Chasing Classic Cars: Fast cars!

The need for speed Who doesn't like to jam the throttle and get pinned to the back of your seat in a fast car? I'm in! I had two chances recently at Road America to drive the new Corvette and Dodge Challenger Shaker. What a hoot, and then some. It used to be the Italians... Continue Reading →

2014 Fiat 500L Lounge

Fiat goes long with 500L (get it?) to connect with more buyers Credit Fiat for quickly deducing that its cute, but diminutive, 500 runabout simply won’t do for many U.S. families. The Italian automaker that owns Chrysler needed something that would cast a wider net when trying to land more customers on our shores. Voila! The... Continue Reading →

Soon to be Classic Cars: Rare Shelbys

A garage sale like no other It seems things got a little tight at Shelby America so they decided to do a bit of house cleaning. Not your regular office stuff, these are rare prototypes. 11 Shelby concept cars and prototypes are up for grabs. Shelby says it would rather see them in the hands... Continue Reading →

2014 Mitsubishi Mirage ES

Pokey Mitsubishi Mirage offers bare bones performance Last year when I drove the 109-horsepower Nissan Versa Note I thought I’d driven the slowest accelerating car made in the past 10 years, but that was before I’d driven the new Mitsubishi Mirage. This makes the pokey Versa Note feel frisky. Mirage is a pleasant looking little hatchback... Continue Reading →

2014 Chrysler Town & Country Limited

Town & Country minivan carries family, friends and stuff easily and efficiently Minivans are much maligned by the image conscious, or should we say, self-conscious car buyers. These folks let image stand in their way of buying the most family friendly vehicles on the market. This week’s Chrysler Town & Country Limited is at the... Continue Reading →

2014 Kia Soul+

Cute, youthful Kia Soul impresses on all fronts We all could use a little more Soul, and Kia is certainly doing all it can to encourage it. Kia’s Soul is one of the cutest crossovers out there and among the most economical too, both on the pricing and fuel economy fronts. I never ceased to be... Continue Reading →

Die-cast: AutoArt Mustang GT show car

Small scale Mustang GT ponies up the value, detail Ford’s Mustang turns 50 this year and you’d likely have to be dead not to know that by now. A new 2015 model is being previewed at all the major car shows now and the mainstream media has been agog over 50 years of Mustang since at... Continue Reading →

Bar Finds: A couple of Dodges

Have camera, will travel You mean barn finds, right? Nope, not this time. The cars for this entry I saw at a couple of local bars. I'm not a bar fly but love to have a couple of beers. I love beer about the same as I love classic cars. Dodge's entry into the pony... Continue Reading →

2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible

  Muscular Stingray convertible opens up more ways to have fun I had to laugh at the timing. After a beautiful spring week, a “velocity yellow” Corvette Stingray convertible showed up for a test drive as snow was flying and the temperature had dropped to the mid-30s, ah Spring in Wisconsin. But by the weekend, the... Continue Reading →

Die-cast: Spark 1:43 1966 Indy 500 Winner

Graham Hill’s Indy winning Lola a small gem I was sitting in the packed main grandstand just shy of the pit exit for the flying start of the 1966 Indianapolis 500 when tires and suspension pieces and racer nosecones started exploding in the air. It was eerily similar to two years earlier, but without the... Continue Reading →

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