The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Here's one of those cars, found at a family-owned yard just south of Denver. While the B was underpowered and unreliable even by the forgiving standards of the late 1980s, I had great affection for it at the time. The original engine in the '71 MGB (which might even be this one) was a 1.8-liter By the middle 1970s, the MGB's 1.8

Colorado 104

Colorado Pininfarina Denver Dodge 104

The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 28, 2023

Chrysler managed the feat for the 1949 model year; we admired a Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan from that year in a Colorado car graveyard last summer, and today we're going to take a look at an example of one of the last of the stopgap postwar Chrysler products : this '48 Dodge in a yard just south of Denver.

Dodge 98

Dodge Chrysler North Dakota Colorado 98

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

417,046 miles is about the same as traveling 16-¾ times around Earth (using a great circle route, of course), and that distance is impressive even by Mercedes-Benz diesel standards. Remember that 1985 W123 with 411,448 miles we saw in a Denver car graveyard a few years back? That car has been pushed down to 16th in the MMJO list.

Mercedes 105

Mercedes Miles Arizona San Diego 105

Electric Auto Association

MARCH 4, 2022

The Lucid Air is lauded for efficiency BY Gordon Hrodda, Member of Denver Electric Vehicle Council. Instead, Lucid reduced the weight of the car, producing a vehicle that is extremely efficient (nearly 5 miles per kwh despite a 118 kwh battery), has unsurpassed range (520 miles), AND accelerates faster than a standard Tesla S.

F-150 52

F-150 Miles Denver MPH 52

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

Last week, a first-model-year Lark sedan showed up at a self-service yard just south of Denver , and I was there to document it in its final parking spot. The firewall tag says it's a 59V Deluxe, which the Standard Catalog describes as being built only for "special order sales, Marshal sales, fleet sales and sales outside the United States."

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Denver North America Colorado Chrysler 98

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

Based on our half-day of driving the new Tiguan in the foothills of Denver, the automaker has succeeded on the quality front. A Start/Stop system is standard for all Tiguan trims. The Tiguan is the only vehicle in its class to offer the Automatic Post-Collision Braking System, which is standard on all models.

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

Plug-ins could be recharged by plugging into a standard wall socket, delivering “electric” gallons of gas for about 75 cents a gallon at prevailing electric rates. All we need is for one of the large auto manufacturers to step up to the plate.”

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Nickel Metal Hydride EPRI Plug-in Austin 100