BMW has a long and storied history filled with automotive conveyances ranging from the merely attractive to the genuinely lovely. At the very least most of them could be dubbed handsome. To the unwashed masses, those that don’t understand the subtleties of heel-toe and late-apex, a BMW is a BMW because it’s a good looking [...]
Monday, February 1, 2010
If you look up Triumph on Wikipedia, the first sentence you will read is this: “The Triumph Motor Company is a defunct British motor manufacturer.” Sad. Established in 1885, Triumph graduated from selling bicycles to creating nimble little sports car and moderately competent sports sedans. However, by the bitter end in 1984, Triumph was reduced [...]
Sunday, January 3, 2010
This isn’t the normal How Hard Can It Be? It doesn’t talk about a basketcase nightmare of a car that we, with a delusional infusion of cash and imagination, would restore to its alleged former glory. This episode won’t cover some rusty incomplete heap that could only again be a living car through the grace [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Nostalgia is a funny thing. I’ve said it before and I say it now. The rose-tinted memories of high school love turn into a really uncomfortable lunch date with someone you have nothing in common with ten years on. Chef Boyardee and White Castle are never as tasty as they were during a fierce bout [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Some marriages appear to be made in heaven but wind up in the inevitable hell. Witness Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp, two intelligent and impossibly attractive people who still couldn’t make it work. Other marriages you can see as doomed right from the start. Witness any attempts at mating globally gigantic Volkswagen and the perfectly [...]
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Let’s begin by not mentioning Ralph Nader. Let’s not mention him because well before he was fiddling about in US elections, resulting in mentally deficient leadership, he was mucking up the automobile industry. And that twat Joan Claybrook. Let’s not speak of her, either. Let instead talk about when General Motors wasn’t afraid to try [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
For many years there have been wonderful recreations of exceptional Ferraris. We’re not talking about the Mera, an ill-proportioned Ferrari 308 built upon a Pontiac Fiero. Nor are we talking about the Puma, something that bore absolutely no resemblance to a Ferrari 246 Dino. No, we’re talking the upper echelon. While not the absolute cream [...]
Saturday, October 24, 2009
On the surface, the idea of buying a Maserati for $4000 sounds quite nice. The idea of someone being willing to sell you two Maseratis for the same price sounds wonderful… that is, until you remember the existence of the brilliantly named Biturbo. That is what is being offered on Craig’s List, the place where cars go to scream one last cry for help. More details after the jump.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Beach Boys epitomized the California lifestyle in the 1960s. Songs like Surfin’ Safari, 409, and California Girls painted hallucinatory pictures of how carefree life could be on the beach. The easy ways of cool cars, hot girls, and killer waves on which to surf were immortalized in the harmonies and lyrics of Brian Wilson [...]
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Small station wagons have always been popular in Europe. They offered the efficiency and affordability of their sedan stablemates with a little more room for groceries, lumber, or the hounds. Known as estates, shooting brakes, and tourings, the station wagon’s popularity jumped across the pond but somehow was diminished by the rise of the sport-utility [...]
Friday, April 16, 2010
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