Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Factory Racer Porsche 914-6 For $325,000?

We had the score a 44% on the Crack-Pipe-O-Meter™ last Friday, but that was due to 21% of the vote going to "other", thanks to a poll glitch. Today we're going with a car that most likely earns an approval rating of about 99.9999% from our readers: a factory-built Porsche...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo For $66,991?

Sometimes a car's asking price makes sense… and sometimes there's Booth Number Two. Yesterday, 82% of you opted for the latter choice for the . Today we get to contemplate the definition of "classic." Is a 14-year-old Toyota a classic, worth paying a huge premium for a pristine, low-miles example?...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Perfect 1966 Citroën DS21 Chapron Palm Beach For $300,000?

The earned an 80% Crack Pipe rating from the readers; cool car, but the price was just too high. Today we're going to look at an even cooler car, in fact one of the … but the price? £200,000, aka about $300,000. What do you say? [, thanks to for...

Nov 16, 2024

ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive

Our gratuitous burnout ripping the tires to shreds demonstrates this ROUSH F-150 burns petroleum-based rubber. However, this very special pickup doesn't fuel up with pedestrian dinosaur juices like gas or diesel. Instead, it's powered fully by propane, the same thing powering a backyard grill. Recently, ROUSH gave us a shot...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $12,000 Volkswagen Rabbit Diesel Pickup?

What's a really cool used vehicle worth? Yesterday, 60% of you opined that 300 grand was too much for , so today we're going with another much-beloved, yet more affordable, machine: a 1982 VW Rabbit Diesel pickup. It's had an engine upgrade and a ton of new parts, the interior...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The Million Dollar Oldsmobile?

With 70% of you opting for Booth Number Two yesterday, we can safely say that , no matter how nice. Today we're taking the asking price into the stratosphere, as in Barrett-Jackson-grade pricing, with our first million-dollar candidate. It's one of the all-time legendary musclecars from the Golden Age of...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 1,427-Mile Mazda RX-4 For $18,500?

We all love the Hurst Olds 442, of course, but 96% of us thought that for one, last time we had to choose between Nice Price and Booth Numbah Two. Today we've got another beloved classic, and the price is much lower. Is it low enough? Ben Hsu over at...

Nov 16, 2024

STaSIS Signature Series Audi S5 Challenge Edition: First Drive

The last time I blew past the limits of my driving ability in a big howling V8 and hooned into a turn way too fast, I was at and I spun out in a most dramatic fashion. Now I'm in a car worth 110 times as much, leadfooting it down...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Pipe Or Crack Pipe: Barack Obama's Hemi-Powered 300C For $100,000?

Yesterday's got our highest Nice Price Or Crack Pipe approval rating yet, with a landslide 78% of voters going with Nice Price. Today we're going to ask a question we haven't asked here since : how much extra does fame add to a car's value? We all love the Hurst...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $45,000 Callaway Porsche 944?

Only 23% of you felt that was really worth $100,000 yesterday, and value calculation really is a tough call on a presidential car when the ex-owner isn't even president yet (and there are no photos of him actually driving the thing). Today we're going to explore the concept of rarity;...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: World's Nicest 1981 Chevette For $8,995?

The overwhelming majority of voters thought that the was reasonably priced at $45,000; not bad for a machine. Today we're going to ponder a car from the same era, and it may be even more rare than the Callaway 944: a really straight, all-original Chevy Chevette! I could have sworn...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 2,450-Mile 1985 Mazda RX-7 For 15 Grand?

You know how most first-gen RX-7s got blown up, wrecked, or otherwise hooned to death, with the slowly fading into beaterness? Not this one! Now, yesterday we saw a 69% Booth Numbah Two recommendation on the , and now we're looking at a car from the same era that's priced...

Nov 16, 2024

MINI E: First Drive

I first drove the new all-electric at the , but didn't have with it. That all changed when I spent time behind the wheel here in New York. You'll find there's two ways to slow down the . The first is the old fashioned way using the brake. The new...

Nov 16, 2024

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid: First Drive

By now, you've probably read about our journalist-leading, Camry Hybrid-beating figure for the . The thing is, you won't be able to replicate our lofty number. Full Disclosure: Ford wanted me to drive the new Ford Fusion Hybrid so badly they flew me out and put me up in a...

Nov 16, 2024

2010 Ford Mustang: First Drive

The is, more or less, the sum of its parts. Luckily those parts are much better than you think. Especially the GT's optional track pack. Full Disclosure: Ford wanted me to drive the new Ford Mustang so badly they flew me out and put me up in a nice hotel...

Nov 16, 2024