Like Earth shoes, pet rocks and other inexplicably dopey fads of the time, the TR8's wedge styling was all the rage in the mid-1970sGood news from the other side... Just when we thought we'd never see another lusty, open-top British sports car, ...
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The final iteration of the RX-7 was either the greatest track weapon the world has ever known or the harshest street machine to bottom out on the lip of a drivewayThe mid-priced sports car market of the early 1990s was one the meanest parties on...
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"You only ride like a Pacer if you're wide like a Pacer"If you're among the many who laugh at AMC Pacers, let us introduce you to "Weird" Harrel Lamkin of Ruston, LA. He drag-raced a 550-hp Pacer from 1987 to 1996, turning 10-second quarter mile...
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The 190SL's designers had a challenge on their hands-to echo the 300SL's styling, but not copy itClose your eyes and picture your local main drag on a Saturday afternoon. Parked outside the neighborhood coffee shop, what do you see? Likely one o...
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Above 3,000 rpm driving a Sonett II is like hanging onto an out-of-control chainsawThe words "Swedish" and "sports car" seem entirely uncomfortable bedfellows. But back in the 1950s, before Saab and Volvo had acquired the safe-and-sane reputatio...
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The most controversial car of the 20th century Let's get this out of the way right off the bat: Ralph Nader didn't kill the Corvair. Blame can be more squarely placed on the Camaro, the pony car that rendered Chevrolet's weird, rear-engine sma...
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A used 328 can be affordable because the depreciation over a year or two may be small to non-existent for a moderate amount of drivingEvery man should have one before he dies." When I sold used Ferraris, this is what I used to say to close the d...
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Even when compared to cars of today, 3.0 CS coupes are capable enough in both performance and handling, and drive like a BMW should, with good steering feel and solid roadhandlingIn 1968, $8,178 would buy you a finely engineered German luxury co...
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The notorious decal package included a black and gold "screaming chicken" on the hood, special Trans Am logos in gothic lettering, and that disco-era automotive fashion statement, the T-topThe second-generation Pontiac Trans Am was in production...
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Any Beetle of yore is more closely related to a lawn tractor than it is to the modern auto with which it shares a name and silhouetteIt hardly seems believable that by 1971 the Volkswagen Beetle-the success story of the 1960s-was losing favor wi...
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Though not rare, you're far less likely to see a Golden Hawk on the road than a Thunderbird or Corvette, making the Studebaker a good choice for those collectors who aspire to be both unique and on a budgetStudebaker's Golden Hawk was the produc...
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You can build a supercharged 500-hp 'Stang in your backyard for about the price of a Ferrari brake jobFor long-suffering Mustang fans, the all-new 1979 Mustang was a near-miraculous event after four years of the embarrassing Pinto-based Mustang ...
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Owning a true GT car from the '60s is something everyone should experience, if not for the image or the feel then just for the funWhen you think of collectible sports and GT cars from the 1960s, a number of British, German, Italian and even Fren...
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The Z3 is a Teutonic E-type: long in front, short in back, with muscular curves and a low stanceThe Z3 was introduced to the public in Goldeneye, the popular 1995 James Bond film that began Pierce Brosnan's run as 007. As BMW's first pure sports...
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The real appeal was a 0-60 time below nine seconds, quicker than a Porsche 944By the end of the fuel-crisis-plagued 1970s, Honda and its Japanese counterparts had all but beaten the American auto industry into submission with legions of cheap an...
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