Archive for June, 2019
2012 Chevrolet Colorado 3LT
Automotive marketing types enjoy a fine tradition of branding things that aren’t always that noteworthy. Consider the 1980 launch of Chrysler’s first “K-Cars.” Advertising in support of the Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant touted the cars’ “Iso-Strut” suspension and “Trans 4” engine.
2019 Volvo XC60 T8 E-AWD R-Design in Crystal White Metallic (a $645 option)
2019 Volvo XC60 T8 E-AWD R-Design
Class: Premium Compact Crossover
Miles Driven: 321
Fuel Used: 9.1 gallons
1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Fleetline Aerosedan
Note: The following story was excerpted from the October 2006 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine
Let’s say you’re not convinced that appearance is an important factor—maybe the important factor—that drives car shoppers to choose one vehicle over another. Then consider the 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan. Despite being the most expensive two-door closed car in the Chevy lineup, it was still the most popular model of the best-selling brand in America in ’47.
2019 Hyundai Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid Limited in Symphony Air Silver
2019 Hyundai Ioniq Plug-In Hybrid Limited
Class: Compact Car
Miles Driven: 337
Fuel Used: 4.2 gallons
First Spin: 2020 Hyundai Palisade
2020 Hyundai Palisade SEL
When Hyundai says the new midsize, 8-passenger Palisade is aimed at families … they really put their money where their mouth is.
Review Flashback! 2008 Dodge Magnum
2008 Dodge Magnum R/T
The passage of time can play tricks on your memory. Here’s a question to prove this point: For how many years did sales of the Dodge Magnum overlap with the run of the TV sitcom Big Bang Theory?
Quick Spin: 2019 Volvo V90 R-Design
2018 Volvo V90 R-Design in Bursting Blue Metallic (a $595 option)
2018 Volvo V90 T6 AWD R-Design
Class: Premium Midsize Car
Miles Driven: 606
Fuel Used: 28.0 gallons
First Spin: 2020 Ford Explorer
2020 Ford Explorer ST
Although it looks much like the outgoing version, the redesigned 2020 Ford Explorer hides what is almost a seismic, “full circle” shift: Having switched from its original 1991 truck-based rear-drive architecture to a car-based front-drive one for 2011, it returns to a rear-drive platform for 2020, though this time, sans an underlying truck-type frame. Meanwhile, it also adopts new powertrains – including a hybrid version – and some newly added features, some of them being standard.
1963 Oldsmobile Jetfire
Legendary Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg racked up nine Gold Gloves during his 17-year career as a big-league ball player. That’s a number Ryno can point to with pride, and it’s a number even casual baseball fans can appreciate. Not that the famously modest ex-Cub spends much time defending his career, but if he had to, the stats are there.
2020 Ford Police Interceptor
Ford says that one big reason its redesigned 2020 Explorer was switched from a front-drive platform to a rear-drive-based one was to improve front/rear weight balance and thus handling … and that’s largely to appease departments that use the Police Interceptor version for law enforcement.
And a lot of departments use them for law enforcement.
