AMC Ambassador, 1965-1974
American Motors Corporation may have descended from Hudson and Nash—brands whose hallmarks were modesty and efficiency—but by the mid 1960s, AMC began producing battlewagons of truly Bismarckian proportions.
One of the most...
Your First Bike
There is an exception to the rule about not spending money in order to save it. That exception is the two-wheeled alternative to four-wheeled transportation.
Motorcycles.
Buying one can cut your cost to...
Rambler American Cross Country Wagons, 1954–1969
It's not well-known, but AMC's Rambler line actually surpassed Plymouth as the number-three brand of car in America (in terms of total sales) by the early 1960s, under the inspired leadership...
15 Percent Ethanol “Gas” May be Here by Fall…
If it was built before the 1980s, your vehicle was designed to burn gasoline - and nothing else.
That's what was sold back then, so it's what the engineers assumed when they...
2017 BMW C Evolution
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Well, behold the BMW electric scooter.
You will never have to gas it up. But you'll have to wait a few hours while it charges...
The Stinker: 1978–1985 Cadillac Seville Diesel
As the second energy crisis in a decade kidney-punched an inflation-addled nation, several automakers began to eye the diesel engine as a way to attract customers interested in high-mileage vehicles. The...
What Would Satan Drive?
Here are some candidates:
* Bugatti Veyron -
Old Scratch certainly has the scratch necessary to acquire a seven figure chariot of hellfire like the $1.7 million, 16-cylinder, 1,000-horsepower Bugatti super supercar. And...
Buick Invicta, 1959–1963
One of Buick's greatest early Dreadnoughts was the short-lived but extremely memorable Invicta series, which made its debut in 1959 as the replacement for the Century.
The unusual name derives from the...
When Seconds Count, a Cop is Just Minutes Away
Last night was another object lesson in the uselessness of cops for other than random tax collecting and general harassment.
Traveling home on the Blue Ridge Parkway - where it seems there...
Party Time! Excellent! 1975–1980 AMC Pacer
Wayne’s World immortalized the AMC Pacer, a car which defined the 1970s even more than a Bee Gees 8-track, the “Farrah” hairstyle, or the leisure suit. In fact, wearing a leisure...