Second Hand: Mazda MPV
Second Hand: Cadillac Catera
Cadillac was once again puzzling over how to reach younger buyers. Launched for 1997, the Cadillac that zigs arrived as a rear-drive, four-door sedan.
Second-Hand: Lexus GS 300
Most prolific of the Italian designers has been Giorgetto Giugiaro, whose Turin-based studio, Italdesign, has penned 160 automotive models for both production and concept research, plus other products
Second-Hand: Ford Mustang
It's all about macho as Mustang and Camaro fans hurl claims, veiled threats and pointed questions about one's masculinity in an enduring debate over which car rules supreme.
Second-Hand: 2005 Dodge Caravan
If we ever, as a nation, have a serious discussion about replacing the maple leaf on our flag, there's a case to be made for sewing on another Canadian icon: the minivan.
Audi A3
It's all sounding rather tempting, the all new Audi A3 hatchback, until they tell you it isn't available with quattro all-wheel drive.
Second-Hand: Ford Escape
Ford's Kansas City plant built the Escape and Tribute for North American consumption, while Mazda in Japan built the right-hand-drive models for Asia, Australia and England.
Definitions blur as SUVs grow up
Witness the process of evolution at work, right here in this single category of vehicles.
Second-Hand: Chevrolet Corvette
The Corvette is America's sports car is one solid you can take to the bank.
Second-Hand: Nissan Altima
Does the world need another automobile? asked the voice-over in the television advertising debut of the 1993 Nissan Altima.
Second-Hand: Plymouth Acclaim, Dodge Spirit
You don't so much seek out a Dodge Spirit or Plymouth Acclaim as one is foisted upon you, passed down from one generation to another when an elderly relative expires or gives up driving for the bench
Second-Hand: 6 for $6,000 or less
You can't buy recommendations like these no matter how much champagne gets passed around the hospitality suite.
BMW 325ti Sport Compact
The formal moniker is 325ti Sport Compact, the last two words being a somewhat cheeky appropriation of the current generic name for hotted-up hatchbacks.
Second-Hand: Chev Astro and GMC Safari
The Chevrolet Astro and mechanically identical GMC Safari appealed to those buyers who hankered for a smaller truck, but one tough enough to take some abuse.
Second-hand: Honda Civic
Funny. It was a lawnmower maker - and not a diversified aerospace company - that showed the world how to build a good small car.
Second-hand: Volvo 850
Unveiled in late 1992, the Volvo 850 was the company's first front-wheel-drive offering in North America
Second-Hand: Pontiac Trans Sport, Chev Lumina
General Motors' plastic minivans have been called a lot of things - most of them unflattering.
Second-Hand: Eagle Talon
The Talon and its twin, the Plymouth Laser, were born out of a mutual need for a contemporary sporty coupe by the two corporations.
Second-Hand: Buick Century
To say the Buick Century is synonymous with lawn bowling and arguing for the seniors' discount at the deli is an understatement. But don't be quick to write off what is actually a pretty reliable Nort
Second-Hand: Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager
One dusty afternoon in the far future, archeologists will unearth a 1984 Dodge Caravan -- complete with polystyrene Big Mac containers under the seats and a Barney tape in the cassette player -- and r
