Rambler wagon was economical, so is model ... Station Wagons were the SUVs and crossovers of years ago, long before we knew to call them anything but wagons. And there’s some thinking now in the car world that wagons, which behave much more like cars than trucks, may be on the verge of a... Continue Reading →
2019 Honda Civic 1.5T Touring
Civic comes in 3 shapes, a big player in small car market … Honda’s Civic is a mainstay in the small car market. Why? It has been around for years, remains affordable and comes in three body styles, sedan, coupe and hatchback. All of those traits make it unusual. And for the past few years... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: NEO’s 1964 Dodge 330 sedan
Affordable Dodge sedan stirs memories ... My uncle Clarence Winston (Wink for short) Savage had a beautiful dark metallic blue 1964 Plymouth Belvedere that I just loved as a kid. He could make that car’s tires bark several times between his house and ours, a half block away. He was a hot foot, one of... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Bugatti Chiron
Wow, even in 1/18 scale this Bugatti rocks … The Bugatti Chiron, where to begin? Starting price is $2.6 million in round numbers, and the first 200 made sold out immediately, even before the first car was delivered. It’s possible we need a new term that’s greater than Supercar. The History Not that Bugatti’s Veyron... Continue Reading →
2020 Kia Soul GT-Line 1.6 Turbo
GT-Line's turbo makes this the Soul you want ... This may be overstating it some, but if ever there were a modern-day Volkswagen Beetle in both spirit and style, it would be Kia’s sweet Soul. Consider that 11 years into its run the styling has been updated in tweaks to nose and tail, but the... Continue Reading →
2019 Honda Passport AWD Elite
Dandy new Passport hauls a lot of gear ... A loaded-down road trip to Minnesota was the perfect test for Honda’s latest crossover/SUV, the midsize Passport. You may recall Passport as a midsize SUV offered earlier by Honda until 2002. It was a revamped version of Isuzu’s Rodeo (Remember Isuzu?). This is a whole new... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: WhiteBox 1962 VW Karmann Ghia
This Karmann Ghia is low cost too ... Volkswagen’s Karmann Ghia was a looker, but inexpensive, making it a perfect collectible car, if not for its propensity to rust. But in the model car collecting world we don’t have to worry about such mundane matters. So collecting a 1962 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia now is easy.... Continue Reading →
2020 Nissan Z370 50th Anniversary edition
Latest Z car a beauty, and a bargain … Sports cars used to be more plentiful, but as we Americans have become larger, so have our cars, crossovers and trucks. Rare is the sporty or sports car, and rarer yet, one we could afford. But in 1970 Nissan introduced its Datsun 240Z, a long-nosed low-slung... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart Lexus LC 500
Lexus LC 500 is a sexy beast in any scale ... Life can be kind of ironic sometimes. A few weeks back I slid behind the wheel of a beautiful Lexus LC 500h, the hybrid model of this sexy sports car. Not many current cars knock you out when you first see them, styling overall... Continue Reading →
2019 Audi Q8 quattro
Audi Q8 quattro a loaded fancy-pants SUV ... Luxury and prestige have their price, and for Audi’s largest SUV, the Q8, that starts at $68,395. Luckily that includes delivery charges, and to be honest, quite a lot else. Think of this as the SUV version of Audi’s fancy pants A8 sedan, which as a top-line... Continue Reading →