Audi R8 V10: The Supercar's New Clothes

We love our supercars to death. We obsess over their top speeds and great power. But what is it like to actually use one? Over 500 miles of European motorway, we discover an inconvenient truth. Full Disclosure: Audi flew us from Budapest to Munich and provided us with a rental...

Nov 17, 2024

Cadillac CTS-V Coupe: First Ride

The is an American luxury two-door with a 556-hp V-8 and a six-speed manual transmission. It hits 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. Like tossing batteries in a blender, it's too much awesome, and I want more. I had the chance to take a first ride in the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe...

Nov 17, 2024

Get Ready to Vauxhall Ass for $35,000

The Magnificent Seven is a remake of Kurosawa's violent classic The Seven Samurai. In a similar vein, today's Vauxhall-powered Caterham is a remake of an iconic Lotus, but it too may be magnificently violent. Yesterday's was at one time magnificent, but to this day it remains far from pretty. That's...

Nov 17, 2024

Become Ennobled for $59,900

If a Porsche is too plebeian for you, a Lotus too languid, if even a Modena is too mundane, then has a Noble idea that's just for you. That exclusivity comes at a price, however. The voting on yesterday's was tighter than the ass-pinching seats that car carried. In the...

Nov 17, 2024

Turbos and T-tops for $6,500

Diogenes the Cynic wandered ancient Greece looking for an honest man. You, on the other hand, need search no further than to find a Fairlady. Nissan Motor Company has, over the years, made some very tasty cars. It's important however not to confuse them with Nissin, the company which has,...

Nov 17, 2024

2010 Ford Focus RS: First U.S. Drive

The is the most lustworthy European hot hatch forbidden to us Yanks. No journalist has dared put all 305 hp of its front-wheel-drive madness down on red, white, and blue soil. Until now. [gallery 5535210]Like all great journeys into uncharted territory, the arrival of a privately owned '11 Ford Focus...

Nov 17, 2024

13-Second Regal for $2,000

The five-second rule says that's how long before something dropped starts picking up the nasties. Today's Buick does the quarter in 13 seconds, but even though it's kinda' nasty you can still pick it up. There's an old adage that's brought out and dusted off in times of drought- if...

Nov 17, 2024

For $38,000 You Can Jurassic Park a T-Rex in your Driveway

The was once the most fearsome creature on the planet, but that didn't stop it from going extinct. Today, has its Canadian resurrection, and ‘Busa power makes it just as formidable. Sometimes things that have been thought to have gone extinct show up unexpectedly, proving their obituaries premature. Yesterday's demonstrated...

Nov 17, 2024

For $18,000, You Can Be The U-Boat Commander

Porsche purists derided them, Tom Cruise sank one, and Artz/Nordstadt turned one into a . While the 928 seems to have been the Rodney Dangerfield of Porsches, respects them just the same. Respect is not something easily afforded to used car dealers, and the one offering yesterday's candidate isn't going...

Nov 17, 2024

For $26,500, Become a Cowboy from Hell

Long before the Prius, a hybrid car was a foreign make with a honkin' big American V8 dropped into it. Today's Pantera is just such a hybrid, and its performance is bred to be high. There was almost no 9-2-H8 for yesterday's as a solid 75% of you were willing...

Nov 17, 2024

For $3,300, Get Off the Dime

In Japan, the 510 was called the Bluebird. That's fitting as today's 510 is blue, but will its condition and price make you want to flip the seller the bird? As their development was relatively concurrent, Datsun's Bluebird family haulers and the 240Z sports car shared a certain amount of...

Nov 17, 2024

Blown ‘Clone for $12,800

At one time, the GMC Syclone was rumored to be faster than the Viper, Corvette, and even a Ferrari. Today's pickup is still plenty fast, but will its price make you say what the truck!? Yesterday's wouldn't beat any of those sports cars in a race, but despite that it...

Nov 17, 2024

Get Your Rx Filled for $16,000

In the ‘70s, Mazda had an ad campaign saying that while other cars go boing, boing boing, Mazdas go Hmmmmmm. Today's RX2 hails from that era, but its updates might just make you go boing! A blew into town yesterday, and like any major weather disturbance it made a mess...

Nov 17, 2024

2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor 6.2: First Mud Bath

Externally, the is indistinguishable from . But under its skin lives a brand-new, 6.2-liter, 411-hp V-8. We didn't desert race it, but we did cover it in two inches of mud. Spring in Michigan can be very hard to live with — it's the kind of weather that turns a...

Nov 17, 2024

For $8,500, ’86 V8 Volvo Hauls Kids and Ass

We've seen V8lvos here before on , and for some reason, they always seem to be blue. Today's is no exception, however its claimed 290-whp does seem pretty exceptional. The advancements in human organ transplant in the past fifty years are also exceptional. The ability for an individual to survive,...

Nov 17, 2024