Shorter Cross Sport aims at slightly different buyer ... Rarely are two vehicles as similar as the Volkswagen Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport. Rarer yet is my getting to test such a duo within weeks of each other. A little more than a month ago I enjoyed the Atlas, which is about 5 inches longer... Continue Reading →
Two car guys reunite after 36 years.
And we didn't even know each other were car guys then Author (left), Darrel (right) on set doing a special on the Milwaukee Brewers just before the '82 World Series where they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a fun season! It's funny how life sometimes comes full circle and you are reunited... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast: Auto World’s 1971 Chevy Camaro RS/SS
1971 Camaro RS/SS full of sophisticated style, sharp detail ... Fond memories of an early car follow many of us who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s and the second generation Camaro fills this category for me, and likely many others. I loved the original Camaro’s shape, but the second gen was a smooth... Continue Reading →
2021 Hyundai Elantra SEL
Elantra offers value with distinctive looks, spunky performance ... Surprises tend to hang out at the low end of the automotive market, where expectations may be lower because, well, prices are lower. That continues to be the case with Hyundai’s popular Elantra compact sedan, refined and upgraded for 2021. I had the SEL model, just... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic
Gorgeous classic Bugatti a tiny jewel in 1:43 scale ... Oh, be still my swoopy car design-loving heart. Autoart has created a 1:43 gem of a classic Bugatti that may be the most beautiful car ever. That may sound overhyped, but it is not. The 1938 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic is drop-dead gorgeous now, just as... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast: DNA Collectible’s VW Golf GTI Clubsport S
Golf GTI Clubsport S a hot hatch even in 1:18 scale ... Never as a teen or 20-something driver did I think Volkswagen would create a performance-oriented hatchback. The Beetle was about to go away, the Rabbit was new, and the Dasher was sort of sportier looking, but really, not so hot. Yet over the... Continue Reading →
2021 Volvo XC60 Recharge T8 Inscription
Plug-in hybrid XC60 a looker and performer ... A few years back I tested Volvo’s smallish mid-size crossover, the XC60, and was swept clean out of my cross-trainers. At the time, most crossovers were blah lookers and ho-hum performers, but today’s market is moving, as they always seem to, toward performance, and yet smaller carbon... Continue Reading →
2021 Toyota Land Cruiser Heritage Edition
Old school Land Cruiser remains off-roading icon ... To some off-roaders Toyota’s Land Cruiser ranks right up there with Jeep’s Wrangler as an icon, the ultimate all-star of mucking around in mud and slop. Certainly it will do all that with ease, yet like many Land Rovers before it, the Land Cruiser is an... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Lamborghini URUS
Lamborghini's super SUV is an eyeful, even in 1:18 scale ... Naturally few of us will ever be able to afford a Lamborghini, but I know where you can get one for less than $300 … from Autoart and it’s in 1:18 scale. Like the rest of the automotive market, the raging bull of Italian... Continue Reading →
This hot wheels car is da bomb!
It was 1996 when we built the house we're in now and had one big decision. Go to New Orleans to watch the Packers beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl or use that money to put in a Jacuzzi®. Well since going to the game would have been cool, it would only... Continue Reading →