1957 T-bird wonderful in white! ... Early Thunderbirds were a lovely blend of two-seater styling and boulevard cruiser with dandy hooded headlights and tiny jet-like fins on the tail. This was Ford’s effort to Americanize the sports car market that the British car makers had created after World War II, and it worked. Thunderbirds were... Continue Reading →
2017 Mercedes-Benz C300 Coupe 4Matic
Mercedes' sporty C300 coupe a smoothie ... Mercedes-Benz is on a roll. Not only has its Formula 1 racing team dominated for three straight years, now its street cars are back on top of their game. A couple years ago I sort of fell for the C300 sedan and now, in the dead of winter I... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1968 STP Chevy C10 & tandem race trailer
Truck, trailer and 'Mr. 500' make racy display ... Collectors who like to create scenes for displaying their models will be thrilled by three new items from Replicarz, a 1968 Chevy C10 pickup and tandem race trailer, plus a figure of Andy Granatelli. All are sold separately, so you can create your own diorama to... Continue Reading →
2017 Kia Cadenza Limited
Kia's Cadenza delivers luxury economically ... Back when I was kid in the 1960s and ‘70s a large luxury sedan meant a Buick, Lincoln, or certainly a Cadillac. Today, nearly every car maker has a large luxury model, some on the sporty side, but more favoring the luxury end, emphasizing smoothness and quietness. As us Boomers... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Chevy Corvette C7 Z06
Autoart creates a stellar Corvette C7 Z06 ... Vettes are cool even if their current buyers are skewing gray and retired. Still, you gotta have a little coin to own a new Vette, especially the Z06 model, one of the racier versions. A new one will cost you $79,500, so that’s why Autoart’s 1/18 scale... Continue Reading →
2017 Toyota Corolla XSE
Toyota Corolla still running strong 50 years on ... Like Energizer’s bunny, Toyota’s Corolla just keeps on running through the generations and has succeeded like no other car model. It’s now 50-year run has resulted in more than 40 million Corollas being sold, most of any model. That’s more than the VW Beetle, the other... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Auto World’s 1968 Olds Cutlass 442 W-30
Olds' Cutlass 442 was a beautiful beast ... One of the cars I learned to drive on was our family’s 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass S – no power steering and a big throbbing V8 under its long hood. The car was a beast, but beautiful dressed in its Aztec Gold paint scheme. For that matter, the... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: CMC’s 1934-’38 Mercedes-Benz race car transporter
CMC creates a breathtaking Mercedes racer transport ... OMG, the detail here is incredible, breathtaking. Put this in a case, atop a desk, in any room and it’ll be the center of all conversations. Put one of CMC’s 1930s Mercedes race cars on it and, well, folks will be speechless. CMC is known for nailing... Continue Reading →
2017 Lexus LX 570
Pilot wannabes will like button-happy Lexus LX 570 ... If you’ve always dreamed of being an airline pilot, but never got the training, you should try landing the new Lexus LX 570. Lexus has created a cockpit fit for a pilot wanna-be with buttons galore. About the only thing missing is an altimeter. Here’s a... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1970 Indy winner, Al Unser driver
Replicarz goes big with its 1/18 scale PJ Colt ... One of my favorite race cars, and that of many other youngsters in the 1970s was the PJ Colt that Al Unser drove to back-to-back Indianapolis 500 wins in 1970 and ’71. It was colorful and with its lightning bolts on the nose and tail the... Continue Reading →