The E39 generation of BMW’s M5 brought V8 power and much needed injection of torque to the big 5-series bruiser in 1998. The M5 was available as a sedan, but BMW never released a properly awesome wagon version, so you had a settle for a 540i if you wanted the dog friendly rear space…however, somebody […]
Legend has it that famed industrial designer Clifford Brooks Stevens contracted polio as a lad and started sketching designs as something to do while bedridden. This story sounds reasonable, mostly because everybody born around the turn of the 20th century got a case of polio or two. He might have started his career designing the […]
Tip and words from DT Contributor Andy L. Here is an example of an awesome car that is getting rarer by the day, especially with mileage this low. Clean retail book for this car is $13000, but I don’t think it applies to this car. If you want to be one of the last remaining […]
The Mercedes-Benz L-series is a conventionally setup truck (engine in front), but with an engine that is pushed into the cab and is called a Kurzhuaber (Short Bonnet) in Germany. It was a heavy duty monster designed for hauling trailers, but could also be available in a number of people hauling versions. Find this 1978 […]
Update: This 1966 Ford Breadstang is still for sale from the same dealer in Lakeland, FL. Find it here on eBay, currently bidding for $25,100 reserve-not-met with 2 days to go. DT’s cub reporter Hunsbloger has this theory that the best money is almost always offered at the first auction, but we’ll see if […]
Fancy picking up a 70’s supercar, but your investment in mortgage backed securities didn’t pan out? Fear not, because there is an option that gives you the prestige of a Lamborghini Mura with the performance of a Jaguar E-Type at the price of a used Nissan. It is called the Alfa Romeo Montreal and combines […]
What do you do when a small rodent dies in your car’s ventilation system and starts emanating the rotten funk of decaying flesh? As anaerobic organisms begin to consume the poor little whiskered fellow’s remains, they produce a variety of noxious compounds including methane, hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. Your minty fresh BMW M3 suddenly becomes […]
The opportunity for regular working class folk to get into the seriously good stuff seen at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is indeed limited. Well-to-do collectors have driven the price of desirable cars to undesirable levels due to an almost unlimited demand for vintage cars, but a limited supply. As internet pundits, we see car […]
Mardi Gras is an oft-misunderstood festival of celebration in preparation for lenten fasting and penance observed in the Roman Catholic and Anglican tradition. The name Fat Tuesday comes from the ritual clearing rich & fatty foods from the shelves of pantries in preparation for the fasting and eating bland foods for lent. Today the celebration […]
Out of all the cars on the planet wearing a Cactus as an emblem, the Sabra is certainly the best. It was a multinational effort, with a Ford engine, chassis by Ballamy and body by Ashley, all of which was assembled by Autocar Company in Haifa, Israel. Autocar was a local Israeli builder of Reliant […]