Posts from ‘Jaguar’
2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR Convertible in Caldera Red
2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR Convertible
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 332
Fuel used: 19.1 gallons
10 Great Car Grilles
1967 Pontiac Catalina
How important is your facial expression when meeting someone for the first time?
As part of a 2014 study on the matter, researchers at the York University in England analyzed people’s first impressions of 16 social traits using 1,000 different facial images. Those images were organized into three categories: approachability, youthfulness and attractiveness, and dominance.
Jaguar I-Pace Concept
2017 Jaguar F-Pace 20d Prestige in Ammonite Grey (a $495 option)
2017 Jaguar F-Pace 20d Prestige
Class: Premium Compact Crossover
Miles Driven: 501
Fuel Used: 14.4 gallons
Lincoln MKT Hearse
For years, Cadillac had a death grip on the funeral-vehicle market. While statistics are elusive, it’s safe to say that through the most of the Nineties, Caddy was the dominant player in the last-ride game.
12 Fastest Cars of 1984*
Perhaps surprisingly, the Plymouth Horizon was the eighth-fastest accelerating car tested by Consumer Guide in 1984.
We’ve been using the word fastest to describe the best-performing rides tested by Consumer Guide in the past. The word we really should be using is quickest. Technically, a fast car has an impressive top speed, and without a test track, and situated in the Chicago suburbs, top speed was never a metric CG attempted to measure.
1970 Chevrolet Impala
Robert De Niro was cruising the Boroughs of New York City long before he played a mentally ill cabbie in the 1976 Martin Scorsese classic Taxi Driver–six years before, to be exact. Taxi Driver hit theaters in 1976. De Niro, however, shows off an AMC Ambassador in this forgotten ad from way back in 1970.
6 Worst Gas Guzzlers of 1984*
1984 Mercedes-Benz 240D Ad
If you were paying attention to marketing in 1984, you likely remember Apple’s landmark television advertisement “1984.” The computer maker’s ad portrayed a dystopian world chillingly similar to the one conceived by George Orwell in his horrifying 1949 novel of the same name.
Detail of 1962 Plymouth Ad
In 1962, color television broadcasts were still a relatively new and novel feature. So new, in fact, that Disney dubbed its prime-time Sunday-evening program “World of Color.”
