2008 Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid, Part Three

You want a hybrid but you do more highway driving than city driving. You need more room than a Prius offers but you don't want to spend the money for an Escape Hybrid. You want an SUV that gets 32 MPG on the highway and you don't really care how...

Nov 15, 2024

2009 Jaguar XF, Part Three

The Jerries killed one of your uncles, the Japs the other, the Yanks came into the war too late and now you’re shopping for a mid-size luxury sedan. You’ve seen one too many episodes of The Professionals. Your wife has the complete set of Golden Jubilee china. You’re a dentist...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Immaculate '77 Cordoba For 7900 Bucks?

Fully 82% of you felt that the was priced way too high, so we're going to make the choice more challenging this time. What would you say to a 70,000-mile, extremely original 1977 Chrysler Cordoba with all the options, Soft Corinthian Leather, and "Coffee Sunfire Metallic" paint? Look at this...

Nov 15, 2024

Quantya Strada, First Drive: The Street-Legal Electric Performance Vehicle You Can Buy Now

It wasn't until I crashed into a pile of boxes and luggage that I realized riding a motorcycle - even a completely silent electric one with no emissions - around my Brooklyn apartment was a bad idea. I'd been attempting to do a burnout, but the painted concrete floor didn't...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Restored 1973 Pinto Squire Wagon For Nearly 20 Grand?

It's time for once again, where the readers decide whether a car's seller has anything close to a grip on reality when it comes to asking price. Last time we were here, the got a Nice Price thumbs-up from 48% of voters; not a majority, but the closest we've seen...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $41,000 1986 Volkswagen Syncro Westfalia Weekender?

It's time for once again; last time we saw nearly 73% of you opine that $19,500 was too much to pay for a . This time we're going with a suggestion sent in by Other than a mint-condition , the VW Vanagon Syncro might be our favorite VW bus, and...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $100,000 Electric De Lorean!

Welcome to , where you make the call on vehicle asking prices. On Monday, we saw the most one-sided vote yet, with over 92% of you judging the price tag to be ridiculously high. The Syncro is pretty cool, all right, but how about one of John Z's Irish-built machines...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $95,000 Lazer F/X 1987 Corvette

Are you ready for another round of ? Last time we were here, 79% of you felt that the deserved the . Yessir! Now we've got a profoundly customized '87 Corvette that found for us; it failed to sell with a Buy It Now of 95 grand, but check out...

Nov 15, 2024

2009 Volvo XC70 T6, Part One

No amount of training or 24-hour news coverage-watching prepares you for the sight of your city, your home, suddenly transformed into a disaster area. Having recently moved back to Houston after a couple of years in Chicago, I made it just in time for Hurricane Ike to knock me around...

Nov 15, 2024

Time For A Tough One: The $97,000 1957 Chevrolet 210 Fuelie

Heads up for another episode of Nice Price Or Crack Pipe, where you make the call on car sellers' asking prices! Last time we were here, 89% of you felt that the seller of was asking way too much, the second-highest Crack-Pipe-O-Meter™ score we've ever seen (after the 92% attained...

Nov 15, 2024

2009 Volvo XC70 T6, Part Two

The is one of the best looking Volvos currently made, which sounds like it could be a dig but isn't at all intended that way. The classically strange Swedish proportions combined with the elevated height and dark plastic cladding accented by satin metal create a tasteful effect that makes the...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Twin-Engine, Twin-Shifter Subueetle For 20 Grand?

We're back for more harsh price judgment on possible cases of car-seller wishful thinking. Is a seller's asking price grounded in reality or indicative of overindulgence in those mean ol' Hubba Rocks? Yesterday, 61% of you thought that $97,000 was just way too much louie for . Was that because...

Nov 15, 2024

2009 Volvo XC70 T6, Part Three

Frankly, the world scares you. You've got three great kids and you'll do your best to guarantee that nothing happens to them between your gated community and their Montessori school. Your country club is on the other side of a somewhat bumpy road. You want a Volvo, so why not...

Nov 15, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $19,000 RHD Datsun Skyline C211?

It's time again, which means you have another chance to pass judgment on a car seller's possibly overoptimistic price tag! Today's car is one you don't see every day in North America, no doubt about it; the seller brought this '80 Datsun Skyline over from the UK, so it's even...

Nov 15, 2024

2008 Toyota Tundra: First Drive

When we talk about how modern trucks tend to smack you in the face with their machismo, the 2008 Toyota Tundra is what we're talking about. It's big, it's burly, it's got incredibly aggressive styling and it lavishes the driver in all manner of gadgetry. For good reason too: Toyota...

Nov 15, 2024