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 →
2019 Lexus RX 350L AWD Luxury
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 →