Rogue feels refined, oozes value, and now it's orange ... Barely a year had passed since I tested Nissan’s revamped Rogue, one of the best-selling small crossovers on the market, and particularly popular in the Milwaukee area. This is Nissan’s No. 1 seller and it’s obvious why. It looks refined, drives fine and is economical.... Continue Reading →
2019 Subaru Forester Limited
New Forester offers better ride, power, value ... Full disclosure, a few years ago our family owned the previous generation Subaru Forester. It was light and lively, but its ride was a bit stiff for us Boomers. Subaru’s 2019 Forester solves that, plus moves Subaru into the automotive mainstream by offering a heated steering wheel.... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI Autobahn
VW Golf GTI is one rockin' little hatchback ... Nimble handling, turbo power and sporty ride are nearly forgotten in the auto world now that SUVs and crossovers rule the roads. But Volkswagen has a long memory and it mastered handling years ago. With turbochargers added to VW’s economical 4-cylinder engines it now has power... Continue Reading →