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Car Spot: 81 Chrysler Imperial
Flashback to the 80's when big was in. The 1981 Chrysler Imperial is this week's spot.
The company brings back an all-but forgotten badge
Dating way back to 1926 it was the company’s top-of-the-line vehicle so it was no surprise when Lee Iaccoco went to the well again in 1981. This newest edition, and this week’s spot, combined forward-thinking design elements, out-of-character build quality all in a one-price luxury package.
It’s a beast, isn’t it? It rides on the same…
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2024 Mazda3 Sedan 2.5 T Premium Plus, AWD Review
Turbo power and AWD make the Mazda3 a zoom-zoomy option for folks who prefer cars to trucks!
Zippy turbo, AWD create a funtastic drive experience …
Hooray for the folks who still enjoy driving a car because cars handle better, are quicker, and simply more fun to drive than, well, everything else.
Likewise, three cheers for the likes of Mazda that continues to produce cars that are zippy, nimble and more fun to drive than, well, most everything else, at least in an affordable price…
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#2024 Mazda3 Sedan 2.5T Premium Plus#AWD#Carbon Turbo#Honda Civic Si#horsepower#HUD#sports sedan#Subaru Impreza#Subaru WRX#Volkswagen Golf
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Car Spot: 1960 Jeep Surry
Made famous by movies like Blue Hawaii. The Surry Jeep is this week's car spot.
The DJ-3A Dispatcher finds another niche
It all began at a resort in Acapulco named the Las Brisas, featuring luxury rooms built into the hillside but without elevators. So they needed to get the guests up the winding roads to their room and utilized up to 50 of the DJ-3A Jeeps (flat fender Jeeps) like this week’s spot that I saw at the 2024 Chicago Auto Show. These special order Jeeps were…
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2024 Lexus RX 450h Luxury AWD
Luxury SUVs are as thick as ants at a picnic, but Lexus displays why it leads the way with its 2-row RX 450h, a plug-in hybrid.
RX prescription doesn’t change much, just adds hybrid power …
Hybrids and plug-in hybrids are the way to go, currently, if you want to cut emissions and extend fuel mileage. You’ll notice I didn’t mention saving money, but there should be an asterisk with that.
The hybrids cost a little more than gas-only models, but you could save bucks long-term, while plug-ins nearly always come at a price…
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#2024 Lexus RX 450h Luxury AWD#AC motors#HUD system#hybrid#Kelley Blue Book#luxury SUV#Mark Levinson#plug-in hybrid#RX 350#two-row SUV
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Car Spot: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
It was the first pony car. The Plymouth Barracuda is this week's spot.
The first barrage in the pony car wars
Ford and Plymouth were in a race to be the first to enter the pony car era and to get there they were using off-the-shelf stuff. Ford, the Falcon, and Plymouth the tried and true Valiant, Chrysler’s A-body, and while it shared a great majority of parts and bodywork the huge and distinctive wraparound rear glass made it stand out. It was the largest ever…
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#1965 Plymouth Barracuda#Barracuda#Car Spots#car spotting#car spotting 70&039;s era muscle cars#Plymouth Baracuda#pony cars
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2024 Chevrolet Trax 2RS Review
Amazing! Chevy has a low-cost winner finally, the new Trax is waaaay better than its predecessor, and looks do matter!
New Trax surprises with looks, performance and value …
Sorry but my experience with low-end Chevrolet products has not been stellar the last 35 years, and to be honest, there simply haven’t been many entry-level Chevies of late.
With Chevy abandoning the car market (except Corvette) its entry-level offerings have been sparse and the previous Trax was, well, not great. I was ready to be…
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#2024 Chevrolet Trax 2RS#AWD#Camaro#chevy#compact crossover#Corvette#LS#Subaru Crosstrek#Trailblazer
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2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness
Wilderness aims to make it easier for Subie owners to go off road …
Wilderness, the term sends your mind deep into a forest, a rocky desert landscape or a swampy area, the critters running all about and the mud caking up on your hiking boots or bike tires.
Subaru knows all that, which is why it’s added Wilderness trims to the top of most model lineups. Its top-selling Crosstrek gets it for…
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#2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness#AWD#boxer engine#EyeSight#Jeep#sporty hatchback#SUV#WRX#Yokohama Geolander
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Car Spot: 1987 Jeep Comanche
Small pickup before they were cool
I wasn’t sure if it was on my dime or Jeep’s when I received an email almost five years ago this past week inviting me to a media event held in California introducing the new Jeep Gladiator (JT). I was just giddy to find out they were paying for my flight and overnights to Sacramento, CA to go off-roading along with other automotive media types. It was a trip…
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Car Spot: 1968 Odmobile 442 Mod Rod Concept
Remember Mod in the 60s? This week's spot is a perfect example.
A car that fit right in with the movement
Chances are if you’re reading this, like me you remember the late 60s. It was a time when much of my generation was protesting and trying to find its own way. Not me of course, I was more interested in cars. Car marketers knew that and latched on to it with advertising with lots of bold, bright colors, eye-catching graphic designs, and big, loud…
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#1967 Oldsmobile 442 W-30#1968 Chicago Auto Show#Car Spots#car spotting#Oldsmobile 442 "Mod Rod"#paul daniel car spots#savageonwheels.com
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2024 Ford Maverick XLT FWD Review
Hybrid still available in compact pickup, but gas turbo I4 standard …
Just two years ago both Ford, the leader in truck sales, and Hyundai, now No. 4 in the US, smartly introduced compact pickups, recreating a market that boomed here for years.
That was before pickups grew into monster trucks that dueled with each other like muscle cars did in the 1960s and early 1970s, each getting bigger and…
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#2024 Ford Maverick XLT#Co-Pilot 360#compact pickup#F-150#FWD#hybrid#Hyundai Santa Cruz#kbb#Ranger#Tremor
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Car Spot: 74 AMC Hornet Hatchback
A James Bond car not built in England. the 74 AMC Hornet is this week's spot.
The most famous hatchback built in 1974
Not having the same mega budgets that General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler left scrappy little American Motors scrambling for attention. In 1974, they scrapped together 5 Million bucks for one of the biggest PR coops in automotive history by getting its car placed in the newest Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun. One of those cars is the subject of this…
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#1974 AMC Hornet#AMC Hornet astro spiral jump#American Motors Corp.#Car Spots#car spotting#James Bond#Man with the Golden Gun#Man with the Golden Gun AMC Hornet#paul daniel car spots
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2024 Land Rover Defender 110 S
Crush your next off-road jaunt with a Land Rover Defender 110 S and enjoy the luxury ride and amenities. But you'll need some retirement funds for a purchase!
Defender 110 combines luxury with sturdy off-road chops …
For folks with a penchant for brutal off-roading, crunching rocks, straddling ravines, fording rivers, two brands consistently pop into one’s mind, Land Rover and Jeep.
Oh, there are others that qualify, it’s just that Jeep and Land Rover were the early adopters, the early experts of crushing it in the savannah, mud flats, swamps, and…
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#2024 Land Rover Defender 110 S#BMW X5#Ford Bronco#Genesis GV80#jeep wrangler#luxury SUV#Mercedes G Wagon#Nitra Slovakia#off-roading#turbo
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Car Spot: 1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk
The story of a classic automotive underdog. The Studebaker Golden Hawk is this week's car spot.
Cool came too late for this car company …
Being an AMC geek I’m a big fan of underdog car companies and Indiana-based Studebaker is one for sure. Studebaker and Packard merged in 1954 in an effort to survive, but the lack of resources and revenue only fueled the company’s continued decline. Just when it looked like Studebaker would never recapture its “golden touch” enter the Golden…
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#amc#Car Spots#car spotting#green bay auto gallery#Packard#Robert Bourke#Studebaker#Studebaker Golden Hawk#Studebaker Starliner
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2024 BMW X5 M60i
If you have the cash, BMW has the sporty luxury SUV for you. In fact they have several!
New X5’s price shocks, but so does power, handling …
Let’s just say I’m suffering from sticker shock thanks to BMW’s new X5 M60i.
I thought I’d gotten over such maladies after driving several SUVs in the past year eclipsing $100 grand. But those were all full-size (often 3-row) SUVS, including BMW’s exceptional X7. That one started at $105,000 and ended up at $114,000.
Well, this standard size…
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#2022 Land Rover Defender 90 V8#2024 BMW X5 M60i#AWD#BMW X5 xDrive 40i#BMW X7#luxury SUV#Merino leather#Spartanburg#SUV
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Car Spot: Tucker 48
It was the future of automotive design in 1941. The Tucker 48 is this week's car spot.
A time capsule of automotive design and engineering
Since Mark and I started this car blog a couple of years ago we’ve had the opportunity to drive and experience some really amazing automobiles. This one caught us totally by surprise. Each year the Chicago Auto Show hosts media members from Wednesday through Friday before the show opens to the public. Friday is traditionally the shortest day.…
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2024 Subaru Outback Touring XT
Improved power, quieter interior and same Subie AWD and reliability, all at a good price. Outback remains a Winner!
Touring XT is luxury leaning, but still high-value priced …
Full discloser, I’m a Subaru owner, in fact, a Subaru Outback owner, albeit my Subie is not real new, fast approaching double digits in years.
But that’s a primary benefit that keeps me, and many other Subie owners, coming back. They last, and they’re reasonably priced. Bonus, for our northern clime, they also have standard all-wheel…
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#2024 Subaru Outback Touring XT#Android Auto#Apple CarPlay#AWD#crossover#EyeSight#Onyx#turbocharged#wagon#X-MODE
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Car Spot: 1965 Tuxedo Park Mark IV Jeep
When Jeeps went to Washington D.C. The story of the Tuxedo Jeep is this week's spot.
Jeep goes for the younger urban crowd
I’ve been a Jeep guy beginning in the late 70’s when I had a SJ Cherokee Chief as a news car. Went even deeper when my dad was working at American Motors and they bought Jeep in 1970. I thought I knew all the special editions until my buddy Darrel Burnett who runs the Automobile Gallery in Green Bay called me up and told me they had just gotten in this…
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#1965 Tuxedo Park Mark IV Jeep#AWD#Car Spots#car spotting#inaugural parade#Jeep#Jeep CJ-5#Lyndon Johnson#SUV
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