MotorWeek’s Retro Review Of The 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible Will Make You Long For The Days Of Affordable Drop Tops

MotorWeek’s Retro Review Of The 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible Will Make You Long For The Days Of Affordable Drop Tops

Any front-wheel-drive Chrysler product from the ‘80s until the Neon came around in the mid-nineties is a K-car in my head, and K-cars are dull, boring, and uninspiring heaps of appliance-like motoring. Even most other MotorWeek Retro Reviews of Chrysler K-platform vehicles show homely looking cars crawling their way through the quarter-mile and slamming from … Read more

At $11,900, Is This SBC-Powered 1970 Jaguar XJ6 A Class Act?

At ,900, Is This SBC-Powered 1970 Jaguar XJ6 A Class Act?

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Jag offers English Drawing Room style paired with Auto Zone maintenance due to its adopted commoner SBC engine. Let’s see if the price makes it an easy deal, too. According to Bob: Why the AMG C63 Hybrid Is So Goddamn Cool Over the years, the Rivingtons, Trashmen, Ramones, and … Read more

New Cars Are Too Expensive, So Buy One Of These Unique Used Luxury Cars Instead

New Cars Are Too Expensive, So Buy One Of These Unique Used Luxury Cars Instead

Image: Infiniti Inflation is killing me, so I’m guessing it’s becoming a problem for many other folks out there, too. Fortunately, I’ll pay off my car loan soon and I’m already counting on the extra money that will go into my pocket each month instead of siphoning it off to some bank somewhere. If you’re … Read more

Do You Realize How Huge The Rolls-Royce Phantom Actually Is?

Do You Realize How Huge The Rolls-Royce Phantom Actually Is?

Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik While Rolls-Royce Cullinans, Dawns, Ghosts and Wraiths are a dime a dozen in Los Angeles, it’s still pretty rare to see a Phantom. It’s hard to think of a new car with more road presence then the current Phantom VIII generation, and that’s partially just because of the sheer size of the … Read more

Watch Electronic Seatbelt Presenters Freak Out MotorWeek In This 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC Review

Watch Electronic Seatbelt Presenters Freak Out MotorWeek In This 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC Review

Modern cars are full of automated features ranging from massaging seats to power doors to summon modes that allow cars to drive autonomously in parking lots, but back in 1985 things were a lot different. MotorWeek said the base price of this particular Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC was about $57,000 back in 1985, which equates to … Read more

Driving A Volvo 264 TE Limousine Made Me Feel Like Erich Honecker

Driving A Volvo 264 TE Limousine Made Me Feel Like Erich Honecker

Wheezing through the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, surrounded by a literal sea of cerulean velour, vinyl and polyester, blasting Abba on FM, I felt like the disco era superstar I’d always longed to be. Pedestrians pointed and mouthed OMGs, construction workers ushered me past with grandiose waves and pensioners scratched their balding heads, their muddled … Read more

Fisker Tells Ocean Owners They No Longer Have Roadside Assistance

Fisker Tells Ocean Owners They No Longer Have Roadside Assistance

Image: Fisker The prognosis for Fisker owners seems to get worse and worse every week. The bankruptcy is still a looming threat, and the company is essentially having a fire sale to get rid of leftover inventory even though an Ocean is probably the last thing anyone should be buying right now. Now comes word … Read more

Fisker Waives Destination Charges In Desperate Attempt To Sell Off Remaining Oceans

Fisker Waives Destination Charges In Desperate Attempt To Sell Off Remaining Oceans

Image: Fisker It looks like if you’re interested in buying a Fisker Ocean, MSRP will be the price you pay. In a bid to clear out as many as they can, Fisker announced on May 13 that it’s waiving destination charges on leftover Ocean inventory. Henry Lloyd-Hughes Bought His First Car In An English Pub … Read more

Fisker Lost Millions In Customer Payments And Had To Do An Internal Audit: Report

Fisker Lost Millions In Customer Payments And Had To Do An Internal Audit: Report

Fisker is in a state of disarray right now. The company continues to inch closer to bankruptcy, and the only car it sells right now, the Ocean EV, just had prices on its remaining inventory heavily slashed as the automaker attempts to move more metal in the face of falling stock prices. What’s been going on … Read more