At $2.5 million, the Bugatti Chiron in the successor to the mighty Bugatti Veyron and not referring to performance in this case. I'm referring to the price tag. $2.5 million dollars is enough to purchase a mansion and a fleet of various supercars. That's what any car guy would love to do, right? Well, for... Continue Reading →
6 Vehicles that Need a High-Performance Variant
This list features some of the most popular cars in their respective markets. However, these cars lack a specific model. For example, the Camry SE 3.5 is the top performance Camry model, but wouldn't it be better if that same 3.5L V6 just so happened to have a couple of turbos surgically attached to it?... Continue Reading →
Super-Oddity-Car
Supercars are masterful pieces of engineering. This quintet of supercars, yield varying results. These are a few of the many oddities that call themselves supercars. This is a short post, so enjoy! Venturi Atlantique Oddity Reason: A French Supercar? And it's not a bad car whatsoever. It's reception was not like it was intended, despite... Continue Reading →
5 Cars That Want to Kill You
We all know supercars to be extremely brash, extremely fast, and extremely expensive. When names like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and Bugatti are mentioned, drool starts running out of mouths worldwide. However, there is a dark side to some of these cars which represent the opulence of their respective owners. So here is a list... Continue Reading →
2016 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato: The Short Throw
It seems like, whenever Aston Martin and Italian design firm, Zagato, meet up, beauty is the byproduct. The new Vanquish Zagato follows suit with another "flagrant foul" of a design, from a collaboration that spans five decades. The Vanquish Zagato is more about its stunning looks than its performance, but here goes the next "The... Continue Reading →
9 Concepts That Should Have Been Built
Just a quick one for y'all. Here's 10 concept cars, that should have been built. They all probably would have been groundbreaking, trendsetting, and probably legendary, if they would have been made. So, when they were giving us all of these kind of boring and/or completely unnecessary cars and trucks, derived from concepts, they probably... Continue Reading →
Give us Pontiac!
Thanks to one of my followers on Facebook, I got my next post for you. We were discussing the Buick Avista and he brought up the point that GM should just bring the Trans Am back. That is and probably will always be something that all enthusiasts want, but we are stuck with the harsh... Continue Reading →
5 Cars that Aren’t Too Much Different from their Concepts
Ok. Here's a quick one for you today. I was roaming the Internet for another post and ran across the Porsche 989. It stuck with me so much, because it looked so familiar to a car we all know today as the Porsche Panamera. Well, maybe not the overall design, because these were designed in... Continue Reading →
100th Post!
I reached an acheievment. This post will be number 100 for The Car Files: Thoughts of an Enthusiast! So I have to make this one the most epic post ever. There's only one issue. What should be the subject for this milestone post? I got it. I guess I could write about the VW... Continue Reading →