Car Donation Spotlight: 1990 Buick Reatta

Written By: Sam Andrews The 1988-1991 Buick Reatta was the company’s first attempt at an exclusive compact 2-door sports car since the 1940s. The Reatta will be remembered alongside similar vehicles offered around the same time by General Motors like the Cadillac...

Car Donation Spotlight: 1988 Merkur XR4Ti

By: Sam Andrews Quick: what was Ford Motor Company’s last spin-off brand in the United States? If you can’t remember, don’t blame yourself. The brand was named ‘Merkur’ and it only lasted two models during the final four years of the 1980s. Merkur’s brief time on this...

The History of Car Talk

In 1977, Car Talk’s Tom and Ray got a phone call from WBUR (Boston Public Radio) asking if they could sit in on a show about car mechanics. As it turned out Tom was the only one who showed up – not even the mechanics or Ray came to the show that day....

Spotlight on our Partner: National Public Radio

NPR (National Public Radio) is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 27.5 million Americans each...