2019 Volvo XC90 T6 AWD Inscription

XC90 keeps boxy, safe  family haulers tradition alive ... Give Volvo credit for staying true to its roots all these years. It remains the maker of boxy family hauling machines that are long on safety. Too bad for Volvo that the rest of the automotive world has caught onto the safety gig. Well, actually the... Continue Reading →

2018 Lexus LS 500 AWD

Lexus LS500 impressive and loaded …  OMG, the Lexus LS 500 is one of the most impressive luxury sedans I’ve ever driven! That’s high praise, but this car is worthy. Starting at $79,215, including delivery, one would expect nothing less than superfine, but loaded with 11 options and packages this goes all the way to... Continue Reading →

2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Ultimate

 Hyundai Veloster a semi-hot hatch, and affordable …  Fewer and fewer sporty coupes are available for drivers who enjoy driving, and there are fewer yet that are both snazzy looking and affordable. Hyundai’s revamped Veloster is a good one though and meets all of the above requirements. First, you either like edgy looking hatchbacks or... Continue Reading →

2019 Toyota Avalon Hybrid

Avalon Hybrid  put premium on quiet, comfy and mpg …  Comfort, beauty, interior quiet, and room coupled with great gas mileage arrives in the form of Toyota’s new Avalon Hybrid sedan. Gone are the days where funky looking hatchbacks reminiscent of Woody Allen’s pod in Sleeper are the only vehicles available as hybrids. For the... Continue Reading →

Neo’s 1960 Plymouth Valiant Wagon

Plymouth Valiant Wagon sharp in 1/43 scale …  Wagons are ho-hum these days, and nearly extinct, unless you count crossovers as wagons. But in the 1960s they were a big deal as families tried to make room for the Baby Boom generation that was rapidly filling up their sedans. At the same time, a sizeable... Continue Reading →

2018 Lexus LC 500h

Beauty goes to the bone with Lexus LC 500h ... Beauty should be more than skin deep when a car crosses the $100 grand threshold and beauty goes clear to the bone with the Lexus LC 500h. This is the hybrid version of the luxury car maker’s grand tourer (GT). I’d tested the V8 powered... Continue Reading →

2018 Chrysler 300S

Chrysler 300S defines modern American iron …  Looking for the modern definition of American iron? Search no further than Chrysler’s 300 full-size luxury sedan. It is handsome, strong-jawed American iron with an attitude and the horsepower to kick the you-know-what out of any other large sedan, and that’s just in its basic trim. I drove... Continue Reading →

Electrifying Summer Trip

A shiny bright object My friends would tell you that I'm easily distracted by new shiny bright objects. Don't know why, I'm a guy and love seeing things out of the ordinary. Especially on four wheels. My wife and I were getting our daughter Meg settled in school at Western Michigan University where she is... Continue Reading →

Wrangler/Corvette Mashup

He wanted to build what? The Jeep Wrangler and Chevy Corvette couldn't be farther apart in automotive categories yet Chris DeSpears from Milwaukee had the idea to bring them together in a really fun build. He picked up a 2003 Z06 C5  Vette a couple of years ago as a donor car that somebody had... Continue Reading →

CMC’s 1956 Ferrari D50

Ferrari's Lancia spinoff a beauty of its own redesign …  If you’re a connoisseur of vintage Formula 1 cars you may be synched with the differences between the Lancia D50 and Ferrari D50 and how they are linked. CMC knows its stuff when it comes to F1 cars and so once it produced the Lancia... Continue Reading →

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