This Is What a Mazda Miata With Dual V8s Looks Like
If you came across a Mazda Miata en route to the crusher, what would you do with it? While any variety of answers…
Keep "them" guessing with the 1990 Ford Taurus SHO
"They" say by a certain age you fall into a certain pattern of statistics that include ownership of a typical four…
What is your favorite performance car of the 1990s?
By 1990 the malaise era was long over and you were able to walk into a car dealership and purchase a variety of…
1990 Nissan 300ZX owners have awesome dreams
The only place you'll have any luck outrunning street bikes, race cars and planes in a 1990 Nissan 300ZX is in a…
1990 Pontiac Trans Sport was the "space vehicle of the 90s"
Despite outward appearances, the "space vehicle of the 90s" wasn't something from another planet or an oversized…
Adventures In Free Beaters: Oh Lord, Stuck In The Lodi Volvo Again
I've got plenty of tales of the wretched heaps I've owned over the years, but I lack sufficient photographic evidence…
1990: The Great Pinto Extinction Proceeds
Back when I was more serious about photography (i.e., when I thought it was cool to huff Dektol fumes in a darkened…
Getting To Know The 1990 Geos
What did The General need most of all in the late 1980s? You got it, another marque! All those Suzukis and Toyotas…
Escape Your Sardine Can... For a Chrysler-Badged Renault: 1990 Dodge Monaco!
The saga of end-times AMC took an interesting plot twist when Chrysler decided to rebadge the Eagle Premier (itself…
Josh Saviano: The '90 Olds Dustbuster Is Cool. No, Really!
Did any kid back in the reign of Bush I actually believe the Oldsmobile Silhouette was cool? For that matter, would any…
Who Stuck This Engine In The Perfect Family Car?
Listen for the note of disapproval when the voiceover gets to the part about the 1990 Taurus SHO's crazy Yamaha engine.
How About A Straight-Eight-Powered Ford Tempo? T-Drive!
You know what's wrong with most engines? The transmission is forced to take the power from the end of the crankshaft.…
Sawzall Chop-Top Volvo 244 Doesn't Survive Winter, Meets Highly Predictable Fate
We all know how the normal trajectory goes with a homemade convertible: First, a car already teetering on the brink of…
The 1990 Honda CRX: Great For Endless Drives Past Cows!
Just a few years earlier, Honda pitched its CRX as a fire-breathing hot rod, but by 1990 the marketers had decided to go…
Music For Swingin' Transmission Swappers!
After hearing the Datsun 710 Theme Song yesterday, I remembered that my old industro-noise band, Murilee Arraiac,…
1990 Buick Reatta
With a 1990 Chrysler TC By Maserati yesterday, the only possible DOTS choice for today must be The General's TC killer:…
1990 Chrysler TC By Maserati
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot:…
If You Can Stand It This Hot: The 1990 Pontiac Grand Am
How could The General bring himself to axe Pontiac, with a history like this? We'll admit the N-body Grand Am wasn't…
Insufficiently Festive Festiva Doomed To Crusher By Québécois Quality-Control Team
When you're inspecting cars fresh off the line, what do you look for? Well, if you're working at the Van Nuys plant…
2009 Barrett-Jackson Auction Scottsdale: Eight Highest-Priced Cars Through Day Three
The big Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale's going on right now and we're already into the fourth day of hot…