Automotive Views: Ford goes nuts with new mini-truck

The 1974-76 Ford Elite highlights one of the Ford Motor Company’s bigger mistakes of the 1970s. The automaker was too slow in entering the mid-sized personal coupe field. The Elite was a cobbled-together design that […]

Remember the good old days when cars had meaningful bumpers? The repair costs for even a 2- or 3-mph parking lot ding is much higher than in the days when the feds required bumpers that […]

“Oh how I wish that an automaker of today would give this formula a try, once again: Decent performance, decent handling, impeccable materials and build quality in a light, no nonsense, affordable package. Problem is, […]