You are not reading from a file, so $. does not change. Either read from the input when printing the lines, or use an index to the array instead.

Here's how I modified your code: 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use feature qw{ say };
use v5.10;

sub view_all_railcars {

    say "View All Cars";
    *MYINPUTFILE = *DATA{IO}; # To simulate the input.

    my $viewlines = 4;

    print "=====================\n";
    print "|CAR MODEL|CAR OWNER|\n";
    print "=====================\n";

    while (<MYINPUTFILE>) {
        chomp;
        my ($VcarModel, $VcarOwner) = split /:/;
        $_ //= q() for $VcarModel, $VcarOwner;

        if ($. > 1 and $. % $viewlines == 1) {
            <>;
        } else {
            print "\n";
        }
        my $format = "         %-13s %0s\n";
        printf $format, $VcarModel, $VcarOwner;
    }

    print ("\n\n\nWHEN YOU ARE DONE VIEWING HIT RETURN: \n\n\n");
    do 1 until defined <>; # Do not end on CTRL+D
    say 'cls';
    say 'Menu';

}

view_all_railcars();

__DATA__
Ford|Philip
Renault|Renee
Citroen|Cyrill
Mercedes|Mike
Chrysler|Chris
Bentley|Brian
BMW|Brittney
Chevrolet|Shirley
Skoda|Stanley

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In reply to Re^3: Adding Pages by choroba
in thread Adding Pages by PilotinControl

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