Posts from ‘Sporty/Performance Cars’
2021 Hyundai Sonata N-Line in Portofino Gray
2021 Hyundai Sonata N-Line
Class: Midsize Car
Miles driven: 462
Fuel used: 18.7 gallons
1959 Cadillac
We apologize in advance. There’s a pretty good chance your favorite Cadillac isn’t included in the gallery below. As it turns out, though a luxury brand, General Motors’ luxury division has made available a surprising number of models and body styles over the years–more than we could cover in this gallery of vintage Cadillac ads.
2021 Cadillac CT5 Premium Luxury in Satin Steel Metallic (a $625 option)
2021 Cadillac CT5 Premium Luxury AWD
Class: Premium Midsize Car
Miles driven: 542
Fuel used: 22.0 gallons
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.
2021 BMW M5 Competition in Motegi Red Metallic
We’re old friends now, the BMW M5 and Consumer Guide editors. A week in the 2021 model with the Competition Package was our third turn in one of the current-generation cars, following tests of a 2018 M5 and a 2019 Competition.
2021 Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium in Phantom matte-gray paint (a $1495 option)
2021 Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Cars
Miles driven: 255
Fuel used: 10.5 gallons
1955 Chevrolet Corvette “Duntov Mule”
Note: The following story was excerpted from the August 2012 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine
As the Chevrolet Corvette’s 60th birthday approaches, it’s easy to forget the two-seater wasn’t a muscular, race-winning sports car from the start. Rushed into production with a “Blue-Flame” six and Chevy’s Powerglide automatic transmission, the car that wowwed Motorama crowds in New York in early ’53 was a tough sell little more than a year later. The addition of Chevy’s new V8 engine in 1955 really didn’t help Corvette sales.
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Note: The following story was excerpted from the June 2020 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
Legendary Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov was working on the idea of a midengine car by 1960. For years he poked and prodded management to let him turn “America’s Sports Car” into an American exotic, to no avail. Now his fervent dream is finally reality with the introduction of the eighth-generation “C8” Corvette, the 2020 Stingray.
Cheap Wheels: 1986-1992 Toyota Supra
1992 Toyota Supra
Note: The following story was excerpted from the June 2020 issue of Collectible Automobile magazine.
The first two generations of the Toyota Supra were well-equipped, long-wheelbase, six-cylinder variants of the Celica hatchback. Then in 1986, the two cars went separate ways. Celica transformed into a sporty front driver, and Supra went off on a new rear-drive sports-car platform. It’s that first Celica-free Supra that we think would make for a nice set of cheap wheels.
Forgotten Concept: Holden Efijy
Holden Efijy 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.
