Car Spot: 1992 Honda del Sol

Cheap fun in the sun Honda decided to go head to head with the wildly successful Mazda Miata when it introduced the Civic del Sol for the 1993 model year and is the subject of this week's spot. A warm summer day in Wisconsin and the perfect car is the Honda del Sol. Priced at... Continue Reading →

2024 Zoomie Top 10 Vehicles

Not sure if any of this year’s Zoomie winners will still be on the market 30+ years from now, but all are great drives as we enter 2024.

2020 MINI Cooper SE Iconic Hardtop 2-door

Electric MINI packs power, cuteness into a, well, mini package ... Have you ever driven an electric Go-Kart, maybe at an amusement park, in the Dells, or even an indoor karting track? That’s what it’s like to drive the new electric MINI Cooper SE. Power is instantaneous and the car is a bullet off the... Continue Reading →

2020 Toyota GR Supra Premium

New Supra delivers: Oh What a Feeling ... Seems collectively we’ve forgotten that it’s fun to drive a car, a sports car in particular. Instead the driving nation thrives on the high-riding muscle of big pickups and SUVs that 25 years ago might have been considered farm implements, or candidates for a Monster Truck rally.... Continue Reading →

Die-cast: IXO’s Citroen Dyane, 1976 Monte Carlo Rallye

High-value 1/43 Citroen reflects early rally racers ... Ah, the dear old Citroen 2CV is an icon, at least on the other side of the pond, being what the average French car buyer drove during the middle years of last century. But as it aged, even staid Citroen had to start developing cars to meet... Continue Reading →

2017 Fiat 500 Abarth

Fiat 500 Abarth pumps up the low-cost fun ... Few cars are pure joy to drive, yet cost less than $30,000. I’d put the Mazda Miata at the top of those, and a few models of the Mini Cooper would slot into this price range. But Fiat’s 500 Abarth is a relative newcomer and blows... Continue Reading →

2017 Fiat 124 Spider Classica

Fiat's 124 a Miata remake long on style, better ride It has been a long, long time since an affordable convertible with Italian styling was available in the United States, but now we have Fiat’s 124 Spider. Actually, we had it all along, or at least since 1989, in the form of a Mazda Miata.... Continue Reading →

2015 Buick Encore AWD Premium

Buick Encore surprisingly nimble The Buick Encore and Chevy Trax are kissin’ cousins riding on the same platform with the same engine and transmission, but aimed at different markets. Not surprisingly the Chevy aims at value-minded and younger buyers, while the Buick aims more upscale, at empty-nesters who demand luxury and feel they’ve hit a stage... 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 →

2012 Mazda MX-5 Miata

A Sports Car as Good as it Gets To look at Mazda’s MX-5 Miata you’d think little has changed since its introduction nearly 25 years ago.It’s still the quintessential two-seater, a sports car for the ages with a simple layout, simple lines, simple controls and for today’s market, a simple price tag. The base Sport... Continue Reading →

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