2011 BMW 1 Series M Coupe: First Drive

BMW 1 Series M Coupe I told myself I would hate the because no parts bin-built Bimmer could ever be worthy of the M-Sport badge. Right? Of course. I knew I would hate the "." I had to. But did I? Disclaimer: BMW wanted us to drive the 1 Series...

May 2, 2026

For $55,000, this may be the oldest Type II ambulance . . . in the world

Barn door, rat rod, VW, type II, kombi, ambulance. Today's Volkswagen Bus may be a lot of things, and it's up to you to decide if deal is one of them. A lot of you were French Pressed to scrape together much love for yesterday's , a fact borne out...

May 2, 2026

For $4,400, is this BMW 635CSI a Gute Fahrt?

There presently isn't a CSI Atlanta edition, however it's inevitable that every city in the U.S. get its own spin-off of that crime drama. Should that be the case, today's Georgia-based 635CSi could certainly star, but only if its price proves a key piece of evidence. Many consider BMW's first...

May 2, 2026

For $8,950, how Swede it is

Volvo has said inte mer to more wagons, so those of us who love them will just have to make do with the ones already out there. Today's 1968 122 Wagon is out there, but is its price far out? Yesterday's grey market proved to be far worth its asking...

May 2, 2026

For $2,750, you could pickup this Crown Vichero

Ford last produced the Ranchero in 1979, which coincidentally was the same year they introduced their large-car Panther platform. Today's custom Crown Vic is a super freaky melange of the two, but does its price make it worth picking up? Yesterday's may have been named - in its home market...

May 2, 2026

For $24,900, this 911 has more than junk in its trunk

Porsche's first V8-engined road car, the 928, was originally intended to replace the 911. That didn't happen, but today's 911 has had its rear-mounted flat-6 replaced by a V8. That might make it an 829, but does its price make it irreplaceable? If the ancient idiom that one man's meat...

May 2, 2026

For $16,300, hello dolly

At 7,382 feet, the Pordoi Pass is this highest road in Italy's Dolomite mountain range. Today's Triumph Dolomite is set up for the track rather than the road, but would you have to be high to pay its asking price? As frightening as the prospect of the first full-chat apex...

May 2, 2026

For $800, join the band

If you're a fan of the thrasher band, Red Fang, then you've no doubt seen their Jackass-inspired video for the song Wires in which a third-gen Chevy B-body wagon is used in a gran mal version of will it blend? Today's '85 Caprice Wagon is almost a twin, but is...

May 2, 2026

Fiat 500C: First Drive

The is neither fast or sporty. But how can you not have a blast driving a convertible this cute? Disclaimer: Chrysler and Fiat wanted us to drive the Fiat 500 C so badly that we had to email them the day before the drive to get a spot because they...

May 2, 2026

For $6,500, it’s a big country

The prospect of spending you next vacation skinny dipping with Christie Brinkley may make you want to be Clark Griswold. And while you can't have his Wagon Queen Family Truckster, today's Country Squire may the next best thing, but is its price a trip not worth taking? Having a car...

May 2, 2026

For $6,500 — top down and brown, loaded up and Datsun

The Nissan Silvia was not named after poet Sylvia Plath, and owning one shouldn't be as tortured an experience as was her short life. The U.S. version of the Silvia — the 200SX, as represented by today's custom convertible, may be ode-worthy, but is this one's price too much to...

May 2, 2026

For $14,999, it’s the perfect car for the E30-something crowd

The Turing Test is a natural language test to determine how human-like an artificial intelligence may be. Similarly, today's BMW E30 Touring will test your ability to determine whether its price is too high or not. We've been up to our wattles in wagons - and Nice Price wins -...

May 2, 2026

For $16,900, Go Slow Pacer! Go Slow Pacer! Go Slow Pacer, Go!

Upon its introduction, some called AMC's uniquely styled Pacer the Flying Fishbowl. Today's wagon edition is a bigger bowl, but is there something fishy about its price? The E30 Touring was the most commodious of all the small BMWs of that era, although apparently not sufficiently so as yesterday's rare...

May 2, 2026

For $8,900, not the same old Saab and dance

In Get Smart, secret agent Maxwell Smart fought KAOS and had the hots for his fellow agent, the luscious 99. Today's Saab 99 is also lust-worthy, but has its price missed it, by that much? Saab isn't doing so well these days, having been back-watered by GM for years, and...

May 2, 2026

The $100,000 Off-Road Challenge

If glowing purple aliens landed in front of the drainage pipes our Range Rover Supercharged and Mercedes-Benz G55 AMG had just climbed, none of the guys in the lifted Jeep would have noticed. Nothing looks stranger than $230K screwing around in the dirt. The first SUVs were born from the...

May 2, 2026