Savage on Wheels picks his top vehicles that he test drove this past year. It was a great year for family-oriented, high value wheels. Yes, there are affordable cars and crossovers.
Zoomies 2025: Best Cars and SUVs Ranked
Zoomie: 29 years of choice cars
Savage's top vehicles since 1990, the hits and misses .... My annual Zoomie Car of the Year awards just debuted on WUWM.com yesterday and will appear here on Wednesday. But if you want to check my track record, here are my past 29 choices. I missed a few years when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel stopped... Continue Reading →
2022 Cars of the Year
Savage names his top vehicles, the annual Zoomie Awards ... Zoomie art by Stuart Carlson Last year’s Zoomies were all about monster speed and power, this year’s are all about hybrids, high value and family fare. That’s OK though, because that’s where most of us live. While I was testing new Corvettes, Challengers, BMWs, Mercedes,... Continue Reading →
Zoomie Car of the Year Awards 1990-2014
25 Years of Zoomies Here are my Car of the Year Awards for the first 25 years of the Savage On Wheels column, as they appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. This year the Zoomies will appear only on this website. Watch for their posting .... very soon! Here are the past Zoomie winners: 2014:... Continue Reading →
2015 ZOOMIE Car of the Year Awards
Zoomies: The Everyman's Car of the Year, where style and value still matter Zoomie got kicked to the curb this year, after 25 years of top car selections for the Milwaukee newspaper. Hey, stuff happens! So while you didn’t get to see my top car, hybrid, crossover, etc. selections in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel after... Continue Reading →
Chasing Classic Cars: You find them when you least expect them
A car show at an air show So this past weekend, I was up with my buddies in Oconto, WI putting on an airshow with our radio controlled airplanes. Our gig was actually just part of a bigger event they held at their local airport. Well one of the other parts was a classic car... Continue Reading →
Promo model: 63 Rambler Classic
Even though I was only 9 in 1963...there, I blew the cover on my age, I still remember a lot about that year, the Kennedy assassination for sure. The Beatle's U.S. TV concert, Route 66, and we had just moved from Madison to Milwaukee when dad got a job at....wait for it...American Motors. And to... Continue Reading →
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