The longest two-door coupe Ford ever marketed ... The Lincoln brand has always been all about luxury and this week's spot is no exception. In the late 1970s and '80s a new segment popped up, personal luxury cars and they were huge profit makers for the manufacturers and even more with specialty releases like this... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 78 Mustang II 2+2
Expensive fuel and insurance rates led to its development I remember the fall of 1973. The Arabs decided to punish the US for backing Israel and reduced our oil supply. Nearly quadrupling the price of oil from $2.90 a barrel before the embargo to $11.65 a barrel in January 1974 gas prices went through the... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Plymouth Prowler
Weird but way cool The 90s was a great time for Chrysler as they cranked out hit after hit. There was the PT Cruiser. Don't laugh because it sold over a million copies in ten years and might have been made longer if Chrysler hadn't kind of forgotten about it. They had a total beast... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Trans Am Firebird
Made famous by the movie Smokey and the Bandit I can't think of a movie making a car more famous than Smokey and the Bandit and the Pontiac Firebird. Oh sure, there was the 68 Bullitt Mustang made famous by Steve McQueen but this was different because this was Burt Reynolds. In 1977 Smokey and... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1954 DeSoto Fireflite
It went from sitting pretty to utter doom in just three years Do you remember DeSoto cars? I vaguely remember seeing comedian Groucho Marx pushing them. They are one of the many car brands that was a victim of competition and getting squeezed out of existence in the 60s. Introduced by Walter P. Chrysler in... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Buick Grand National
Not your grandpa's Buick Growing up I remember my uncle having a Buick and that's pretty much the image the brand had with an aging demographic preferring a cushy ride more than performance. With not a lot of foot traffic in the dealerships they needed something much like American Motors that I've written about in... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1991 Nissan Figaro
Cuter than a soft, fuzzy puppy. I'm usually a guy who likes the cars that have the big rip-roaring V8 engines but this week's spot, the Nissan Figaro, is just as cool but in a different way. Our daughter Meg spotted this Figaro at a show near Madison, WI. Note Vette right next to it.... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: Lamborghini Urus
Lambo's big ol' SUV packs a punch ,,, Fast SUVs were a thing for a while and this week's spot, a Lamborghini Urus, is a great example. While Lambo had a run at an SUV with the beastly LM002, this one the Uris, was much more refined and built for speed. Spotted this Uris at... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: 1963 Volvo P1800
The car made famous by Roger Moore Growing up in the 1960s I loved the spy TV shows. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. aired on NBC along with a funny one, Get Smart, while The Avengers aired on ABC (whoa, Emma Peel in those skintight outfits), Mission Impossible on CBS. Later on ABC and then NBC... Continue Reading →
Car Spot: The Smart Car
There's nothing smart about this car Known for its massive, and expensive cars, the Smart Car was something really different from Mercedes Benz. It all started in 1972 when they decided to explore what cars of the new millennium would look like. The 1973 oil crisis convinced them that they should move forward with a... Continue Reading →