The Chevrolet Lumina was released for the 1990 model year as a competitor to the “aero-designed” Ford Taurus. Today’s example is an upmarket “Euro” trim version…but it isn’t clear what is “Euro” about the Ontario Canada assembled Lumina. But that doesn’t matter, because this is probably the nicest Lumina Euro you’ll find for sale with […]
Welcome back to another edition of Cars You’ve Never Heard About and Wonder Why You Are Hearing About Them Now. Today’s example is the finest of GM’s badge engineering; two parts legacy Japanese brand, one part 4.2 liter DOHC Inline-6 (why would they call it a Vortec?…it’s inline…strange times) and a spritz of cheap GM […]
In the 1980s if you wanted to add performance to a car, the recipe was simple. Ignore those pesky and complicated engine and transmission parts and focus on aesthetics. What you need is a color matched body kit. I guess you could also add a High Output designation to the monster 1.9 liter fuel injected […]
Larry Shinoda was the legendary automobile designer who was credited with the development of the original 69 Boss 302 Ford Mustang (and the Sting Ray Corvette when he was at GM). This next car is the final project that Shinoda worked on with Ford before he passed away in 1997 — you can read more […]
The Ford LTD (pronounced el-tee-dee) was first built in 1965 on the Galaxie platform as a top of the line for Ford’s full sized offerings. In 1979 the LTD was downsized to Ford’s Panther platform and in 1983 it was turned into a midsized thing on Ford’s Fox platform…which was a good thing for people […]
I’m all for custom graphics on the side of a vintage van, but I’m not so sure about this next one. The questionable aspect of recently legalized substances is not what strikes me as much as the use of the word juicy to describe the painted lady of the side of this thing. Remove that […]
The GM era Saabs might have lost some of that unique funkiness that made a Saab a Saab..but they gained something in reliability and serviceability. But while GM forced some shared platform stuff on the funky Scandanavian sub-brand, they did allow Saab to continue placing the ignition switch where a cup-holder should be and keeping […]
This next car comes as a tip from Cory who calls it a “very obscure VW based kit car.” But I think this is not as obscure as you might think it is, because DT features Sterlings on a semi-frequent basis…not that that means much. We tend to feature obscure things because familiar things are…well…lame. […]
The W211 Mercedes-Benz E-class replaced the W210 for the 2003 model year and continued through to the 2009 model year. It was the last E-class to maintain the classic Benz roundish headlamps (now they look like any Hyundai or Infiniti on the road) and today’s example has the fearsome supercharged V8 under the hood. Find […]
The Eurovan is either a totally forgettable blandmobile that you won’t notice, or a sweet piece of Vee-Dub history that deserves a podium at the next RadWood show. I don’t know. I’m not convinced either way…but I do know that my wife wouldn’t want to drive it to take the kids to school and it […]