You mean that Fudgie the Whale is NOT a symbol of The Illuminati? I bet you can't use Google Maps to prove that your allegation is true.

Think of it this way. A V8 engine is really two I4 engines sharing a common crankshaft. Not only that, the 350 cubic inch V8 from 1975 was fundamentally the same 350 cubic inch V8 of 1968, except detuned to produce less pollution, which, back then, meant less power. How would I know? My parents had Cutlasses of both…

The Vega was worse than the Citation/Skyhawk. It's not uncommon here in New Jersey to still see a Citation/Skyhawk still in use. But a Vega? Seriously, these cars made the Yugo look good. That's why Malcolm Bricklin was confident that he could make money on Yugos.

Keep in mind that to give the V8 the "CVCC treatment," one had to essentially install two CVCC systems on a V8. That's a lot more expensive in materials and labor and training than adding in a bolt-in-up a catalytic converter.

You young pups really have no idea how awful American cars were back then. Really, really awful. Unspeakably horrible. The worst car you can think of today, the absolute worst, drives way better than the Detroit Pig Iron of the 1970s.

You are absolutely correct in your assessment.

Unfortunately, Mr Torchinsky, you have something wrong here. Very wrong. Start here, "met the strict new emissions regulations in the US without the use of heavy, power-robbing, expensive catalytic converters."

It's interesting that VW waits a year before releasing new product in the US. I recognize tool-up costs and such, but they've been so consistent at this that one wonders if it's their way of sorting out bugs before releasing product in a market where competition is tough ... i.e., against Toyota and Honda.

Some of us are old enough to remember when M-B Tex was better than the leather they put in Mercedes-Benz products. Not that the leather was bad, it's that the pleather was that good.

I'm old enough to have driven some of these cars when they were new. I can tell you exactly why they were sold here, but did not sell well. But why bother? You wouldn't believe me.

My friends who are dentists can't afford a 911 with a turbo.

8.) Chevrolet Verdoro Green

"Wheeler Dealers" is the only car show on TV that is worth watching. The rest of the TV shows "stars" seem like megalomaniacs, other than the Gas Monkey guys. They're okay. And Chip Foose seems okay too. But the rest? No thanks.

And this is why Peoria Carp Hunters.

And how long ago was it that automobile industry pundits, ecoweenies, and fashion prognosticators were predicting the demise of muscle cars like the Challenger and the Viper?

Excellent choice. And given the aircraft's combat support roles in Viet Nam, it's an even more interesting choice.

The home prices and property taxes explains why Toyota did not move to New Jersey, New York, Connecticut or Massachusetts.

I saw a black guy at the grocery store yesterday wearing a "Duck Dynasty" hat. He is an employee at the store, and the store manager is black as well.

Thank you. Please forgive him. The Gawker media people live in New York City and are afraid to cross the Hudson River. So like many liberal big city folks, they think everybody outside of NYC is completely intolerant of gays, particularly in red states. I think it's called "bias."

What if you have dyslexia and want to talk about having a BLT with Goat cheese on it for lunch?