For $5,995, this T-Bird could be awesome, Bill

Bill Elliott - better known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville - became a NASCAR darling driving the then-new Aero-bird stocker. Today's Thunderbird is a V8-powered homage to his Number Nine, but would buying it mean being presented with a not so awesome bill of sale? When you think about it,...

May 2, 2026

For $4,000, this Celica All-Trac is supposed to be all there

If someone is twenty-something and still living at home, working on their GED, a kind way to describe them is a work in progress. Today's twenty year old Celica All-Trac isn't presently working, and the seller hasn't made much progress towards getting there, but would its price make it worthy...

May 2, 2026

For $5,100, this Pinto lets you rock out with your cop out

The impending end of the road for Ford's evergreen Crown Vic has police departments scrambling to as well as looking for alternatives. Today's Pinto squad car is pretty alternative, but does is its price make it all that and a box of donuts? My wife once bought a Nash Metropolitan...

May 2, 2026

How Bob Lutz saved GM from Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and itself

In his new book, former General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz calls , Glenn Beck and other right-wing critics of GM "reckless" for their hatred of anything linked to the Obama administration — including the . Here's our exclusive first drive review of the soon-to-be-published book. In his book, ","...

May 2, 2026

For $4,500, this Minnesotan Datsun 510 could be your prairie home companion

There used to be the grammar-bending tagline for a danish baker that went Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. There's a lot of Danes in Minnesota, which is where today's VG30ET-powered 510 lives, but will you find its price to be a Dutch treat? It can't be said that nobody doesn't...

May 2, 2026

For $2,300, this custom Escort lowrider hearse lets you go in style

Meinhardt Raabe, who died last year at age 94, played the Munchkinland coroner, and certified that the Wicked Witch was ‘really dead.' It's not inconceivable to imagine the buying today's custom Escort wagon to cart away the witch pancake, but is it priced so high that he might come up...

May 2, 2026

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4: First Drive

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Lamborghini's new V12 flagship — the — is a monumental leap forward from its previous top model, the Múrcielago. It's lighter, faster, more powerful, easier to drive and still edgy as hell. Is it the world's best value for supercar money? Disclaimer: Lamborghini wanted us to drive...

May 2, 2026

For $17,500, this Defender 90 will never do 90

The Land Rover Defender is like a Jeep for the tweedy crowd. Today's 90 TDI is more than just tweedy, it's also tweety bird yellow. So now that Osama bin Hidin' is Osama bin Livin' some of you thought that yesterday's that was done up to look like a hearse...

May 2, 2026

For $26,500, this LS1-powered 280Z is kind of a drag

The Datsun Z-car and LS1 engine go together like maple syrup and waffles, however unknowable build quality can make buying one a sticky situation. Today's Canadian Z is claimed to be mint, but does its price require owning one? What is it with the English and appending ‘eee' to the...

May 2, 2026

For $3,500, the answer my friend is blowin’ in the Scirocco

Volkswagen's first spate of watercooled cars - discounting the K70 - were all named after winds. The sportiest of those was the Scirocco, and today's MkII GTI looks as though it could still run like the wind. The question however is, does its price blow? Speaking of blowing, the draft...

May 2, 2026

For $11,000, never stray far from home

They say home is where you find it, and with today's GMC Motor Home, you could toss out the welcome mat damn near anywhere. Does its price however mean that while its lights may be on, nobody's home? Yesterday was and in celebration of the Battle of Puebla a lot...

May 2, 2026

For $29,888, drop an f-bomb

Buying one of the F-Bomb Camaros certified to have appeared in The Fast & Furious 4 might be da-bomb. But when you find out today's car is not the 1,500-hp twin turbo version, you might just drop an f-bomb of your own. Wesley Morris, film critic for the Boston Globe,...

May 2, 2026

For $11,995, go topless on the Riviera

The sixth generation of Buick's Riviera, represented several firsts for GM's personal coupe - first front wheel drive platform, first Indy pace car, and first convertible. Today's Riviera is one of those drop tops, but does its price need to drop as well? Of course being both fast and furious...

May 2, 2026

For $7,000, is this a killer B?

The U.S. has seen a number of British invasions, the best one being the MG-led post-WWII invasion by English sports cars. Today's MGB-GT is ready to invade your driveway, but will its price call off the attack? Ebola, Gonorrhea, Donald Trump's attention - according to you there are apparently worse...

May 2, 2026

For $3,700, is this Peugeot a sweet 16?

Due to attrition, French cars in the U.S. are becoming as rare as poule dents, Today's Peugeot 405 Mi16 could make sightings in someone's neighborhood a lot more common, but only if its price proves uncommonly good. Something else that's rare is a day when one of our candidates claims...

May 2, 2026