Archive for January, 2019
First Spin: 2019 Honda Passport
2019 Honda Passport
Frankly, it seems Honda got caught with its pants down.
As the market made its seismic shift to crossovers, the company continued to concentrate on cars, adding but one entry of the crossover variety in the past 15 years. As a result, today’s Honda lineup of 10 vehicles contains only three crossovers.
Oh, the shame.
AMC Concept Grand Touring
This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below.
1987 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special
by Don Sikora II
Note: The following story was excerpted from the June 2018 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
Our story starts with the 1985 Cadillac De Ville and Fleetwood. This pair followed up Caddy’s downsized 1977 volume models and introduced even smaller packages, unitized construction, and front-wheel drive. Then the 1987 model year brought a new model, though one with a historic Cadillac name: the Fleetwood Sixty Special. It was based on the front-drive Fleetwood sedan, and it’s our latest choice for Cheap Wheels.
2018 Ford Expedition MAX Platinum in Shadow Black
2018 Ford Expedition MAX Platinum 4X4
Class: Large SUV
Miles Driven: 293
Fuel Used: 15.3 gallons
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate 2.0T in Stormy Sea (dark metallic blue)
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Ultimate 2.0T AWD
Class: Midsize Crossover
Miles Driven: 1147
Fuel Used: 47.2 gallons
Forgotten Concept: Buick Cielo
Buick Cielo Concept
This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below.
Forgotten Concept: Mercury Meta One
Mercury Meta One Concept
This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below.
Test Drive: 2019 Toyota Yaris XLE
2019 Toyota Yaris XLE in Sapphire
2019 Toyota Yaris XLE
Class: Subcompact Car
Miles Driven: 801
Fuel Used: 20.8 gallons
Test Drive: 2019 Nissan Rogue SV
2019 Nissan Rogue SV AWD in Monarch Orange (a $395 option)
2019 Nissan Rogue SV AWD
Class: Compact Crossover
Miles driven: 90
Fuel used: NA*
My Favorite Grilles: Fifties Edition
Is your favorite grille on Frank’s list?
Collectible Automobile publisher Frank Peiler has been working around automotive publications since the early Seventies, but his love of cars goes back much further than that.
