The worst thing about a 2 wheel drive pickup is that they have no traction in the wet…or maybe that is the best thing about a 2WD pickup (depending on how you drive…but I digress). The Ford Courier pickup was actually a Mazda B-series that was available over the years with a number of small […]
I was going to file this next car under the heading of “I don’t know what this, but I like it” but instead I’m going to put it in the “I have never heard of this car, but I like it” bucket…and as regular readers of this site can attest, we publish some odddd stuff […]
It is Pi-day today, time to enjoy a slice of apple pie, because what is more ‘murican than a small block chevy shoved into a Japanese chassis? The Mazda RX-7 is a regular recipient of domestic V8 power infusion — certainly not because the Wankel is an inherently unreliable spinning piece of machinery, but potentially because the […]
Mazda is like the Dodge of Japan. Honda and Toyota fight like Ford and GM over bragging rights to the “best” volume sales cars and the “fastest” supercars, but Mazda just drops some crazy fun cars like the inexplicably named Mazdaspeed 3, which combined the best attributes of a small front drive family economy car […]
Whoever said he’d rather drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow has probably never owned a Lamborghini, but I’d like to ad my own permutation to the rather than club; I’d rather have an expensive version of the cheap car than a cheap version of an expensive car. Or would I? My […]
I love racing as much as the next guy, but it gets really expensive…quickly. Even if you race something simple and non-vintage/non-collectible, it starts with a basic used car that you’ll need to replace every wear component before you start with safety, and then get to “performance/racing” parts…and I get exhausted just thinking about how […]
The Toyota Starlet KP61 generation was the first and only Starlet sold in the US Market and in 1985 it was replaced by the Toyota Corolla FX-16. Unfortunately, the FX-16 that replaced it was a front drive un-fun box, but the Starlet was setup with proper rear wheel drive…not that you could tell with the 3 […]
People love to exaggerate on their craigslist advertisements. This is the lowest mile Maserati BiTurbo on craigslist or This is the nicest salvage titled M3 for sale in Ft Lauderdale…but this next seller starts with a simple statement: For Sale…the fastest Bay Area MG midget around. Yup. I’m just gonna nod my head and agree. Find […]
It constantly amazes me that people buy brand new cars from auto dealers that litter the planet. I understand that some people really love the new car smell and want something that won’t strand them on the side of the road…but why anyone would buy a new Smart ForTwo for $15k when you can get […]
The Mazda Luce isn’t just another random Japanese classic from the early 70s…because it was styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro of Bertone Design Group and looks more Lancia than Mazda. Unfortunately the car was a flop when it was new and only a few where imported and a smaller number have survived the rust over the […]