Classic Cars

Let’s take a trip back to the 2003 model year. Subaru introduced a funny-looking “lifestyle” vehicle that was equal parts sedan, SUV and pickup: the Baja . The goal was to offer a trendy option to young and active customers. How did that work out? The Origins Utility vehicles burst …

Here’s a story about cars, passion and endurance that has nothing to do with racing or a production milestone by a manufacturer. This is simply about an 87-year-old man from South Ohio, Nova Scotia who still drives the 1927 Ford Model T he purchased 70 years ago. In 1949, when …

Introduced in 1983 as a glorified expression of the popular wagons from the 1970s, the Dodge Caravan is widely recognized as the first modern minivan. It set a benchmark for versatility and value that still exists today. However, one could argue it wasn’t the first production minivan in the world.

It’s Halloween and the dead are walking the Earth. The automobile industry is often closer to this grim and macabre notion than you might think. Are you ready for a true story? Ever since he was very young, Patrick Danis has loved T-Buckets, two-seat Ford Model T replicas with immense, …

Have you ever started a small project, only to watch it grow into something much bigger than you’d ever imagined? That’s exactly what happened with our Mustang project. Initially, the Car Guide team just wanted to buy an old car and ask students to restore it. Finding the vehicle (a …

There are just two American cars that truly deserve to be called "icons." They are the Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford Mustang. The first is 60 years old and the other is turning 50 today! On April 17, 1964, Ford unveiled the car that would go on to capture the …

In the 1950s, the notion of taking a race car and making it street legal was bold, but taking a car whose vertically-opening doors were a symbol of prestige and transforming it into a convertible was pure heresy! And yet, somehow Mercedes-Benz pulled it off with its 300 SL. After …