Not-so-old Motors today and the famous (infamous?) “TrollBlazer.” Saab’s 9-7x was the least Saab-like Saab of all time and came to be a symbol of GM’s mishandling of its Swedish subsidiary. It seemed like an…
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Saab 95: Swedish Family Style
The Saab 95 was the first car from Trollhätten to truly expand on the Saab formula. It arrived a decade after the first production Saab, the 92, but its roots in the “Ursaab” project of…
Saab Sportster Evolution: Sonett III
There were four distinct Saab Sonetts over the years, although the last one – the one we’re talking about here – was labeled “Sonett III.” The original Sonett, supposedly named for the phrase “Så nätt…
Special Performance: Saab 900 SPG
The original Saab 900 was a darling of the Turbo era – vigorous to drive, comfy, reliable, and accessible. The 900 was so good that despite being rooted in the circa-1969 Saab 99 it still…
Range Rover Classic: The Beginning of the Luxe Truck
Even Bentley and Rolls-Royce make SUVs today, as unusual as that idea might once have seemed, and 2021’s roads are chock-a-block with luxe utilities. That might not have happened if not for two pioneering trucks,…
1982 Buick Riviera: Convertible Comeback
American convertibles had been all but dead for six years when, at the Chicago Auto Show in February, 1982, Buick debuted a brand new droptop Riviera.
Alfa-Romeo Tipo 916: The Next Generation
It was the summer of 1995 and finally, a new Alfa Spider had arrived – at least for Europeans. After 27 years, the last of the old 105-series Spiders rolled off the line in April…
Fiat 132: Familiar but Forgotten
It wasn’t originally meant to be a “flagship.” When the Fiat 132 was new, it was just the latest iteration of Fiat’s large family car – descended from the old Fiat 1400/1500 and its immediate…
FSM Syrena: Siren of Warsaw
A throwback today to car shows past today and 2009. This looks like a car of the 1950s, but this particular car was produced from 1972 to 1983. It’s a 1974 FSM Syrena 106, built…
Volvo 242 GT: Adding Spice
You never hear about it now, but the mid-to-late 1970s were a really rough time for Volvo, both in Europe and North America. One response to trying to improve things was the short-lived but flamboyant…
Wartburg 311/2: East Germany in California
No, those California black plates don’t lie, this is an East German Wartburg 311/2 convertible that was sold new in Los Angeles, in what is now Arlington Heights. In the late 1950s, an enterprising car…