It's my dad who got me hooked And his dad before him but this Christmas will be my first without him after his passing away in February. The car dad always talked about buying was a Nash Healey. The car was introduced in 1951 beating the Corvette by two years. There were just over 500... Continue Reading →
2020 Range Rover Evoque SE AWD
New Evoque fails $64,000 question ... Range Rover’s new Evoque stirs a $64,000 question: Do you expect your new vehicle’s climate control system and heated/cooled seats to work every time you start the vehicle? Apparently the answer is, No! Despite my “Yulong White” test vehicle’s $64 grand price tag, those systems worked about half the... Continue Reading →
Die-Cast: Autoart Lamborghini Centenario
Lamborghini Centenario a beauty and a beast! ... We all know beauty is more than skin deep, but with supercars like those made by Lamborghini and Ferrari, well, the skin better be sizzling hot or why pay a million bucks for one, right? So, the two Italian supercar makers are constantly trying to outdo the... Continue Reading →
2019 Hyundai Veloster N
Veloster N a hot hatchback, but avoid snow … With apologies to the late Dr. John, I was in the right place, but it must have been the wrong time. … I been in the right trip, but I must have used the wrong car. The day after Hyundai’s Racing Red Veloster N arrived, it... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Replicarz 1989 PC18 Indy 500 winner
Emerson Fittipaldi's 1989 Indy 500 winner in 1/43 scale ... As a newspaper reporter I was roaming Gasoline Alley at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and watching bits of the race from inside Turn 1 when Emerson Fittipaldi won the 1989 Indianapolis 500. It was an exciting finish, but one I had to watch and re-watch... Continue Reading →
2020 Lexus NX 300 AWD F Sport
Lexus NX 300 a small ute with style . . . Small SUVs and crossovers are nearly as thick these days as political pundits, so it takes some effort to separate one from the mob of little tall wagons. Lexus tries, with some success, with its NX 300, based on the previous generation Toyota RAV4... Continue Reading →
2020 Hyundai Palisade SEL AWD
Palisade, like Telluride, a first rate family SUV … I declared the Kia Telluride the finest SUV I’d driven in ages and an absolute winner in every way when I drove it last June, but its kissin’ cousin, the Hyundai Palisade is equally as praiseworthy. I know us reviewers are supposed to pick at the... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Nissan R390 GT1, 1998 Le Mans
Beautiful detail on Nissan's 1998 Le Mans GT racer … Le Mans racers have always been cutting edge, even in the 1920s and ‘30s when the endurance race was new. But for the past 20 years or so many of the top cars have developed into bubble-top racers with carbon fiber chassis, and engines that... Continue Reading →
2020 Volvo S60 T8 E-AWD Inscription
Oh my, Volvo's S60 hybrid delivers blow like Thor's Hammer ... You simply must admire the marketing genius of a car company that dubs its LED headlights as Thor’s Hammer. Volvo wins that honor with several of its latest models. The powerful headlights project a T, hence the Thor nomenclature. The latest hammering of lights... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Auto World’s 1971 Plymouth GTX
A 1971 Plymouth GTX you can afford ... My neighborhood was packed with Road Runners back in the early 1970s, in no small part because we had one of the top-selling Chrysler-Plymouth dealerships in Indiana a few blocks from my house. The wild fruity colors of the late 1960s and early ‘70s lit up the... Continue Reading →