We’re going to find late-model, factory-true 400 horsepower machines for the same cash as a new Volkswagen Beetle. In case you’re wondering (and we suspect that you are), a base Bug goes for $20,000, and if you don’t think that’s doable without revisiting the 1990s, think again. The average age...
In the fuel mileage wars there are two camps—the diesels and the hybrids. The whole thing is like West Side Story meets The Big Bang Theory, and while we doubt the two “gangs” would come to blows should they happen to meet, a pocket protector getting flung across the room isn’t out of the...
The digital pages of Winding Road are typically filled with our presumptions on what makes driving enjoyable. To reach these conclusions, 99 times out of 100 we're scribing about essential, elemental motoring characteristics such as vehicle balance, dynamics at the limit, handling prowess...
Look closer at the segment, however, and one finds a roadster sweet spot just about in the middle, in the vicinity of $33,000. At that price point there exist three roadsters in the secondhand market that have the ability to deliver everything an enthusiast could ever want. Each machine has a...
We’ll consider style, toughness, guts, and since many trucks now serve as primary family vehicles, we’ll look at interior appointments as well. That means everything on the list will be a full-blown four-door pickup. Everything will have four-wheel drive, and though flat-out performance isn’t a...
In an effort to expand the readership of our monthly Secondhand Gems column from Winding Road's digital magazine (and capitalize on the near-slavish following that the intrepid Christopher Smith seems to garner with every new article), we're going to publish each new Gems column on...
In a postseason so far dominated by offensive performances, pitching and defense have come to the forefront through the first two games of the World Series.
Not a problem for the Texas Rangers. They can rely heavily on their offense, and they can pitch and catch the baseball, too. The latter...
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So I'm looking to buy an AT&T smartphone/pda but I'm not really sure where to start looking. I hate the iphone (I think they are a rip off and are over hyped - and I hate apple). Blackberry would be okay, but I'm looking for one of those hidden-gems. Something that is customizable and does...