How it Survived
As people who know me already know, I own a bright orange - technically, Carousel Red - 1976 Trans-Am. I have owned it for a long time - some 30 years....
Doomed: Cadillac Seville (1976-2004)
When did Cadillac start becoming BMW - or trying to?
This can be pinpointed with some precision. It was 1976, the year of the Seville. This was Cadillac’s first small car -...
Why Manuals Matter
The manual transmission has become something of a rarity, even in vehicles that used to commonly come standard - play on words intended - with them, such as economy cars, sports...
Retro-review: 1983-1988 Monte Carlo SS
If you were a kid in high school (or college) during the mid-late 1980s - and into fast cars - you probably have a place in your heart for the last...
Why Did it Fail?
The original 1964 Pontiac GTO was a huge success. Pontiac's attempt to bring the GTO back in 2003 was a massive fail.
Why? How could the same car not succeed, again?
Well, because...
Latent Power
How good do we have it?
If the measure of that is the power and performance delivered by the average new car, the answer has to be: Pretty damned good.
Four cylinder-powered family-haulers...
Reader Question: ’78 Z28 is Worth How Much?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Mark asks: I have a '78 Z28 that I bought new on April 7, 1978. I have the original wheels, tires, window sticker,...
Toyota’s Z-Car: The Celica Supra
Nissan's Z-car may have been the first Japanese sports car to make a real splash in the United States back in 1969 - but crosstown rival Toyota wasn't going to sit...
Barchetta Musings
Imagine if you had to use a scan tool to figure out why your toilet won't stop running. You don't have to do that, of course, because it's a purely mechanical...
The Beauty of the Burnout
One thing I really like about old muscle cars is the freedom to do a burnout without having to beg a computer for permission first.
I got to talking about that the...