One would assume that any car built by a company with a name that ends in i should automatically join the ranks of desirable, collectible cars, correct? But we all know what happens when one assumes, so let’s put that maxim to the test with this week’s nomination for the Class of 1986: the Maserati […]

Hemmings Motor News subscribers will soon be receiving their April 2011 issues, and on page 40, they’ll find the “Antique Ads” story detailing Volvo’s humorous, eye-catching and ultimately successful attempt to sell station wagons by promoting their speed and sex appeal, in addition to the typical wagon push of family-friendly practicality. From 1986 through 1990, […]

First, the good news: M2‘s new 3-inch 1968 Mercury Cougar looks fine. The body is spot on, though the gigantic hideaway headlamps, grille, taillamps and bumpers lend a more agreeable exaggeration than do the wheels and tires, which manage to make the look wheel openings look too small, although they are, in fact, prototypically correct. […]