In the world of fast German luxury sedans, there is an interesting rivalry between the BMW M3, Mercedes-Benz C-AMG, and Audi’s S4. These three compact executive cars have been brawling since the beginning of time..and while you might think that BMW landed the first punch in the German street car brawl with its barn-storming E30 […]
I know what you are thinking. The guys at DT have found the Christmas rum cake storage and eaten at entire box. Ok…that might be true…but you’ve got to hang on and take a second look at this tippy low budget small SUV crossover thing from a South Korean automaker. I never thought those words […]
This next car comes from tipper Jake who writes: You absolutely can’t go wrong here. Amen, brother…Amen. This is not the preferred 535i “injection” version and is instead the 528e version…e is short for ETA, and is not, contrary to popular belief, named after the Basque separatist group, but is instead named ETA for the Greek […]
Here is a riddle for you: What is black on the outside, a family car on the inside and a Corvette on the underside? If you said a frog, you are wrong…it is this next car..the legendary first generation CTS-V, which combined Corvette LS6 power and T56 manual transmission in a family friendly package. Find […]
The first modern manual transmission was demonstrated by two Frenchmen (Louis-Rena Panhard et Emile Levassor) way back in 1894. Many significant improvements to Panhard and Levassor’s sliding mesh “crash-box” have been engineered over the last century, but none as significant as electronics which have made the manual gearbox obsolete and replaced them in souless dual-clutch […]
Unless you’ve been hiding under an old BMW for the past few weeks, you probably have read something about the new 2019 BMW 3-series, and you may have caught that it launches without a manual gearbox option!?!? That’s it, I’ve had it — I’m never buying a new BMW again…oh…wait…I’ve never purchased a new BMW and […]
Do you remember back in the ‘2000s when Ford sold a rear drive sport sedan that could be had with a manual gearbox and sporty 3-liter V6 engine…oh yeah…and it was really a Lincoln, but badged as a Jaguar? Find this 2003 Jaguar S-Type offered for $5,400 in Newton County, AR via craigslist. Tip from Ryan […]
The simple things in life are typically the best. Like a sunset. Or a walk along the beach. Or a glass of cheap bourbon. Or a nachos bellgrande from taco bell. Or a 5-speed manual transmission equipped German touring sedan with a crisp inline-6. Yeah. I wonder if I can eat nachos without spilling my […]
And the award for the car that is the least likely to have a manual gearbox…but is shockingly clutch pedal equipped is…this 2006 Honda Element offered for $6999 in SF Bay Area, CA via craigslist. A close runner up for the coveted Unlikely Manual award is this 2014 Jeep Patriot offered for$9000 that is equipped with […]
I’ve always been a fan of the 6th generation T200 Toyota Celica…particularly in the liftback style — it combines decent sportiness (for a 90s Japanese economy car) with everyday practicality (hatchback!) and not-to-hideous styling. In fact, I quite like the aesthetics of the liftback, it sorta looks like a 7/8ths scale 3rd gen Toyota Supra. […]