Revenge of the Electric Car: First Watch Review

Chris Paine's 2006 documentary film, Who Killed the Electric Car, was a rallying cry for fans of electric vehicles who'd felt betrayed by government and industry. Does his sequel, grab the mantle and run? We got an early look to see for ourselves. The filmakers provided us an exclusive look...

May 2, 2026

For $19,200, you could be Supra, thanks for asking

Japanese sports cars, unlike that country's delicious sashimi, have pretty decent shelf lives. Today's Toyota Supra still looks pretty tasty even after 18 years. Its price and lack of a turbo however, may make you say fugu you! Another Japanese sports car - and one from competing brand Nissan -...

May 2, 2026

For $39,500, scream like a chicken

Revisiting past glories can sometime end up sullying not just the visitor, but the original memory. Today's 1979 Trans Am attempts to make the car what its predecessors once were, but does its price mean throwing your money down its past-glory hole? Speaking of which, it turns out that -...

May 2, 2026

For $4,000, green acres is the place to be...

While not the first 4-wheel drive car, AMC's Eagle is arguably the first crossover ever. Today's '81 wagon may look like something out of the John Deere catalog, but is its price something to get cross over? American Motors Corporation did not have a long history, harkening back to the...

May 2, 2026

For €320,000, bizz in your pants

The incestuous relationships between the Italian super car makers in the 1960s is legend. Today's also legendary 1967 Bizzarrini 5300 GT Strada is the offspring of that industrial interbreeding, but will its price require a vecchio amante danaroso? Not only did yesterday's have John Deere turning over soil in his...

May 2, 2026

For $4,000, bond with the Quantum of Syncro

In physics, quantum mechanics theory describes wave function and was first developed in 1925 by the German physicist, Werner Heisenberg. Coincidentally, today's VW Quantum wagon has Syncro mechanicals and can carry your surfboard to the waves on its handy roof rack. It's price however, may be a theory you choose...

May 2, 2026

1984 Audi Sport Quattro: First Drive

In 1984, Stig Blomqvist won the Rallye Côte d'Ivoire in the , driving mostly sideways. In 2011, Audi reps allowed me to nurse a road-going version, wheels forward, around a private racetrack. Blomqvist may have had more fun, but my heart was nonetheless attempting to burst through my chest. In...

May 2, 2026

For $7,900, flout convention

With its rear-mounted engine, no post-war car is more atypically American than the Chevy Corvair. Today's turbocharged Corsa coupe is a prime example of the Corvair's wakadoodleness, but will its price prove equally unconventional? Unlike the Corvair, which situates its engine at the extreme ass-end of the car, yesterday's had...

May 2, 2026

For $10,900, be TR8-orous

Upon its introduction, Triumph's TR7 was touted as the shape of things to come. In reality, things to come included third-world build quality and eventually shuttered factories. The company's V8 edition did prove a fitting finale however, and today's TR8 could be the shape coming to your driveway, if its...

May 2, 2026

For $3,000, go as the Roadmaster this Halloween

Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat is a common demand heard from pirates, hobos, or this season's political candidate de jure, this being Halloween. Today's Buick Roadmaster has a 6-speed conversion that's pretty trick, and which should make driving it a treat, but is...

May 2, 2026

For $10,700, be capricious

If you like big butts and you cannot lie, today's Caprice might just make you fly. Punks'll wanna hit it and then they'll wanna quit it, but 's gonna' win it. And while its donks might cause you starin,' the price that it is wearin' might mean a brother just...

May 2, 2026

For $39,888, be between a croc and a hard place

Aston Martin's DB7 is rare enough, but today's reptilian-pattern interior edition is even more so. Up to you is determining if its price makes you say later gator. This has been a week for customized cars, and while Monday's tickled your fancy, the only thing yesterday's seemed to tickle was...

May 2, 2026

For $9,900, what the truck?!

The children's program, Davey and Goliath was the Evangelical Lutheran Church's attempt to bring God to Claymation. Today's Goliath Express 1100 appears rust-free and is hence not holier than thou, but its price may just make it seem a false idol. Almost as reverential a national icon as the Church...

May 2, 2026

For $10,490, get a McLaren, no McKiddin’

For decades the McLaren name has been synonymous with Formula One racing and stratospherically-priced super cars. Today's ASC McLaren Mustang proves that wasn't always the case, but at nearly eleven grand is its price synonymous... with Crack? So sayeth the gospel, when David slew Goliath he did so overcoming incredible...

May 2, 2026

For $6,000, park on ‘Burban street

Before somebody put the Sport in Sport Utility, there was only Utility. Today's 502-powered '66 Suburban sports a 502 with a claimed 700 hp. That may make may make you a sports fan, but will its price as well? Cars are complicated, made up of dozens of sub-systems like suspension,...

May 2, 2026