2014 Jeep Wrangler Willys Wheeler

When we stated filling the imaginary Lotto Garage a while back, I hadn't anticipated driving anything new through the door. But while doing some research on for a recent Artvoice column on the new Jeep Cherokee I came across this special edition Wrangler Willys Wheeler. And I said "I like the looks of that." Especially in the color they called Amp'd (see the photo above). The Willys Wheeler package is largely, but not only, cosmetics; but this is the time of year when one's thoughts just may turn to a 4x4, so, there you go. Color your own Willys Wheeler by clicking here. — jc

1973 Porsche 914

Yes, this is a Porsche. And I wasn't going to include any high-priced fancy-schmancy sports cars here in the Lotto Garage, but this is kind of an exception. When it was first being developed jointly by VW and Porsche back in the late 1960s, the plan was for the four-cylinder model to be marketed as a VW — the replacement for the aging Karmann-Ghia, while Porsche would separately market the 914-6 (a six-cylinder model if you haven't guessed) as a Porsche. Somewhere along the line someone decided, and they were probably correct, that you couldn't sell what was basically the same car as both a VW and a Porsche in North America, so it went to the Stuttgart sports car builder. I think I'd prefer the base, four-cylinder car with the el-cheapo hubcaps, an orange paint job, and the matching orange-and-black plaid interior. — jc