I’m pretty sure Volvo killed the special order only V90.

The 3600lb, 190" long Ecoboost Mustang might be a bit bigger than he was thinking.

I think Volvo should have some credit for keeping wagons alive. Sure, they aren’t Playstation era graphics boxy, but they at least give them to us (even if they may require special order).

The Ecoboost Mustang already solves the Capri problem

Plus, it was actually kind-of the butt of a joke - they were already known for being pretty terrible & unreliable, called out by Marty’s incredulous “You built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?” as in, why would you choose that as the basis for a time machine when it struggles to even hit 88 mph, plus the random…

NBC’s ‘Heros’ with Nissan. Every time I think of that show I think of the Versa. I guess placement worked. Plus they worked it into the dialog a few cringe-worthy times.

current market reminds me of Ferrari Daytonas during the last great car bubble. Except every other car seems like this bubble.

I really don’t think you need conspiracy theories to explain this. It’s just “auction fever” and demographics. This is no different than all the muscle cars that got bid to astronomical prices at auction 15-20 years ago. The demographic who lusted after these cars but could not afford them new are now in their peak…

Nah, coz even the ones with just screens command insane prices. Hell, have you seen the prices of used Tesla’s? If you bought one in 2019 or 2020 you’re almost guaranteed a $4000 profit regardless of miles. The whole market is nuts

Maybe this is simply an example of how much people DON’T like those fucking monitors on their dashes. Simple analog elegance, albeit with FIVE circles.

The 911 crowd on Rennlist etc. hype their cars so much among their own base that they are driving their own prices up and occasionally they drag in a new friend who is wheel-heeled by convincing him that he can’t live without one and he better get one NOW!

I’ve always loved UK Top Gear, but speaking of reviews, the one thing that does bother me is that the BBC and Ford obviously have some kind of deal because they’ve never driven a single Ford model that doesn’t receive gushing, hyperbolic praise from everyone involved.

Then you need to check out the Curious Cars Youtube channel. It’s run by this guy Bill who lives not far from me in Florida, but his car reviews are quite entertaining. I used to watch Douchemuro, but after a while I just couldn’t do it anymore. Too much about trivial quirks and features. Also Doug may like cars, but…

Yeah, Worman knows his stuff.  The show can be a bit cringe at times, but I usually learn something watching.

Counterpoint: Wayne is just Wayne on tv, a normal guy. Every other show has to have some sort of edgy cool spiky hair, leather-wearing soul-patched shitbird screaming at the camera and pulling “pranks”. 

Proper old school Top Gear can be fun to watch on youtube, when Clarkson was new and the presenters were talking about the best way to save money on the new Rover or some such.

Diesel Brothers!

Unpopular opinion (well maybe not so unpopular, since the article talks about “old school Top Gear”).
The more I grew up and got more and more enthusiastic about cars, the more I got less enthusiastic about Top Gear.

I started noticing that the car “reviews” followed always the same format:
- “oh no, this is an…

Grunge also didn’t blow up until 1991/1992. Torch did say early 90s, though, so technically he was still correct.

I’m here for an ePao.  Torch, Nissan needs to hire you as a Director of Obscure Vehicle Strategy/Chief Light Fetishist.