The Mercedes-Benz W126 was the second generation of cars to use the S-Class designation, built for the 1980 through 1991 model years and is legendary for its build quality. Because these cars tended to hold together so well, plenty of them are […]
I was going to college in Southern California in 1986, driving an affordable Detroit hooptie like most of my peers (because only a nobody walked), when I noticed a strange thing in the campus parking lots: plenty of brand-new cars! More specifically, […]
The Dodge Charger story has been through quite a few fascinating plot twists since the first 1966 models appeared in showrooms to lead the “Dodge Rebellion” against the similar-looking Rambler Marlins that had beaten the Coronet-based fastback Mopars to the marketplace by […]
The car-building world was rushing headlong into front-wheel-drive by the late 1970s, eager to reap the weight-saving and space-enhancing benefits of front-drive designs. General Motors designed an innovative FWD platform to replace the embarrassingly outdated Chevrolet Nova and its siblings, and that […]
Ford’s now-defunct Mercury Division first began using the Marquis name in 1967, on a sporty full-size hardtop based on the Ford LTD, then began offering theĀ Grand Marquis beginning in the 1979 model year. These big, boxy luxury sedans were replaced by big, […]
Since most of the historical gems I document in the junkyard (that’s right, historical, so those of you who are fixing to blow a brain gasket because you don’t consider a certain Junkyard Gem to be as good as your beloved Chevelle […]
After some success providing General Motors with small Faster pickups badged as Chevrolet LUVs in North America (plus some Chevette-related Geminis labeled “Buick/Opel by Isuzu,” which confused everybody), Isuzu began selling vehicles under its own name here in the early 1980s. At […]
With a wagon-building history stretching back to the middle 1700s, the Studebaker Corporation began building gasoline-engine-powered delivery trucks starting in 1911. The company thrived through World War IIāhelping to win the war for the Allies in the processāand for a few years […]
We began getting Mitsubishi Galants here way back in the 1971 model year, when the Colt Galant showed up bearing Dodge Colt badges. Mitsubishi didn’t start selling cars with its own badging in North America until the 1983 model year, and the […]
The rotary engine is known for a lot of good things. It’s compact and lightweight. It’s super smooth. It’s happy to rev to outrageous rpms. It even won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. What the rotary is not known for is […]