Doomed: Subaru BRAT: 1977-1987
Imagine, if you can, a truck with factory-mounted seats in the bed - and spotlights the size of a 747’s landing lights mounted on its T-topped roof.
If you know this truck,...
Retro-review: 1966-74 Dodge Charger
Pontiac's Tempest-based GTO had been on the market for two years when Dodge finally fired back in mid-1966 with an intermediate-sized, big-engined intimidator of its own - the Charger.
Though it wasn't...
The Mysteries of Mechanical Fuel Delivery
If you’re under 40 and thinking about buying a car that’s older than you are, there are some things you may not know about - but will need to learn about...
A Car Story
Today is a good time for a car story, to take our minds off the other story.
This story's related to my story of a about a month ago, about upgrading the...
First They Came for the Muscle Cars . . .
You had to be there to remember - and to understand - so here’s a refresher.
In 1964, group of young Pontiac engineers created the GTO by pairing an expensive big-car’s engine...
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 Uber Beetle
Most people who've heard about the Chevy Corvair (1960-1969) heard about it courtesy of Ralph Nader - the self-appointed "consumer advocate" who wrote the book, Unsafe at Any Speed. The book...
How They Used to Make ‘Em
They don’t make ‘em like they used to - and in many cases, not at all. Have you ever wondered what happened to them? And why?
Station wagons -
You can still buy...
Doomed: Pontiac Fiero (1984-1988)
John Z. DeLorean, the eccentric but indisputably brilliant father of the 1964 GTO, also had a vision for a sexy, low-slung Pontiac two-seater. He even had a prototype built - the...
Missing the Cordoba
"I know my own needs," said Ricardo Montalban. "And what I need from an automobile, I find in this new Cordoba." He went on to explain the various virtues of this...