Savage picks the Top 10 Cars

2023 Zoomies, the best vehicles of the past year ... Zoomie goes all social media trendy this year whittling the 50 or so vehicles I’ve tested in the past year down to a dynamic Top 10. Eat your heart out Letterman*! What’s the Savage criteria for a Zoomie? Art: Stuart Carlson There’s no point system.... Continue Reading →

March 1, 2023 1

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 →

February 27, 2023 0

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 →

March 7, 2015 0

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 →