Clarkson’s Right
Top Gear frontman Jeremy Clarkson is right: Modern cars are "all shit now." But he didn't explain exactly why, so I'll try.
It is not because they aren't powerful or because they...
Daily Driving a 40-Year-Old Car?
Many people are understandably leery about buying a new or even recently made vehicle, on the one hand because of the stuff they don't want that's now standard in every new...
A Prepper’s Dilemma
Normally, it is sound policy to live below your means; to buy only that which you can afford to pay for - at the time of purchase. But we no longer...
$32k for a 1978 Mustang II?
A measure of the appeal of new cars is how much old cars are going for. In particular, old cars that were laughed at when they were new cars - such...
The Anodyne Exotic
The most powerful - and boring - Corvette ever made is coming soon. It is an iteration of the current generic-exotic Corvette, with its engine turbocharged to make in excess of...
Missing Two Strokes
There's only one kind of gas-burning engine we're allowed to have, which is a shame for reasons that go beyond the obnoxious effrontery of being told what we'll be allowed to...
A Mustang Story
Not all the news is bad news.
Ford has not cancelled the Mustang, for instance. Nor are there plans to ruin it by turning it into a battery powered device. At least...
Goodbye, Camaro
Sixty years ago, Ford unveiled the Mustang - and it changed everything. Prior to 1964 - the year of the first Mustang's debut - there was no such thing as a...
Make the Conversion?
The manual transmission is being pushed off the market by the pushing of electric vehicles, which don't generally have transmissions at all (the motors typically connect directly to the drive wheels)...
When More Power’s Not Enough
It's interesting that - on the one hand - car manufacturers are making vehicles more powerful than any that have preceded them. GM, for instance, is about to debut the latest...