no surprise the GOP wants to get rid of funding for EVs. Their biggest mission these days seems to be going after any and all programs and departments which promote cleaner emissions, better fuel economy and alt fuels. It makes their big oil buddies displeased.

it's insane to me that any of the crap made from this era would be worth anything close to this. My dad owned a cutlass . Sane year. Same color. Not this special edition but still- it was a big piece of shit.

I haven't liked these since they were new. Granted I think most new VWs are junk, but the original Beetle was more true to a cause than the modern rendition. There was something more honest, down-home, utterly utilitarian and hence refreshing about the old Beetle. The car was the total opposite of what was offered in…

My general rule of thumb is to basically distrust any site, lobby name or organization that emblazons themselves with terms like "Freedom". Its an old-school tactic used by both sides of the isle but seemingly utilized more effectively by the right wing these days ( not I did not specify Republicans)

This movie sounds dumb and I haven't even seen a trailer.

That looks to be about the most awkwardly designed and probably most uncomfortable to wear watch I've seen. If someone told me this was some product offered in one of those airplane seat pocket magazines I'd probably believe it.

Well, Not car related but my "best" experience was with a riding mower. I needed to remove the carb and to do so required removing the muffler which was bolted to the crank case. The bolts were beyond rusty and I promptly broke both bolts off. I wound up drilling them out and accidentally drilled all the way into the…

Not all cars made by a manufacture are going to be guaranteed to be bad cars. I'm sure there are a few Yugos that made it to 200k+. Its the overall collective experiences of many owners that determines the brand's reliability and when it comes to that VAG products are almost always the most often mentioned when it…

Your VW sounds almost exactly like my Mother in Law's Jetta. Hers also cracked the intake. I'd never heard of a car doing that. Hers also clogged up with carbon to the point where the whole intake had to be removed and hot tanked. Hers also eats up coil packs AND the battery will occasionally go dead for no real…

PS: My mother in law's VW Jetta TDI was made in Germany and closely follows in the footsteps of other VWs: Its a POS.

As far as my family... hands down the WORST was an 84' Buick Riviera. My Dad bought it new and though I was 7 years old I still remember it. For a car of that period it was amazing. Power everything, a seat with 10 programmable positions, a Bose stereo, moon roof... the works. The car started falling apart within…

Mine was an 88' Nissan Sentra not because the car was bad but because shortly after buying it it became more and more clear that the car had been in a major wreck and later repaired pretty poorly. The whole front end was misaligned. The car would just randomly cut off at freeway speeds. In other words- a nightmare.

.... for primarily more metropolitan buyers. As I mentioned in my response.

Well that's what I basically was mentioning at the start of the response. Yes, I 100% agree that this does fulfill a niche, primarily and likely for metropolitan consumers who- as I mentioned- are more car oriented. That said the design of this to me looks borderline over the top. I'm pretty sure the production…

yup. Pretty much. This thing even more so. It reminds me almost of a modern day el camino.

we will see. I live in the SF Bay Area where people seem to have a penchant for cute looking cars. This one certainly fits in that category. What Hyundai needs to do is blend a little more granola in the mix. Give it some hints of Subaru, LL bean and maybe some earth tone interiors and there ya go... Instant…

putting on my flame suit... The Santa Cruz would probably sell reasonably well in metro areas and thus fill a niche that is missing for consumers who like the idea of a truck but are more ... Car oriented. That said... This thing is depressing. The entire Hyundai lineup is just fugly and this thing is no different. A…

CP. Mainly because these came out when I was in high school and even then they looked like they were made out of garbage can type plastics. Important to remember this was made at the height of the GM malaise era too. Most people I knew who had one of these would average 75,000 miles before they turned into rolling…

the focus and ford in general enjoys a fairly high reputation and us also ranked pretty high on long term reliability charts. Not sure those are factors then.

What Nissan did right was that they were first. The same with the Prius. Its been proven over and over that the first of any type of vehicle offered in mass quantities to the public gets the upper hand. I drove a Leaf not too long ago. It was ok. Not great, but ok. Sort of had a very econo-car sort of feel to it...…