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This tome traces the history of the Volvo wagon, from the early models to the current crop of longroofs. It’s easy to take Volvo station wagons for granted, given the various models’ status as the “boxy but good” suburban longroofs, whose dominance arguably peaked when the 240, 850 and 940 wagons
The first preseries Saab 9-5 sedans rolled off the assembly line at the end of November 2009. Saab was already on shaky ground when the replacement for the penultimate 9-5 sedan finally entered production, after its immediate predecessor spent 12 years on the assembly line—an impressive run even for a
A modular system allows this van to work through the week and party on weekends. Ford has an all-wheel-drive Transit for the 2020 model year, and that’s good news for the #vanlife crowd who enjoys straying off the beaten path. Its full-time AWD setup isn’t as robust as a traditional
You’re very unlikely to see a fifth-generation Ford Mustang of any sort on UK roads. Unlike the current version of the Pony Car, it wasn’t ever sold here officially, and was produced in left-hand drive only. To see something like this particular ‘Stant rolling around British streets, then, is a
The sheetmetal work on this Charger is incredible. The auction listing claims there are over 16,000 hours of metalwork invested in this Charger. If you saw that bare-steel Dodge Charger in Furious 7 and thought you just had to have it, well, here’s your chance. The 1968 Dodge Charger used in the film’s
Where’s the beige? Converting mainstream automobiles into campers isn’t a new trend. Companies have been turning vans, trucks, and SUVs into weekend getaway machines for years. Mercedes camper conversions began 35 years ago with the Marco Polo, based initially on the Mercedes 209 D that was then referred to as
Anything over 55 mph was illegal in 1986 America, so 0-50 acceleration numbers were commonplace. Löwenbräu was Michelob’s main competitor for somewhat-upscale, European-influenced suds in the mid-1980s American beer marketplace, and what did Löwenbräu’s marketing wizards choose as their strongest beat-Michelob strategy in 1986? Yes, a sweepstakes offering the winner
The 5000’s “Unintended Acceleration” debacle was still a few years in the future. The second-generation Audi 100 was called the Audi 5000 for the North American market, and a version with a sophisticated turbocharged diesel straight-5 engine went on sale here for the 1983 model year. That engine made just
Remember how we grimaced as an increasing number of E30 M3s started to break the £50,000 threshold? We hadn’t, it turns out, seen anything yet. What you’re looking at here is another >£50k E30, only this one isn’t an M-car. Yep, this 325i Sport went under the hammer for a
It must have been hard to choose between the Playboy Bunny window and the Chrysler Pentastar window. Owners of Ford vans could just use a blue-tinted oval window. Keep in mind that $44.95 in 1977 dollars comes to about $200 in 2019 dollars. What a deal! If you’ll be needing