• Rare Rides Icons: The Ford Taurus, Modernizing Family Transportation (Part II)

    Rare Rides Icons: The Ford Taurus, Modernizing Family Transportation (Part II)
    In the late '70s and into the '80s, Ford was in a bad place with regard to its domestic passenger cars and its finances. The company had only three platforms to span the entire Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln product range. Its family midsize car of the early '80s was the LTD, which was rear-drive, lackluster, and desperately in need of replacement by something front-wheel drive (FWD) and modern. So Ford spent five long years on the development of its new family car that would become the Ford Taurus,
  • Junkyard Find: 1948 Plymouth Special De Luxe Four-Door Sedan

    Junkyard Find: 1948 Plymouth Special De Luxe Four-Door Sedan
    What kind of vehicle from the 1940-1955 period is easiest to find in Western Ewe Pullet-style car graveyards? Four-door sedans made by the Chrysler Corp., no doubt about it. Here's one that I spotted in a northeastern Colorado yard a few weeks ago.Since I started documenting junkyard vehicles with stories to tell in 2007, I've written about the following discarded 1940-1955 Mopar sedans: 1941 Plymouth, 1941 Plymouth, 1942 Plymouth, 1947 Dodge, 1948 Dodge, 1948 Plymouth, 1949 Dodge, 1949 Dodge, 1
  • An EV game changer for £10k? Time to buy a used Kia EV6

    An EV game changer for £10k? Time to buy a used Kia EV6
    For a posh, practical electric family car to turn heads and win hearts, look no furtherKia's first bespoke electric car, the EV6, hits a sweet spot.
    It's big enough for a family's needs yet small enough to calmly negotiate the UK's tight, busy roads and it has real, unique character, courtesy of a dramatic, enigmatic silhouette that doesn't feel like an SUV, or a saloon or a hatchback. Even better, it's now available from less than £10,000-with warranty remaining.
    Built on the E-GMP (Elect
  • Biggest test of 2026: BMW iX3 vs Volvo EX60 vs Mercedes GLC

    Biggest test of 2026: BMW iX3 vs Volvo EX60 vs Mercedes GLC
    BMW, Mercedes and Volvo each begin a new era with long-range, tech-heavy family SUVs. Which rules?It's sometimes said that we have passed peak car. In other words, the best cars have already been made and it's downhill from here. What 'best' means is of course very relative, and it depends on the type of cars we're talking about.
    The case is most easily made for the affordable enthusiast's car - hot hatches and sports cars have nearly gone extinct. You might also look to what was once Autocar he
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