$36.5K? Yikes! That said, not too long ago you could pick up a nice low mileage 3 series BMW coming off lease for that. Now you'd have to add $10K, so maybe that's not so bad after all. The prices of new and used cars (and trucks) is insane. ... View more

Always thought Ecclestone looked and acted more like a Bond villain than someone involved in motor racing. Him evidently being on the hook for over 400 million pounds for fraud should surprise . . . no one. ... View more

Cool bug! Screams "more money than brains", but oh well, to each their own. Porsche class action suit is a text book example of how lawyers get rich, but oh well, to each their own ... View more

Very pretty car, but half a mil for SU's and points? Hard pass . . . ... View more

Why/how is Chevy releasing a model year 2024 in July of 2022? I thought there actually were/are federal guidelines on model year designations (thought it was anything could be labeled the following year's model if released after Jan 1). ... View more

I'm inclined to agree with much of this. The "patina" this car exhibits comes from sitting unloved and unused for 20 plus years, not from 20 years of being enjoyed. The interior has been used up by spiders and mice, not from warm butts appreciating those leather buckets. ... View more

The picture of that engine brings back memories. I had an 83 GTV6 (the car that taught me to always consider resale when buying a car)(no orange Mustangs for instance) and opening the hood displayed an aluminum work of art. I used to do that (open the hood) just to look at the engine. Huge upgrade in the looks department since those were days not seeing anything fancier than greasy small block Chevrolet's and old 6 cylinder Fords. ... View more

Hagerty's not uncommon trend of allowing some typo's through seems alive and well in this article. Pretty sure the tire size will be 235/40x18 (I've read it elsewhere). 235/60x18 is a pretty big tire (OE on the Audi Q5 and the Ford Maverick pickup for instance). Cool car, though I too would question the Toyota dealers ability to market it properly. ... View more

Carry your license in your phone? (which people lose regularly and often)? What could possibly go wrong? Seems performing that truck modification would be a lawsuit waiting to happen (as is with any truck that is lifted much beyond stock ride height and ends up in the back seat of the car in front of it). I'm old and grumpy so naturally skeptical of the whole "we'll all be driving battery electric cars in 10 years" prediction. But . . . I think a changeover to electric makes perfect sense for RR. I'd guess the vast majority of their customers use their cars for relatively short trips and most owners no doubt will have minions whose charge (no pun intended) would be to worry about making sure the car is ready to go. ... View more

Has to be Henry Ford ... View more

I can't be the only one who's curious what will happen if no one buys all these electric cars that are supposedly arriving soon. I'm ambivalent about the need to back away from fossils fuels, but I wonder. 10K people a day turn 65 in the US. Is that a target market? Unlikely. How many of generation Y (20-30) would rather use Uber or Lyft instead of owning a car? Answer? A lot. How many millions of us who live in a climate and a home where charging at home is not really an option (no garage and 4 seasons)? And on top of that, where is all that newly needed electricity coming from? ... View more

Aside from the fact that the displacement is clearly stated in the article (in the engine description), Ferrari has named the car in keeping with common model number based on the size and type of the engine and the body style. Hence, 296 GTB (2.9 litre, 6 cylinder, Grand Touring Berlinetta) tells us all we need to know. ... View more

This is a fairly contentious argument that's been floating around for years (and basically unprovable one way or the other, kind of like "this is the best oil and filter to use"). I tend to be ambivalent about it, but I would add that (against my advice) my wife put 238K miles on her 07 Acura TSX (91 octane recommended) using off brand 87 octane gas. The plugs were like new when I changed them at 100K and 200K miles, and it still ran like new when I finally sold about 2 years ago. They were all highway miles, but go figure . . . ... View more

It's sad and surprising how many of those like us haven't figured this out. And it's an issue that's separate from whether we embrace or reject the supposedly imminent death of the ICE. Mathematics alone assure us that the end of our reliance on fossil fuels is much further out in the future than those who assure us that future is all electric, would have us believe. ... View more

Or garaged/stored in plain sight (or showed off). Talk about a target for a quick grab and off to Saudi Arabia it goes! ... View more

I totally agree. What a nice old Road Runner to sacrifice! ... View more

This story could provide the basis for any number of plot twists. Money laundering? Hidden contraband (5 big tires full of . . .?). Or is it just the latest, greatest, instance of "'more money than brains" that have become so prevalent at old car auctions (karma perhaps, since these same auctions are to blame for the obscene money that often changes hands for some old cars). ... View more

I'd agree with the prediction that the Buick should sell well north of $200K. With the epidemic of "more money than brains" that seems to have taken hold of Bring a Trailer (and to somewhat of a lesser degree, Hemmings) auctions, I'd guess all bets are off on a unicorn like that GN. ... View more

I've seen a couple of used (low mileage) 021 C-8 Corvettes sell for what I can buy a brand new one for. They made plenty of them and there's nothing special about them, so why would you but a used, (model) year old car for the price of a new one? Real question . . . ... View more

Was doing OK until I saw NPR on radio dial. That's all I need to see to assume we view the world through different colored glasses. Oh well, that is one beautiful car! ... View more