Posts from ‘Ford’
1956 Studebaker
We have shared classic wagon advertisements before, but the bounty of great ads out there has compelled us to revisit the subject.
1984 Chrysler Fifth Avenue
It’s a maxim, a song title, and something your friends might have tried to tell you before a blind date: It’s what’s inside that counts. For a car dealer trying to maneuver a would-be car buyer into a test drive, it’s all about the cabin experience.
Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast
Whether you drive a car, need a car, or just occasionally bum a ride with friends, you’ve come to the right place. Join the editors of Consumer Guide Automotive as they break down everything that’s going on in the auto world. New-car reviews, shopping tips, driving green, electric cars, classic cars, and plenty of great guests. This is the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast.
2020 Ford Explorer Platinum in Silver Spruce Metallic
2020 Ford Explorer Platinum 4WD
Class: Midsize Crossover SUV
Miles driven: 239
Fuel used: 13.7 gallons
1950 Packard
As you likely already know, the manual transmission is all but dead. Nothing drove home this point better than the news that in 2019, pure-electric vehicles outsold vehicles equipped with manual transmissions in the U.S.
Test Drive: 2020 Ford Explorer ST
2020 Ford Explorer ST in Atlas Blue Metallic
2020 Ford Explorer ST
Class: Midsize Crossover SUV
Miles driven: 488
Fuel used: 15.8 gallons
1960 Jaguar Mark II Sedan
One of the biggest recurring disappointments of my elementary-school days was thinking that I was going to class to see a movie, and finding out I was really going to be sitting through a crappy filmstrip presentation.
1947 Packard
As an automotive journalist, I am not predisposed to know much about fashion. That said, I do know a smartly attired individual when I see one.
1973 Ford Pinto
Most automotive styling affectations were born of functional vehicle features. Real wire wheels, for example, lead to the faux-wire hubcaps that were so common in the Eighties, especially on Buicks and Oldsmobiles. Likewise, the vinyl and landau roof craze of the Seventies and Eighties was born of the landaulet and carriage-roof vehicles from decades earlier.
1949 Mexican-market Studebaker chassis-cab truck
Have you ever attended a party at a good friend’s house only to be stunned by all the people in attendance that you don’t know?
