With gearheads on both sides of the family, Tom was genetically predisposed to be a car nut. He loves sharing his automotive passion and vast knowledge, and hopes you, too, learn to love potential classics-in-waiting.
We all know that sports cars, by their very nature, are impractical, but most have at least a little bit of trunk space. But when you come across one that doesn’t, do you let that affect your opinion...
If there was anything that was dogging Toyota in the decade or so before the current unintended acceleration fustercluck, it was that the company had a reputation for only churning out dull, floppy-handling transportation appliances that make enthusiasts cry...
In our most recent installment, we took a fond look back at Toyota’s quirky, convention shunning mid-engine minivan of the ‘90s, the Previa. However, it wasn’t the company’s most famous or visible...
With all the world agog about Toyota’s abrupt and cataclysmic (Dare we say Tigeresque?) fall from grace, many people are wondering just what in the name of all that is holy (and some stuff that isn’t...
Almost every generation has its most iconic performance cars. The Baby Boomers grew up with the Shelby Cobra and the Corvette Stingray. Gen-Xers worshipped at the altar of the Lamborghini Countach and Ferrari Testarossa (of course, when I say...
Unlimited headroom and sleek styling. How can you top that? All Cars Review If you’ve been a car nut for at least the last quarter century or so, you’ve probably noticed a disturbing little phenomenon called...
It’s an all-too-familiar story: One generation starts a family business, the next generation continues the success story, and the third generation runs it right into the ground. While the story of the Mazda RX-7 played...
If you stop and think about it, cars are often a reflection of the eras in which they were built. There were the cost-no-object Bugattis and Dusenbergs of the Roaring Twenties, the youthfully exuberant GTOs and Mustangs of...
If you had to pick one era where the Japanese auto industry truly came of age, the early 1990s would be a great answer. Not only had the island nation’s Big Three (Toyota, Honda and Nissan) established their...
In the world of words, “perfection” gets tossed around an awful lot, but how often is it used correctly? When the subject is automobiles, the answer is never. Sure, there are cars that are so fast that they...