The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If you owned a car that had traveled more than 400,000 miles during its life, could you bear to send it into the cold steel jaws of The Crusher ? 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.

Mercedes 105

Mercedes Miles Arizona San Diego 105

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. liter engine and automatic).

VUE 105

VUE Saturn 2007 Green 105

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 26, 2023

I've been writing about junkyardified cars here at TTAC since November of 2010, when I documented a pair of Fiat 128s in a Denver boneyard. Three numerals; the first indicated the series, the second the number of engine cylinders and the third the number of doors. If this is the original naturally-aspirated 2.3-liter

Volvo 111

Volvo Miles Denver California 111

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan—the second-generation of the vehicle—is powered by the latest version of the EA888 four-cylinder engine, the 2.0L This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. 2017 Honda CR-V. 3 engine in the Volkswagen Group.). liter Gen 3 engine.

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

Today's Junkyard Find is an example of the sporty coupe version of the first-generation Saturn S , found in a Denver-area boneyard recently. We're here to praise this SC2 for staying on the road for close to three decades and well over 250,000 miles. liter DOHC engine and its 124 horsepower/122 pound-foot engine was still there.

Saturn 105

Saturn Colorado Isuzu GM 105

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. Meanwhile, AMC would sell you a new '59 Rambler Rebel four-door sedan with a V8 engine for $2,228 ($23,189 after inflation). You never know what you'll learn from a Junkyard Find !

Denver 98

Denver North America Colorado Chrysler 98