Car Guy Tom™ (Tom Appel)

Is there more than one Canadian song about the Previa?

How 'bout this?

Very nice, and completely forgotten.

Forgotten Minivans: More than 30 Minivans You Don’t Remember (Pictures and History) This year, American new-vehicle shoppers will snap up about half a million minivans. Now, while that may seem like a lot of people-movers, it’s worth noting that minivans accounted for more than 1.2 m...

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How many of these do you remember? How many have you sat in? #Minivans #ClassicCars #Forgotten

Envista?

Six General Motors Trucks in One: The GMT360 “RainTrail Ascendavadavoy-X” Sarcastically, it was called badge engineering. Basically, it’s the process by which an automaker amortizes development costs by retrimming an existing vehicle and selling it under another name—usuall...

What's really weird is that I have spent time thinking about this.
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Cheap Cars Looking Good. #CheapCarsLookingGood #Buick #BuickCentury #Seventies

1974 Jeep CJ-5: Favorite Car Ads (Levi’s content) Thank God for American Motors (AMC) and Levi’s. You, the blue jeans people. In 1973, AMC began selling its funky subcompact Gremlin with officially branded Levi’s seating surfaces. Though seat materia...

Time for some hot jeans-on-jeans action. (Provided you were wearing jeans...) #Jeep #Denim #LevisEdition #Levis
#Seventies
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Going EV wasn't in the cards. She may move soon and not land someplace electric-car friendly.

2026 Mazda USA CX-70 3.3 Turbo S Premium Plus in Polymetal Gray Metallic. #Mazda #CX70 #CarPics #CarPix

Even a good starter car, nicely equipped, hits $35,000.

Damn straight.

South Bend Madness! 10 Classic Studebaker Ads Having been born in 1965, I am just the right age for certain elements of automotive history to be lost on me. Sadly, one of those elements is Studebaker. Though Studebaker operations overlapped with ...

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This image is one of my all-time favorite ad drawings. #Advertising #Studebaker #Art

This week's donuts: #SpunkyDunkers #Donuts #CarStuffPodcast @jillciminillo.bsky.social

OSCAR SUNDAY: An Event! It’s that time of year again. The time when I start pacing around the house muttering about snubs. The time when I rewatch acceptance speeches from 1974. The time when I yell at nominations, cheer sur...

My latest blog post is all about a GREAT thing that's happening on Oscar Sunday March 15th at the Museum of Broadcast Communications!

This is an important event that I really hope you can attend. Me, Rick Kogan, my book, The Academy Awards, meet & greet & more!

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They were sad.

Yes. CX-30.

$10,000 is not enough. Seriously worry about support after Vinfasts exits the U.S.

Car Shopping With Gen Z I would like to add to Gen Z’s roster of noteworthy characteristics a general disdain for cars and driving. My daughter’s first car, a 2014 Nissan Juke, was foisted upon her by my wife and me because ...

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Did I every share this here? I went car shopping with my kid. #GenZ #CarShopping

I was surprised the company made an appearance at the Chicago Auto Show. Seems like they are just delaying the inevitable.

Best Looking Cars of 1970 (Pictures) Having been born in 1965, I can’t claim to have been very aware of the vehicles of 1970 when they were new, nor can I claim to have experienced them from behind the wheel. Best Looking Cars of 1970 Th...

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Agree.

Yeah, the partnered with Bosch to good effect.
Owned a '85 Scirocco. Loved to rev.

Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast Episode 315: Leno Law, Toyota Takes EVs Off-Road, Understanding Software Defined Vehicles Jill and Tom are joined by Ken Chester, host of the Tech Mobility Podcast. Ken share his take on the the next stages of automotive computerization, and what, exactly, is meant by "software-defined veh...

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New episode is live now! #CarStuffPodcast

500 gone by '77, but you're close.

Really.

5 Most-Powerful American Cars of 1977 Perhaps the easiest way to demonstrate the extent to which emissions equipment and low-octane unleaded fuel had impacted the power output of new-vehicle engines is to note the following: The most powe...

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If you had to pick one...? #Seventies #Horsepower

Really? My bad. I will need to correct this. I believe the Cybertruck uses a 48-volt low-side system. Thanks for letting me know.

Forgot about the trim-level names! Pop, Lounge, Water Closet...

2014 Fiat 500L Lounge: Test Drive 2014 Fiat 500L Lounge Miles driven: 317 Base price: $24,195 (not including $800 destination fee) Price as tested: $27,455 Options on test car: Sun roof ($950), Black “Nero” roof ($500), Premium audio ...

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