For $5,995, get an SVX-education

In Greek mythology, turned into a kingfisher due to the grief over the loss of her husband. Today's Subaru SVX was called the Alcyone in its home market, and its seller has turned it into a five-speed. Its price, however may turn you off. Her name is REO and she...

May 2, 2026

For $16,900, sheikh, rattle and roll

Had Lawrence traipsed the Arabian peninsula during the Gulf War rather than the First World War, he may have been able to trade his camel for one of 113 specially made GMC Saudi Syclones like today's candidate. You could drive one too, but will this truck's price make you say...

May 2, 2026

For $17,000, this is a Pep Boys-able Porsche

Blaspheming in Abrahamic religions is cause for condemnation or far worse. Today's 928 may surely be viewed as an affront to the alter of Porsche, but is its price a sin as well? Popular as they are, yesterday's did manage to blow your burqas up. But its price sure didn't...

May 2, 2026

For $1,000, have a ménage à toyota

When you were a kid you probably rode a bike, and while mastering that you rode with training wheels. Before even that, you likely rode a trike. Today's MR2 custom appeals to your inner child, but will its price have you asking, are you kidding? Your inner child was having...

May 2, 2026

2012 Volkswagen Beetle: First Drive

In a little over a decade Volkswagen saw its Beetle transform from Adolf Hitler's dream of the "people's car" to the foulest of all marketing slurs — a "chick car." Does the finally provide a more manly solution? We drove it today to find out. The front-engined, front-wheel-drive New Beetle,...

May 2, 2026

For $2,275, volare... whoa-o-o-o

In Italian, volare means to fly, ironically however the only flying Plymouth's Volares ever did involved parts dissociating themselves from them. Today's Volare wagon has managed to keep its best parts, but is its price pretty fly? Flies, along with mosquitos and the occasional scrub jay and squirrel, are what...

May 2, 2026

For $15,795, is this Delta a faded rose from days gone by?

Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. It's also the name of a four-door, four-cylinder car from Lancia, some of which came with four-wheel drive. Wanting today's 1989 Integrale 16v may be as easy as ABC, but will its price make it too much of an alpha-bet? In...

May 2, 2026

2012 Dodge Charger SRT8: First Drive

Arguably, it's the that benefited the most from SRT's latest makeover. Last time we drove it, , we loved it for its brute force, but thought the running gear was "unsettled, jittery, and unpolished." That's all done with. A new adaptive damping system, incorporating Bilstein coilovers, does a tremendous job...

May 2, 2026

2012 Dodge Challenger SRT8 392: First Drive

An interesting thing about driving all the SRT behemoths together is that you can tell which one's the least, er, behemothy. The 's wheelbase is four inches shorter than the Charger's and 300C's, which translates — using the butt-o-meter — into quicker rotations. Indeed, the Challenger feels far more nimble...

May 2, 2026

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8: First Drive

Ok, so here's the thing. The new kicks ass. It eats racetrack tarmac in Joey Chestnutt-sized bites, then spits chunks in your face while it's giving you the drill sergeant treatment for not trusting it to carry more speed in the corners than you did. You're as useful as a...

May 2, 2026

2012 Chrysler 300C SRT8: First Drive

Here's the weird thing about the . I did my fastest lap around Willow Springs in this limo, according to SRT's new Electronic Vehicle Information Center. That's a console-screen app whose "performance pages" provide readouts on 0-60 mph time, 60-0 mph braking, G-forces, one-eighth mile and quarter-mile times. I'm owing...

May 2, 2026

Your opportunity for weird three wheeled fun with the Messerschmitt KR175

Although Messerschmitt remains best known for their World War II fighter aircraft, facing a ban on airplane production after the war the company expanded into other sectors. The three wheeled Messerschmitt KR175 seen here is the strange result of the company’s entrance to the auto industry. Currently for sale on...

May 2, 2026

For $14,900, make a powerful skate-ment

As the old adage goes, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. The creator of today's Maxton Rollerskate did it himself, but will the price of this über rare and basic sports car prove to have been done right? Bob Sutherland owned a chain of...

May 2, 2026

Riley Mark XXII Track Day Car: First Drive

Riley Technologies is best known for building Daytona prototype race cars. But what if they built a version that any idiot could drive? That's the Mark XXII, a Corvette V8-powered, decontented Daytona prototype. Why? Because racecar. With training wheels. Rule # 1: Any car with "Mark" in its name is...

May 2, 2026

For $3,988, is this Samurai Kurosawa worthy?

In Kurosawa's masterpiece, The Seven Samurai a small town is besieged by bandits and hires a septet of sword-wielding protectorates in its defense. Today's Suzuki might itself need protecting from flipping over, but is its price masterful? If you owned yesterday's , you probably wouldn't need any medieval Japanese swordsmen...

May 2, 2026