For my money, the American automobile industry has produced very little that is unique or interesting since about 1969. Sure, that new Cadillac CTS-V Wagon is a little different, but … Continue Reading 1994 Dodge Viper RT-10: Think Cobra
My wife and I were married fifteen years ago this year – the happiest years of my life. We’ve had two wonderful children, seen each other build healthy careers, and … Continue Reading Find them for Yourself: Where do the Cool Cars Come From?
I cannot tell you definitively if the British or the Italians actually invented the two-seater sports car, but both take credit. My money is on the Brits, at least for … Continue Reading And now for something completely different: 1985 TVR Tasmin 280i Convertible
A few months ago I had the pleasure of sitting next to the U.S. brand manager for Audi’s motorsports program on an overnight flight to Munich. He was off to … Continue Reading Dieseling Down: Why Can’t I buy the Diesel Car I Want in the US?
From the 1950s through the 1970s, Alfa Romeo was best known for peppy four-cylinder cars like the GTV, Giulia, Giulietta, Duetto, and later the kamm-tail Spider. The cars were penned … Continue Reading Your Own Personal Show Car (but you gotta like blue): 1973 Alfa Romeo Montreal
Fifteen years ago my wife and I were newlyweds and our first joint car purchase was a 1994 Mazda MX-5 Miata. Not long after buying the car, I joined the … Continue Reading Garage Corner: Helping the 1993 Mazda MX-5 Miata Breathe
If you were a budding Car Geek in the 1970s and/or 1980s, exotic supercars were all wedge-shaped – Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Maseratis, and perhaps the most wedge-shaped of them all was … Continue Reading Bond Car (Submarine) Bargain: 22K Mile 1985 Lotus Esprit Turbo
We’ve been running a lot of Audis on TTS lately (and interestingly, cars from Portland, Oregon), but this one deserves special attention. You see, Audi was somewhat out on their … Continue Reading Hard to Find: Clean, Low-mileage 1987 Audi 4000 Quattro
I know what you’re thinking – or at least what I think you’re thinking, and what I am actually thinking myself – and that is that we are supposed to … Continue Reading On the Dealer’s Lot: 2012 Kia Optima Hybrid
I think I may have mentioned that we here at TotallyThatStupid are closet station wagon geeks. In fact, it is mentioned at least here, here, and here. Station Wagons (or … Continue Reading Get one while the Gettin’ is Good: 2006 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG Wagon
Inspired by the Mercedes-AMG Hammer, in the late 1980s German luxury carmakers made it part a priority to develop super-sedans in a race for power that continues to this day. … Continue Reading Ingostadt’s Ür-Super Sedan: 1993 Audi S4
Mercedes-Benz has a long and storied history of building super-fast sedans going back to the 300SEL 6.3 of the late 1960s, wherein rogue engineer Erich Waxenberger took the monstrous 6.3 … Continue Reading Bang for your Buck: 2001 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG
If you were a teen with raging hormones in the 1980s, then surely you remember Sixteen Candles – Long Duk Dong, Samantha’s undies, and most importantly Jake’s 1983 Porsche 944 … Continue Reading 1983 Porsche 944: Disposable Sports Car #5
I have owned the 1993 Miata for exactly a week, and I am pleased to report that so far is so good with it – that is to say there … Continue Reading Fleet Update: Bonding with the 1993 MX-5 Miata
Before the VW GTI and the Alfasud, the Autobianchi A112 and the Mini Cooper were the cars that really launched the “hot hatch” category. Add the genius of Carlo Abarth, … Continue Reading Minis for Breakfast: 1978 Autobianchi Abarth A112
As I get older, I remember less and less. But I remember vividly Tuesday, March 27, 2007 – the day I first drove the Nürburgring. I flew in to London’s … Continue Reading Nürburgring Nordschleife: Mecca for Motorheads
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