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Old School Economy: Chevy Chevette (1976-1987)

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In some ways, the Chevy Chevette had a lot in common with a new Mercedes - or similar high-end luxury car. It wasn’t, for openers, front-wheel-drive. Like the Benz, the 'Vette was...

How Come It’s Suddenly Less “Safe” Out There?

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New cars are - supposedly - "safer" than ever. Right? That's what the government has been telling us. Each new fatwa - back-up cameras, tire pressure monitors, all those air bags -...

2017 Toyota Tacoma

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If you miss reasonable-sized trucks - what 1500 series trucks used to be before Codpiece Fever overtook the country - you might want to have a look at a “mid-sized” truck...

Viva Uber!

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About four months from now, Americans will go through the sickly, depressing ritual of celebrating the liberties they no longer enjoy. This includes, among an almost infinite number of things now...

The Ancient Debate: To Buy New . . . Or Used?

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There are plenty of good reasons to buy a new car. . . and just as many good reasons to buy a used one. Also, there are some not-so-great things about buying...

The New Phaeton?

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There was nothing wrong with the car - the Phaeton ultra-luxury sedan. You may remember. It was beautiful, powerful, elegant. Close kin to the Audi A8 and the Bentley Continental GT. It was...

The Compliance Car

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There’s a new model out you may not have heard about - the compliance car. It’s a car that, for one reason or another, almost no one is willing to buy -...

Automotive Icon: De Tomaso Pantera, 1971-1993

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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...

Apocalypse Avoided?

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If this one thing happens, electing Trump will have been worth the bother. It's actually two things. Trump's EPA will be "revisiting" the Obama EPA's last-minute fuel efficiency and emissions fatwas, hurriedly ululated...

2017 Ford F-150

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To say trucks have changed is like saying phones are different nowadays. If you grew up with trucks - three-on-the-tree, metal floorpans, bench seats, an inline six (maybe a V8, fed by...
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