Because people really don't care about cars. If they did, HoPuff would be Jalopnik's bee-otch.

Or maybe the construction business is heating up again, and workers need to replace their trucks. Or maybe farmers are doing better and need something more reliable to haul hay out to the cattle. Or maybe people are buying campers and boats again and have discovered most SUVs can't tow for snot. Or maybe all those…

SXSW is one third as dangerous as a building in East Harlem.

It's a no-brainer, actually. A deed-restricted community is governed by covenants. When the potential homeowner decides to buy the house, he is presented with the covenants. At that point, it is up to the prospective homeowner to read the covenants and decide if he or she really wants to live there. If not, then go…

It ain't Christie. It's New Jersey's culture of political corruption. I've resided here for almost 10 years. I'm convinced, they like it this way.

Union VW in Union NJ also has their service center separate from the selling floor, about 1.5 miles away. You'd think the dealers would want to have the option of putting the service centers away from the dealership. In the case of the Union VW, the selling floor is on high-traffic/high taxes Route 22. The service…

You are correct sir. Both major parties in New Jersey have figured this out.

I wouldn't call this "outrage" over the Japanese Consonant Twins" yet. Put a dead Danish born giraffe on the options list, and then you'll have "outrage."

It's kind of like donating your body to medical school. We could double the outrage by putting aDanish-born giraffe in each Viper.

It's because sensitive folks from the East Coast find it offensive and couldn't understand the humor. Meanwhile, the rest of us laughed until our asses fell off.

That's still a lot of buttons to push that avert the driver's attention from the principal function of the driver...which is to drive the car. I'm not really sure why this is better. My experience with Apple Radio is the fidelity is less than what I'm used to. But hey, it's new and shiny!

You are correct sir.

Unfortunately, this makes sense for the U.S. market. Fiat has fundamentally two products to sell at it's dealerships. That's not really enough to get people in the door, especially once initial demand has been met for the 500...which I think it has. The Alfa-Romeo coupe-to-battle-the-Boxster is not going to have the…

And why couldn't Fiat/Alfa-Romeo/Lancia take the "new" Fulvia and put it on the Miata/AlFiat platform?

What does the word "opel" mean in any of the Chinese dialects? If "Coca-Cola" can be interpreted to mean "Bite the waxed tadpole" then "Opel" could mean "Put a leech on my ankle."

You can't. Most of America doesn't want to be bothered with a stickshift. And for most who do, they are convinced that cars have to be fast first, and handle second.

A three-cylinder turbo on a straight road? That's pretty much how it is for most of America. This car is pretty much a non-starter. It will be rare.

I might have been edyoumuhcayted in public schools, but that looks like it's only 50 percent more fun.

If it's the entry-level Focus, then it'll be the price leader. Being the price leader means going to your local Ford store, and asking to see the one-point-OH. And they'll say, "Sorry, we're out. We were allotted two of them. Would you like to see this one over here? It's a much better value with electric windows,…

I suggested Sandy Hook as well. But when you consider that you don't really want to see those people nekkid (so I have been told) it becomes much less appealing.

It's Essex County, New Jersey. Things are very weird here.