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1980 – 1984 Datsun 200-SX: Giving Voice to The Future
You never forget your first one. A Car that is. My first one was a well-worn Honda Civic 1300. While it was a great car, it was not the kind that captured my imagination when I was young enough to be...
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1982-1988 Ford EXP: Ford’s Bold Paper Tiger?
1987 Ford EXP There was a time when small coupes were all the rage in America. My high school years will filled with Fieros, MR2s and Pulsars. These cars came about in part thanks to down market...
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1982 – 1987 Holden Camira: The March to the Front
1982 Holden Camira JB Today we take front wheel drive cars for granted. There was a time 30 or 40 years ago when the public was skeptical to the ideal of being pulled instead of being pushed. Slowly...
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1976 – 1980 Dodge Aspen: The Family Car of the Future?
1976 Dodge Aspen SE MOPAR fans usually point to the mid to late ‘70s the darkest period in Chrysler’s history. During this time Chrysler produced more than its share of troublesome cars. One of them...
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1970 – 1976 Audi 100 Coupe S: Audi’s First Foray Into Sporting Style
1970 Audi 100 Coupe S The late 1960s to early ’70s was a great period for grand touring coupes. Many of my favorite cars come from this era. They include exotics like the Fiat 130 Coupe and Iso Grifo....
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2016 Buick Cascada: The Continued German Occupation of Buick
2016 Buick Cascada Whether we like to admit it or not, German has deservedly developed a reputation for making good machines. During the World Wars, their machines often were more advanced and...
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1994-1998 Ford Probe: The Almost Was Pony Car
1995 Ford Probe GT Where have all the moderately price sporty coupes gone? The few affordable ones like the Scion Tc or Hyundai Elantra Sport are uninspiring. While the FRS/BRZ are exciting, they are...
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2016 Honda Civic Sedan – Reclaiming Old Glory?
2016 Honda Civic EX A new Civic is just around the corner. I haven’t been this excited about Honda’s best-selling compact since the Razor was a new phone. My first car was actually a Civic, a 1980 1300...
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2006-10 Ford Focus Coupe-Cabriolet: Budget Elegance
Many of us associate Pininfarina with sleek Ferraris and other expensive European cars. While it’s true that the Italian firm has been responsible for some of the most beautiful automobiles with the...
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2010-2015 Chevrolet Camaro: Back to the Future
2014 Camaro ZL1 The Camaro has always been one of those cars I’ve liked, but could never see myself owning. I could say that about the Challenger and Mustang also. Blame it on the BMW snob in me....
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1989-2000 Aston Martin Virage: A Bridge to the Future
1990 Aston Martin Virage Aston Martins get plenty of love today thanks in part to a certain fictional British secret agent. James Bond has been depicted as driving many Aston Martins old and new, but...
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1982-1985 Toyota Celica: At a Pony Car Crossroads
1983 Toyota Celica GT-S Liftback I’ve always loved cars. My first interests were the cars I saw everyday, the Mustangs, Camaro and Daytona’s of my pre teen years. Later as I neared the age where I...
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2012-2016 Volvo V40: More Focused
2015 Volvo V40 As the owner of a Ford Focus, I was intrigued to learn that Volvo produces a car based on the same architecture. The Global C1 platform has launched a half dozen or so vehicles for Ford,...
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1975-1987 Pontaic Acadian: Three Makes a Crowd
If you are old enough, you might remember the Chevrolet Chevette. It was one of my favorite small cars while growing up in the ’80s. That was before the Civic came along and changed my mind about...
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1993-1997 Eagle Vision:From Michigan to Italy and Back
1994 Eagle Vision TSi The ideal of the sports sedan has come a long way in America since the days of the first Chevy Lumina Eurosport and Dodge Lancer GTS. The arrival of the Ford Taurus SHO showed...
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Reflections on the Best Car I’ve Ever Owned
My car in 2010 A few years ago, I started this blog in an attempt to write something about every car I’ve ever liked, from my first fond memories to now. More than five years and hundreds of entries...
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2016 Scion iA: The Late To the Party
2016 Scion iA Have you ever attended a party where the person who made it worth going to arrived late and just before the lights went out and doors closed? That’s the curious dilemma of Toyota’s Scion...
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2008 – Current Dodge Challenger Superbird: Missed Flight
Challenger Superbird (2013?) This is the time of year when many Americans swell with nationalistic pride. As the birthplace of the pony and muscle car (or super car as they were called back then)....
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Whats Wrong With: Nissan
Modified late 300ZX There was a time when the name Nissan (or Datsun before it) stood for performance and attitude. Even as far back as the late ’70s it was known for building dependable, exciting...
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2016 Honda Civic: Mojo Restored
2016 Honda Civic EX-L Every since it became my first car, I have always been partial to the Honda Civic. In the recent past there was little reason to be excited. Sure they had the reliability and...
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