Classic Car articles

Nancy Bitterlin says she was about 10 when her father, Bill Schwanbeck, was very excited about his new project car being delivered by a trailer.

Not all that long ago, Naresh Nair was told by his doctor that due to his back injury, he couldn’t ride his motorcycle anymore.

In 1975, Bob Chirko's father bought the Volkswagen Thing from its original owner in Naperville, Illinois.

Growing up, Sue Kenny watched a lot of 'beach movies' and fell in love with the Volkswagen Beetle.

Paul Iannarone explains he was at an estate sale in Northwest Indiana 20 years ago when he found his 1961 Chevy Impala SS convertible.

The 1963 Dodge Dart, an attempt to compete with the Ford Falcon and the Chevy Corvair, was considered a compact car of the day.

In 2013, George Hansel was searching for a 'project car' he could fix up as a tribute to his father, a car enthusiast who had recently passed away.

Upon his retirement, John Zero, 76, was looking for a project to work on and he found this 1937 Ford Slantback gem on Craigslist.

This is a story about being in the right place at the right time, and a tale about how a car somehow became an irreplaceable part of one family's history.

One of the more distinct-looking vehicles, and one you don’t see every day, is the Meyers Manx dune buggy.

Off-roading leadership is what you expect from Land Rover. What you get is a distinct-looking SUV with a luxury cabin and a very nice ride on the pavement – a place it often falls short.

While changes to the Ford Ranger have come and gone, it could never be considered an enigma in the Ford stable. Ranger is exactly what it looks like – a smaller version of the F-150, the world's most popular vehicle. So, that's a really good start.

For those who get the AMG badge on a Mercedes-Benz vehicle, it won't be a surprise it was more powerful than its non-AMG siblings. M-B luxury meets EV efficiency. The question is, how do you get a midsize electric crossover to land below $130k?

Subaru has one of the best all-wheel-drive systems out there, and it is offered as standard fare on the 2024 Crosstrek. Add the all-new Wilderness trim and you have an off-road attitude to go anywhere you like.

On the outside, the 2024 BMW i5 eDrive40 looks very similar to its gas-powered sibling in proportion, and as you might expect, the sleek, sporty, long-nosed i5 is a low-slug all-electric sedan that oozes power and upscale German sophistication.

Even when you are a midsize pickup sales leader like Tacoma, there comes a time to redesign and up the ante in the class. The 2024 model is a Gen-4 offering that incorporates everything Toyota was doing better than most – and makes it a little better (and pricier, too).

This 2024 Kia Sorento is one family hauler that looks great on the outside, and with some refreshing adds inside the cabin – it is equally compelling for passengers.

Today, the MINI Cooper Clubman in the John Cooper Works performance trim still garners plenty of looks from passersby and the public who likely see it as an oddity – or you might say it offers "personality." Either way you see it – it's a fun car to drive.