2023 BMW 840i xDrive Gran Coupe

Swoopy Gran Coupe a luxury rocket for the 5% crowd ... There are cars Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can afford and then there are cars that any CEO or hedge fund trader might slip lovingly into their 3-car garage. That’s the 1% vs. 5% rule in the car world, and it’s the difference between... Continue Reading →

September 28, 2022 0

2021 Lexus LC 500 Convertible

Lexus LC 500 drop-top redefines beauty ... It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it. – Voltaire Beauty, thy name is Lexus LC 500. OK, the name isn’t beautiful, but Toyota’s luxury brand understands beauty and sure as heck knows how... Continue Reading →

October 15, 2020 1

2020 BMW M8 Competition Convertible

M8 drop-top an elegant refined rocket, near supercar ... Two questions: How much did you pay for your house? How much would you pay for a supercar, or near supercar? The first may vary wildly depending on how long ago you bought your home, but if you’re thinking Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, or McLaren for the... Continue Reading →

October 1, 2020 2

2020 Mustang leaves Mopar guys snake bit

The Shelby guys have thought of everything with the racy 2020 Mustang GT 500 ... By Paul Daniel and Mark Savage PAUL: I sort of backed into loving Mopar stuff after Chrysler bought American Motors Corp. in the late 1980s. I've always been the kind of person who has a soft spot for the underdog.... Continue Reading →

July 28, 2020 0

Die-cast: Auto World’s 1967 Shelby GT350

Rare Shelby GT350 originally meant for Hertz ... What car lover doesn’t long to own a Hertz-intended Shelby GT350, a rare black fastback Mustang from its 1960s hey days? Most of us would part with some serious coin for one of these black beauties in any size and now Auto World delivers a stout one... Continue Reading →

May 29, 2020 0

2020 Hyundai Sonata Limited

Hyundai Sonata's beauty is more than skin deep ... Seeing Hyundai’s eighth-gen Sonata makes me feel a bit like Charlie Brown when he sees “the little red-haired girl.” Not sure it’s love at first sight, but “wow,” the 2020 Sonata is stirring. Yet that’s not a description many family sedans evoke. Hyundai, which along with... Continue Reading →

April 30, 2020 0

Die-cast: Autoart’s Aston Martin Vulcan

James Bond would covet this sexy Aston ... Britain’s Aston Martin brand stirs images of James Bond deploying a bulletproof screen behind his DB5, spraying bullets from the machine guns in its running lights, squirting oil on the road to wreck the evildoers following him or ejecting said henchmen through the passenger’s side roof. It... Continue Reading →

April 1, 2020 1

Die-cast: NEO’s 1960 Ford Thunderbird

1960 Thunderbird convertible still stylish after all these years … Long before Ford’s Thunderbird grew into a full-size luxury coupe with long hood and monstrous dimensions, it was a cool sportster, first a two-seater, then a four-seater. From its launch as a 1955 through the end of its second generation model, 1960, the T-bird was... Continue Reading →

July 6, 2019 0

2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 1LT

Fast & furious new Stingray sets a new standard The company parking lot was alive with color, as was the driveway at home. People stared, gave a thumbs up and admired what for 60 years has been America’s Sports Car. This was a Torch Red Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51, fresh off the assembly line in... Continue Reading →