There are few weirder stories in automotive lore than the one about the origin of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Powell Sport Wagon. Let’s explore that story and see if it makes this project truck’s price palatable. ‘Ride of Your Life’ Sneak Peak: Music Row Camaro Like seeing the golden arches at the end … Read more
Photo: Dodge V10 engines aren’t particularly common in road cars, but there was a time when two of America’s Big Three automakers engineered V10s to replace big block V8s in their heavy duty truck platforms. Even before the Volkswagen Group, BMW, and Lexus built their outstanding V10 performance engines, America was already mass-producing producing 10-cylinder … Read more
Screenshot: Sky News The Bayesian, a 184-foot luxury yacht, sank off the coast of Sicily early Monday morning. Rough storms and a tornado likely sank the boat, killing one and leaving six missing. Among those missing is tech billionaire Mike Lynch, who recently escaped a fraud conviction. Coincidentally, a driver hit Lynch’s co-defendant Stephen Chamberlain … Read more
The 1980s were a weird time for Chrysler: The company had just come back from the brink thanks to the versatile K-Car platform which flooded the formerly struggling company with the cash it needed to make a controversial move at the time: the purchase of Lamborghini for just $25 million. This bold move resulted in … Read more
The period of 2008 to 2009 was rough for Detroit’s Big 3 automakers. While Ford technically never filed for bankruptcy — though it did receive some of those sweet bailout funds — GM and Chrysler did. GM seemed to have it the worst, as the automaker had to get rid of four of its divisions … Read more
Photo: Bradley Brownell If General Motors had wanted to make the Corvette an internationally-respected nameplate in the early 1990s, it could have just pushed the mid-engine, 650-horsepower, all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, active suspension CERV III concept into production. This was a proper exotic that could completely demolish Porsche’s 959 from just a few years earlier. … Read more
Image: Dodge Headlines have lamented the not-so-gradual jump in new car prices over the past several years, but we’re finally starting to see some good, old fashioned new car discounts come back around including Dodge Power Dollars which offers buyers $10 for every horsepower that their new car produces. Unfortunately, this time the promotion excludes … Read more
One of the calling cards of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Plymouth Colt is its “Twin Stick” overdrive gear change, which gives the car eight speeds going forward and two in reverse. Let’s see if this project car has anything else to offer. Time Magazine Turned Lee Iacocca’s Face Into an Automotive Work of … Read more
