It became a depressing tendency in the late 1970s to bestow optimistic-sounding names on increasingly scrunched-down and browbeaten economy cars that were at best proletarian-geared “transportation modules” as enjoyable as day-old coffee and stale bagels. The theory was that people might be able to feel better about themselves by negating reality — like calling...
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It’s ironic that the company that first mass-marketed the minivan is the last one still making them – among Detroit’s Big Three, at least. GM and Ford no longer sell a traditional minivan. They’ve been replaced by sportier-looking “crossovers” – leaving the Chrysler Town & Country and its lower-cost Dodge equivalent, the Grand Caravan,...
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Back in 1970, the Dodge Challenger was rougher around the edges than the Chevy Camaro and Ford Mustang. It came to the game a few years late; it was heavier and didn’t handle quite as well. But it made up for its deficits with its outsized personality, heroic engines and brutal straight-line performance. ...
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The Dodge Nitro isn’t a favorite of car journalists. Google reviews of this chunky little SUV and you’ll see it gets slammed a lot. It has a silly name (ok, fair enough). It’s got “vague steering” and “trucky handling.” Well, yeah. But that’s because it is trucky – unlike virtually all the car-based, light-duty...
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