1990

If you came across a Mazda Miata en route to the crusher, what would you do with it? While any variety of answers…

"They" say by a certain age you fall into a certain pattern of statistics that include ownership of a typical four…

By 1990 the malaise era was long over and you were able to walk into a car dealership and purchase a variety of…

The only place you'll have any luck outrunning street bikes, race cars and planes in a 1990 Nissan 300ZX is in a…

Despite outward appearances, the "space vehicle of the 90s" wasn't something from another planet or an oversized…

I've got plenty of tales of the wretched heaps I've owned over the years, but I lack sufficient photographic…

Back when I was more serious about photography (i.e., when I thought it was cool to huff Dektol fumes in a darkened…

What did The General need most of all in the late 1980s? You got it, another marque! All those Suzukis and Toyotas…

The saga of end-times AMC took an interesting plot twist when Chrysler decided to rebadge the Eagle Premier (itself…

Did any kid back in the reign of Bush I actually believe the Oldsmobile Silhouette was cool? For that matter, would…

Listen for the note of disapproval when the voiceover gets to the part about the 1990 Taurus SHO's crazy Yamaha…

You know what's wrong with most engines? The transmission is forced to take the power from the end of the…

We all know how the normal trajectory goes with a homemade convertible: First, a car already teetering on the brink…

Just a few years earlier, Honda pitched its CRX as a fire-breathing hot rod, but by 1990 the marketers had decided…

After hearing the Datsun 710 Theme Song yesterday, I remembered that my old industro-noise band, Murilee Arraiac,…

With a 1990 Chrysler TC By Maserati yesterday, the only possible DOTS choice for today must be The General's TC…

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust…

How could The General bring himself to axe Pontiac, with a history like this? We'll admit the N-body Grand Am wasn't…

When you're inspecting cars fresh off the line, what do you look for? Well, if you're working at the Van Nuys plant…

The big Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale's going on right now and we're already into the fourth day of hot…