Lexus RX 350L, when you're entitled to more luxury ... There’s no doubt we’re an entitled society from top to bottom. But when one slides behind the steering wheel of a Lexus RX 350L it’s hard not to feel a strong urge of entitlement, and contentment. Granted, I’m lucky to get such a chance, but... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart Jaguar E-Type Lightweight
Jaguar E-Type "the most beautiful car ever made" … There is nothing like an E-Type Jaguar, for style, pizzazz or sheer high-performance beauty. When it was launched in 1961, the E-Type took the auto world by storm. Old men wished they were young again, young men wished they had the cash to buy one, and... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: IXO’s 2014 Chevy Camaro convertible
Camaro convertible looks fast even in 1/43 scale ... Chevy’s revamped version of the Camaro, launched in 2009, is a beautiful restyling of the classic 1960s muscle machine. Even racier is the convertible version. Now IXO releases its 1/43 scale model of the 2014 Camaro convertible in a stunning dark metallic red with flat black... Continue Reading →
2019 Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid Limited
Hyundai hybrid is low cost from the get-go ... Hybrids in general, and plug-in hybrids in particular, are becoming the way to go for families looking for the best fuel economy, or socially conscious buyers wanting to reduce their carbon footprint. Fortunately the hybrid market just keeps expanding while becoming more affordable. For instance, this... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: NEO’s 1958 Rambler Cross Country 6
Rambler wagon was economical, so is model ... Station Wagons were the SUVs and crossovers of years ago, long before we knew to call them anything but wagons. And there’s some thinking now in the car world that wagons, which behave much more like cars than trucks, may be on the verge of a... Continue Reading →
New Toyota Supra is super fun
We're on a mission from God.... A line out of the 1980 hit movie The Blues Brothers and totally appropriate for this blog entry as Mark and I traveled to the Midwest Automotive Media Association's (MAMA) Fall Rally just outside of Joliet, IL, home of the Joliet Prison where after his release from prison, Jake... Continue Reading →
2019 Honda Civic 1.5T Touring
Civic comes in 3 shapes, a big player in small car market … Honda’s Civic is a mainstay in the small car market. Why? It has been around for years, remains affordable and comes in three body styles, sedan, coupe and hatchback. All of those traits make it unusual. And for the past few years... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: NEO’s 1964 Dodge 330 sedan
Affordable Dodge sedan stirs memories ... My uncle Clarence Winston (Wink for short) Savage had a beautiful dark metallic blue 1964 Plymouth Belvedere that I just loved as a kid. He could make that car’s tires bark several times between his house and ours, a half block away. He was a hot foot, one of... Continue Reading →
Die-cast: Autoart’s Bugatti Chiron
Wow, even in 1/18 scale this Bugatti rocks … The Bugatti Chiron, where to begin? Starting price is $2.6 million in round numbers, and the first 200 made sold out immediately, even before the first car was delivered. It’s possible we need a new term that’s greater than Supercar. The History Not that Bugatti’s Veyron... Continue Reading →
2020 Kia Soul GT-Line 1.6 Turbo
GT-Line's turbo makes this the Soul you want ... This may be overstating it some, but if ever there were a modern-day Volkswagen Beetle in both spirit and style, it would be Kia’s sweet Soul. Consider that 11 years into its run the styling has been updated in tweaks to nose and tail, but the... Continue Reading →