there were muscular cars...
Retro Review: AMC Marlin Fastback Coupe, 1965–1967
Pontiac's GTO, which appeared in 1964, had every other American automaker rushing to cash in on the emerging youth market for big-biceped intermediate muscle coupes— including AMC.
AMC, however, decided on a...
Chevy’s Better Beetle
The Chevy Corvair has something of a bad reputation - among those who don't know much about it, anyhow. Arguably GM's most daring (and technologically advanced) car of the 1960s, it...
Conspiracy . . . or Merely Convenient?
Many new cars are optimized for ethanol - "flex-fuel" compatible is how it's usually described. The problem, of course, is that a majority of cars in service are not optimized for...
Another Measure of How We’ve Been Gypped (and Fooled)
Before I write a new car review, I like to do some background research - which helps provide context and hopefully makes the published review informative. Well, I found some interesting...
Moving Along ….
Time passes, things change. Have you noticed that while most new cars are much harder to get into without a key, once you're in - the glovebox is easy to access?
Because...
Anyone Remember. . . ?
Time passes - things change. Here's a quick look at some of those things, for instance:
Once upon a time, you had two car keys - one to unlock the doors,...
Appreciating Then – And Now
There's Ford vs. Chevy. Import vs. Domestic. And of course, Old vs. New.
Some people, for some reason, have difficulty accepting the bad - along with the good. That no car...
Muscle Cars…. And K-Cars
Muscle cars - the original-era muscle cars from the '60s and '70s - don't seem to be as popular now as they were when I was in high school and college...
A Labor of Love – My AW11 MR2
AW11 is the chassis code Toyota assigned to the mark 1 (first generation) MR2 when it was introduced in 1984. It has affectionately become the nickname of all first generation MR2s...