2009 Mazda6 Grand Touring: First Drive

The is supposed to be the driver's car in the mid-size sedan segment. Considering it competes with the Camry, that's not exactly a challenge. Still, can it get us hot and bothered? Hotness is relative; there's actual hot, as in Megan Fox or John Hamm, and office hot, as in...

Nov 16, 2024

1962 Renault Dauphine Deluxe for $10,000!

Calling all Francophiles. Hold on to your beret, because today's candidate hails from the land of Bordeaux, and as far as engines go, this one takes it in the rear. The Dauphine, introduced in 1956 as a replacement for the 4CV, was originally going to be called the Corvette. In...

Nov 16, 2024

Honda Walking Assist: A Cybernetic Walk In Times Square

The attempt to augment human mobility with robotic power. Earlier today I took the futuristic prototypes for an exclusive "first outdoors spin" in Times Square. Honda is developing both the Stride Management Assist (the one that looks like a belt) and the Bodyweight Support Assist (the robotic legs and seat)...

Nov 16, 2024

1958 Volkswagen Bus Highboy for $6,500!

You have a high I.Q.. In fact you're so bright women won't even give you the time of day. But all that doesn't mean you can't still ride on a short bus. Volkswagen has a long, storied history. The child of a and a , VW began with a single...

Nov 16, 2024

2009 Nissan 370Z: First Drive

The is more powerful, lighter and faster than the 350Z. But has it lost some of its fun in a drive for greater performance? At 120 MPH in the my friend Dan calmly asks if we're going over 100 MPH, proving you can go fast without feeling fast. But where's...

Nov 16, 2024

1982 Delorean DMC-12 Project for $9,000

Get ready to go forward to the past with today's 21.1 gigawatt car- a project whose history is catching up with it. In the mid ‘70s, former GM executive John Z DeLorean started a car company. Like many an automotive dreamer before and since, he had delusions of grandeur which...

Nov 16, 2024

Italian Week: 1987 Maserati for $2,800!

or not, it's a week of Italians on , and today we have a bargain Maserati for those of you who might just be bi-curious. In the early 1980s the Italian manufacturers were trying to shake off the ‘70s maliase. Ferrari was cultivating its image; Alfa Romeo was punishing everyone...

Nov 16, 2024

Italian Week: 1993 Lancia Delta INTEGRALE Evo II for $26,500!

For today's we have an Italian car that was never an official immigrant to the land of the freedom fries, but one that probably slid across the border sideways. The 1980s were the halcyon days for racing, and everybody from Ford to Rover seemed to have some high-strung homologation contender...

Nov 16, 2024

Italian Week: 1972 Alfa Romeo Montreal for $4,200+

Today's contender is an enigma; a car named after a city in which it was never officially sold — and no, it's not a Lincoln Versailles. The Alfa Romeo Montreal was introduced in concept form at the 1967 World's Fair, held in — wait for it — Montreal Canada. The...

Nov 16, 2024

Italian Week: 1988 Rambo Lambo for a Cool $114,888!

Long before the , Lamborghini built another front-engined 4-door, and for today's we're going to find out what's Italian for getting a Hummer. It's Italian Week here at the home of car-ad contemplation, and here's a Lamborghini that'd be more at home in the than on the autostrada. In the...

Nov 16, 2024

Italian Week: 1993 Cadillac Allanté for $22,436!

In their advertising of the day, Caddy claimed, The only way to travel is in . But for this transcontinental two-door, the only way was in the belly of a specially outfitted 747. The Cadillac Allanté was the first salvo in the "reimaging" of Cadillac to be viewed once again...

Nov 16, 2024

Marital Rift Mustang for $20,000!

Sometimes you're hit with a spousal ultimatum — either the car goes, or I do. Here's a challenge from someone who may be making the wrong choice. Who doesn't like the first generation Mustang? It's old enough to be built from real steel and rubber, and new enough to be...

Nov 16, 2024

635 HP 1995 Wide-Ass Toyota Supra for $43,995!

Are you painfully introverted? Need a car to break out of your shell? It's time, and today we have a Supra that'll turn you from shy to fly. The Toyota Supra is an enigma among the brand's models- it has an actual personality, and more flair than an entire franchise....

Nov 16, 2024

The Cause of Pontiac’s Demise for $5,000!

Pontiac is deader than its native American namesake, due primarily to building a lot of really mediocre cars. For today's , we've got one of the mediocrest. As we've seen this week, Pontiac, at one time, built a number of desirable cars. But companies don't go out of business making...

Nov 16, 2024

2006 Ariel Atom 2 For A Face-Chapping $84,986!

If an Elise feels too confining, and a Se7en cramps your style, we've got a contender that'll let everything you got swing free in the breeze. Rocketing straight outta' Oregon, the Atom 2 is, like Fat Stig, an American approximation of the English original. While the Somerset-built Atom receives a...

Nov 16, 2024