2018 Hyundai Accent SE A/T

Accent an impressive low-cost sedan ... Need new wheels at a low price, but don’t want to look like you’re driving an econobox that could tip over in a heavy wind or snag a trophy at the ugliest car on the block contest? Hyundai has an impressive answer for just such a buyer, it’s redesigned... Continue Reading →

Die-cast: Ixo’s 1937 Bugatti Type 57G Le Mans winner

Bugatti was racy from the get-go at Le Mans ...  In the early years, a lot of competitors, and winners, in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race were from France. Many of those makes are legendary, but many also are gone. One that remains is Bugatti, now known as a super car maker... Continue Reading →

Lego crash test

You can build anything from Legos I love building things with Lego's larger Technic line because it lets me feel like a real engineer. With this line I can build things that move, like cars. I'd run crash tests, view the results on the video, maybe move some blocks around and try it again. It... Continue Reading →

Die-cast: Replicarz’s 1959 Scarab Mk. II racer

Purple Nickey Nouse Scarab a slick winner ... A few years back at Road America, the Midwest’s finest road racing facility, I ran into racer Augie Pabst and his beautiful metallic blue Scarab Mk. II racer. Pabst, an heir to the brewing fortune, had been a succesful sports car racer in the late 1950s and... Continue Reading →

2018 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited Ultimate AWD

New Santa Fe a luxury sleigh ride ... Leading up to Christmas I spent a week luxuriating in Santa’s sleigh. Say what? It was Hyundai’s Santa Fe? Well then, never mind! Yet then again Hyundai’s mid-size SUV is certainly big enough to haul a lot of goodies to good girls and boys all over southeast... Continue Reading →

Die-cast: CMC’s 1954-55 Lancia D50

CMC’s latest F1 car a stunning Lancia D50 ...  Lancia was a late-comer to Formula 1 racing after World War II, but it had the genius of engineer  Vitorrio Jano as its secret weapon. He had created the successful Alfa Romeo 8C pre-war. So in late 1954 Lancia’s beautiful and unusual D50 joined the F1... Continue Reading →

2018 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD Inscription

Volvo XC60 a sweet ride - fun, luxurious, nimble ... Sometimes the hardest reviews to write are those for vehicles I’ve really enjoyed, the ones that stand out among the 50+ vehicles I test in a year. This week’s tester, the Volvo XC60 with the Inscription package shouldn’t be hard to ladle syrupy praise on.... Continue Reading →

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport 2.4 SEL AWD

Outlander Sport still under the radar ...              Mitsubishi continues to fly under the radar among the Japanese car makers in the U.S., with just a few models and those don’t change often. But the Outlander Sport has been one of its success stories, as it spun off from the larger Outlander SUV a few... Continue Reading →

2018 Hyundai Sonata Limited 2.0T

Hyundai's Sonata just keeps getting better ...  Hyundai’s Sonata is back on track to being a major challenger to the likes of Toyota’s Camry and others in the crowded mid-size sedan market. Hyundai’s last generation Sonata wasn’t nearly as attractive as its predecessor. This one is a sharp looker with a distinctive nose and improved... Continue Reading →

2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk

Jeep Trackhawk boasts 707 hp, too ...  There is now a 707 horsepower Jeep. You read that right, and the first question most folks ask is, Why would Jeep do this? The answer: Because they can. There’s no reasonable or logical reason, except that Fiat/Chrysler, which is the overindulgent parent of Jeep and Dodge, has... Continue Reading →

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