I remember the first Hyundai I ever saw at an auto show in 1986. It was a frankly homely little hatchback called the Excel. It offered, well, not much for a price that wasn’t much either.
In the old days, we gearheads enjoyed the pony car wars among the Big 3, and luckily we still do. But now, comes the rivalry of the future…gas/electric vehicles.
Cadillac has done something wonderful…again. In an effort to make sure you forget all about coupe DeVilles and Eldorados, they have taken their prettiest car and their fastest car, and allowed them an unsupervised conjugal visit.
It’s kind of hard to believe in these days of over-$3 gas that in 2000, the Ford Explorer was the best selling non-pickup vehicle in the country. Almost half a million butts found there way onto Explorer seats.
Other than hearing on the office intercom, “Roger, Michelle Pfeiffer on line 3!” you can’t get a better message than, “they parked your Corvette in visitor parking.” Of course, it’s only mine for a week, but,
There was a time when I wasn’t overly enamored with the styling of the F150, before 2004. It was a bit to aero and smoothed out for me. A truck should look like a truck, for crying out loud.
It was 1994, and I was testing cars on the radio and for magazines back in Houston when our delivery service brought a vehicle to the station that was about to set the truck world on fire.
We spent the last week driving the last Dodge Viper for at least 2 years, and I can answer your basic questions fairly quickly. Is it expensive? Yes. Is it fast? Oh, yes. Is it practical? No. Does that matter? Of course not.
The BMW X3 is something that I firmly believe goes against nature. It is a BMW truck. You will forgive this inevitable lapse into old fogeydom, but BMW has been since the 1920’s, a purveyor of sporting sedans and sports cars.
If you were the head of the German military in the 1970’s and you looked at your allies, they all had their own vehicles. America had the classic Jeep, the British the LandRover, the Japanese the Land Cruiser.
Over the years, when you thought of Chevrolet economy cars you thought of names like Chevette, Cavalier and Cobalt. Well, the only thing this new Chevy Cruze has in common is that it starts with a “C.”
The Nissan Murano has always struck me as a bit of an odd duck in the crossover soprt utility category. It is curvier than most of the competition, even though this basic shape goes back to 2003.
You know, Toyota has had a miserable year. Recalls and bad publicity all around has tarnished the brand in some eyes. But before you entertain any doubts, you need to drive the Scion tC.
