Archive for October, 2020
1950 DeSoto Custom Station Wagon
Note: The following story was excerpted from the February 2017 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine
The wood-bodied station wagon was in its twilight years by 1950. It had progressed from commercial depot hack in the Teens and Twenties to something of a status symbol in the Thirties and Forties. Station wagons were just the thing for hunting trips or carrying riding tack to and from the stables. In the 1939 movie Dark Victory, Bette Davis’s socialite-horsewoman character describers herself as part of the “station wagon crowd.”
2020 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster in Brilliant Blue Magno
2020 Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 226
Fuel used: 14.1 gallons
Forgotten Concept: Toyota CX-80
Toyota CX-80 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.
First Spin: 2021 Nissan Rogue
2021 Nissan Rogue Platinum
It’s no secret that the Rogue compact SUV is the single most important vehicle in Nissan’s model lineup. It’s far and away the best-selling vehicle Nissan sells in the U.S.—more than 350,000 were sold during the 2019 calendar year, enough to rank as the sixth best-selling vehicle in America (the next best-selling Nissan, the Altima midsize sedan, was in eighteenth place, with around 209,000 units sold).
2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime SE in Magnetic Gray Metallic
2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime SE
Class: Compact Crossover
Miles driven: 167
Fuel used: 2.0 gallons
Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast
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Test Drive: 2020 Cadillac CT5-V
2020 Cadillac CT5-V in Evergreen Metallic (a $625 option)
2020 Cadillac CT5-V
Class: Premium Midsize Car
Miles driven: 202
Fuel used: 10.8 gallons
