Retro Review: AMC Marlin Fastback Coupe, 1965–1967
Pontiac's GTO, which appeared in 1964, had every other American automaker rushing to cash in on the emerging youth market for big-biceped intermediate muscle...
Chevy’s Better Beetle
The Chevy Corvair has something of a bad reputation - among those who don't know much about it, anyhow. Arguably GM's most daring (and...
Conspiracy . . . or Merely Convenient?
Many new cars are optimized for ethanol - "flex-fuel" compatible is how it's usually described. The problem, of course, is that a majority of...
Another Measure of How We’ve Been Gypped (and Fooled)
Before I write a new car review, I like to do some background research - which helps provide context and hopefully makes the published...
Moving Along ….
Time passes, things change. Have you noticed that while most new cars are much harder to get into without a key, once you're in...
Anyone Remember. . . ?
Time passes - things change. Here's a quick look at some of those things, for instance:
Once upon a time, you had two car...
Appreciating Then – And Now
There's Ford vs. Chevy. Import vs. Domestic. And of course, Old vs. New.
Some people, for some reason, have difficulty accepting the bad -...
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...
A Labor of Love – My AW11 MR2
AW11 is the chassis code Toyota assigned to the mark 1 (first generation) MR2 when it was introduced in 1984. It has affectionately become...
Features That Were Fun… But …
The other day, someone reminded me about T-tops. If you're younger than 30 or so, you probably don't remember T-tops. But if you're older,...