The Gone Ones
Tempus does fugit.
I've been test driving new cars long enough that the first new cars I test drove are now Antique cars, literally. I recently found myself behind a '95 Mustang...
What Corvette Was – and Should Be, Again . . .
A 2023 Corvette costs almost twice as much - in real terms - as a 1969 Corvette cost. The latter listed for $4,781 when it was new - a sum equivalent...
In the Rearview: AMC’s Almost Corvette . . .
Two cars have vied with the Corvette for the title, America’s sports car. You probably know about the Thunderbird.
You may not know about the AMX.
It came along much later and wasn't...
Third Tier Classics (Get ‘Em While You Still Can)
Some of you may have caught my recent article about the almost muscle cars of the mid-late 1970s (see here, if not). Cars like the Chevy Monza (and its Buick/Pontiac/Oldsmobile-badged twins),...
Doomed: Buick Reatta 1988-1991
Did you know that Buick once made a two-seater? With pop-up headlights, even - just like a Corvette?
It’s not well-known, probably because Buick only made it for not-quite three years, from...
1948 Tucker Torpedo
Preston Tucker has been described as a hopelessly naive genius, a con man . . . or some combination of both.
The evidence suggests he genuinely wanted to build cars - not filch people's...
Classic Cars and Classic Owners
Are old cars for old people?
It seems to be so - if you go by what one typically sees at an old car show. The owners are mostly at least as...
Gearing Matters
Weight - and gearing - have a yuge effect on fuel economy. Even to the extent of almost eliminating 40 years of “advanced” technology, including computer-controlled electronic fuel injection. To make the...
Automotive Icon: De Tomaso Pantera, 1971-1993
Say Pantera - and most people think '70s. Maybe '80s.
Not 1993.
But they made them all the way into the early Clinton years. Not many. But as late as '93, you could still buy...
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...