Ninety years ago today, April 14, 1927, the first Volvo production car rolled (pun intended) out of the factory. Dubbed the ÖV 4 (for "Öppen Vagn 4 cylindrar," or Open Car 4 cylinders), the first Volvo has long been affectionately known as the "Jakob;" the
Read moreBut not by much. If the internet has unequivocally solved a single one of the world's intractable problems, it has been proving once and for all that cats are superior to dogs. They are weirder, more curious, more hilarious, and cuter. The internet has shattered the
Read moreThis is the new 2018 Buick Regal TourX: [caption id="attachment_982" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Whee. (Photo: Buick)[/caption] It's the first Buick wagon since 1996, when the last faux-woodgrain adorned Century and Roadmaster wagons plodded off the assembly lines and into America's slow lanes. It's also trying to pretend it's
Read moreIt's Friday, so there was supposed to be a Junk in the Trunk installment this morning. I'm not out of material already for this feature (if you visited my house, you'd realize that I may never be out of material)—but I've been stuck under my
Read moreI was more than a little disturbed to see this assertion from Alfa Romeo pop up in my Twitter feed recently: The purest #AlfaRomeo driving experience, now extended. Discover #Stelvio's spaciousness and payload capacity at https://t.co/OvBj48EyKNpic.twitter.com/gyodQExenC — Alfa_Romeo (@alfa_romeo) March 28, 2017
Read moreWhat is it about a coupe? One with genuine, if not expansive, room for four, performance sufficient for comfortable travel at any legal speed, superb outward visibility with which to see and be seen, and elegant style that draws attention—but the kind that draws you in,
Read moreAs I've written before, my grandfather's collection of Road & Track magazines passed down to me upon his death last year. I believe he became a subscriber sometime in 1953, but at some point he also bought enough back issues that his library actually begins with the
Read moreWe are on record as LEGO lovers around here (fun fact: my first job was operating rides at Legoland!), and one of the Danish toy giant's coolest programs is the LEGO Ideas process, which affirms that everyone who builds with the bricks is a designer by
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Read moreMy husband called this to my attention not too long ago, and since then I've been taking note of it and it holds up pretty solidly: people who hang stuff off of their rearview mirrors are lousy drivers, and a significant proportion of all lousy
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