2022 Subaru WRX Premium

WRX better in a rally than on a road, but it rocks ... After we had been driving for two blocks my wife, a devout Subaru owner, asked rather emphatically, “WHO would ever buy this car?” The car in question was a flashy metallic Solar Orange Subaru WRX Premium, the rally racer style compact sedan... Continue Reading →

September 21, 2022 0

Die-cast: Johnny Lightning themed 2-packs

Barn Finds lead the way for JL's themed 2-packs ... I’m a sucker for 1/64 scale die-cast cars because I grew up garaging Matchbox and Hot Wheels in shoe boxes and plastic carrying cases. Just entering my teens when Johnny Lightning debuted 50 years ago, I was impressed with its castings’ quality and realism... Continue Reading →

February 29, 2020 0

Die-cast: Auto World’s 1971 Plymouth GTX

A 1971 Plymouth GTX you can afford ... My neighborhood was packed with Road Runners back in the early 1970s, in no small part because we had one of the top-selling Chrysler-Plymouth dealerships in Indiana a few blocks from my house. The wild fruity colors of the late 1960s and early ‘70s lit up the... Continue Reading →

November 6, 2019 0

Die-cast: 1970 Plymouth Superbird

AutoWorld delivers detailed Superbird The nearly fluorescent candy colors that Plymouth and Dodge bathed their late 1960s and early ’70s cars in still grab you when you catch a glimpse today. Heck, this bright neon green AutoWorld 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird stirs memories of psychedelic pinwheels on TV’s then popular “Laugh-In.” I’m dating myself and... Continue Reading →

March 31, 2013 5

Die-cast: AutoWorld Vette, Tang started on Road&Track covers

Muscle cars are here to ‘pump you (your collection) up’ Ahhh, muscle cars, those high-horse brutes of the 1960s and early ’70s that lived the high life until the evil Oil Embargo forced us all to rethink power and gas guzzling, at least for a few years. These babies were stylish and fun, and AutoWorld... Continue Reading →