By the late 1990s, new sedans equipped with three pedals had become very rare in the United States. Some manufacturers still offered manual transmissions in such cars at that time and would continue to do so for many years to come (the final model year for a U.S.-market Toyota Camry with a manual was 2011, […]
Junkyard Gem: 1990 Chrysler LeBaron GT Convertible
When Chrysler sprang back to life under Lee Iacocca and his K-Cars, the flagship of the new front-wheel-drive order was the luxurious new 1982 LeBaron convertible, which shoved aside the drab and antiquated Dodge Diplomat-based 1981 LeBaron. The LeBaron sedan got the axe after 1989, with only sporty coupes and devil-may-care ragtops given LeBaron badges […]
Super Tourers: The Golden Age Revisited
Short of Formula 1, not much came close to the spectacle of British Touring Cars in the 1990s. The budgets were astronomical and the drivers were rockstars, but the cars were relatable with production models they were based from found on most UK driveways. For many of us, the mere mention of Super Tourers conjures […]
Junkyard Gem: 1993 Plymouth Voyager SE AWD
Under Lee Iacocca’s leadership, Chrysler printed bales of money by designing a small, front-wheel-drive van based on the versatile K platform. Chrysler didn’t invent the minivan, of course, but those first 1984 Dodge Caravans and Plymouth Voyagers instantly put small vans square in the middle of the American vehicle mainstream (and began the long downward spiral […]
Taking It Back To The ’80s & ’90s At Motorama
One of the podcasts I listen to religiously is called Southern Vangard Radio. A hip-hop-centric broadcast, ‘Vangard features three, six-to-eight song mixes separated by talk breaks. During one of talk breaks about 15 episodes back, the two hosts lamented missing their life from the 1990s. I found the segment both hilarious and relatable. I was pretty young throughout […]