The guy in the well-used pickup truck in the next lane over was so not wishing he were me. The 2007 Volkswagen New Beetle Convertible Triple White I was driving isn’t, well, terribly manly. It’s sort of like Jerry Van…
Billowing rubber smoke, clouds of it, as if someone set off the smoke bombs! it was almost a genuine ‘60s smoky burnout, a muscle engine and low-grip tire sort of thing, except this smoke was rolling off the front tires….
History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek January 15, 1990; republished by the author Crank the steering wheel around at least a couple of times, gingerly let out the heavy clutch and edge up the revs just a bit. The big…
History/driving impressions originally published in AutoWeek February 9, 1989 Certainly “turbo” was the most overused automotive term of the 1980s, misapplied to everything from computers to washing machines. But at least when it came to automobiles, if it said “turbo”…
History originally published in Sport Compact Car, October 1998 The Fiat Strada arrived in the United States with considerable fanfare and a lot of press coverage. And why not? Fiat had been in this country for a long time. It’s…