Image: Retro Video Archive YouTube While the technology we have in vehicles now is helpful, a lot of it is distracting. In addition to ever increasing screen sizes, cell phone use while driving continues to be a problem. Cell phone usage while driving spiked during the pandemic and has only gotten worse unfortunately. While bluetooth … Read more
In This Story Data shows that American car buyers have little-to-no sense of creativity when it comes to the color of their vehicle, with the four most popular colors being white, black, silver, and gray. It’s rare to find a colorful car at all, let alone one in a statement color like pink, and finding … Read more
One of the best parts of being at Monterey Car Week is just driving around the peninsula and carspotting. You’ll see everything from Ferrari 250 GTOs and unrestored pre-war Bugattis to brand new hypercars and one-off concepts casually sitting in traffic or in parking lots. It’s really incredible. But this year, the car I spotted … Read more
Image: JJ Kane Auctions Honda and Toyota built their reputations on simplicity and, more importantly, reliability. They build cars meant to stay in working condition for a couple of decades. This Honda Accord with nearly half a million miles on it is a rolling testament to Japanese automaker’s long-lasting philosophy Image: JJ Kane Auctions This 2006 … Read more
Very little information is provided by the ad for today’s Nice Price or No Dice Park Avenue; other than that, it runs smooth, has passed smog, and has a clean title. Let’s determine if its price tag says everything we need to know. The consensus in the comments on yesterday’s 1976 Fiat 131 Abarth Rally … Read more
Oh, happy days: Mercedes-Benz seems to be getting rid of its silly and convoluted electric vehicle naming scheme in favor of unifying both gas-powered and EV variants of its cars under one nameplate. That means the EQS name is going away, and it’ll be replaced with the “S-Class” nomenclature. This Is The New Mercedes-Maybach Night Series … Read more
Image: Ariel Motor Ariel recently revamped its Nomad off-road buggy, which it now calls Nomad 2, creating a better all-around car from the ground up. Now, the company has unveiled a streamlined version of the open-cockpit off-roader fitted with a powerful Cascadia Motion electric motor and a rack of batteries for quiet and torquey terrain ripping … Read more
The original Taurus was a huge deal for Ford. The automaker invested billions to develop a family sedan that could take on the up-and-coming Japanese sedans. And it paid off, as the Taurus was the best-selling car in America for years. Outside of the SHO, however, they were pretty bland cars, but one option package … Read more
The last time the Mercedes-Maybach subbrand offered a droptop was in 2016 with the limited-run S-Class Cabriolet, and since then loyal Maybach customers have been asking the brand for not only another convertible, but a sports car at that. Enter the 2026 Mercedes-Maybach SL680 Monogram Series, a luxurious and outlandish version of the seventh-generation SL … Read more
Any front-wheel-drive Chrysler product from the ‘80s until the Neon came around in the mid-nineties is a K-car in my head, and K-cars are dull, boring, and uninspiring heaps of appliance-like motoring. Even most other MotorWeek Retro Reviews of Chrysler K-platform vehicles show homely looking cars crawling their way through the quarter-mile and slamming from … Read more
