I’m not sure why you’re so convinced FCA’s partner will be Mazda. FCA’s robust history of working with Mitsubishi to sell the “Dodge Colt” goes back to the early 1970s, and expanded across product lines from there. Although FCA has a deal with Mazda to build the Fiat Spyder, that’s the nichiest of niches, and one that…

I feel bad for people who don’t understand that personal experiences, over prolonged periods of time, lead to an ability to read and interpret lifestyle choices as clues to personality traits. Life must be a bit sad when dealing with that inability to trust other’s judgment.

Turn down the obviously “show car” attributes of this project, and I think Opel has something. That doesn’t mean they’ll sell it in America, but we can hope.

They took a fiberglass body, and then they bonded a bunch of plastic to it. That doesn’t sound good to me.

Pre-GM Saabs mounted the engine longitudinally, just like the first Oldsmobile Toronado and the Cadillac Eldorado. Once GM began to throw their weight around Trollhattan, everything went sideways.

It’s not all lost. There are clearly some usable parts on it.

Money talks and bushillt walks. Go get ‘em.

“Won’t see another one, ever.”

Thank Odin. They took a perfectly good Sonnet and turned it into a parts car.

Except for one thing. When you do have the navigational package, like I do in the Grand Touring model of the Mazda3, this button works extremely well, and takes you directly to nav, and if you’re in the nav mode, it tells you where you are. I love it. Too frickin’ bad for you if you don’t have the nav.

Your garden variety hunting car for the Maharaja is the predecessor of the SUV. Put all the rifles in the car, and let’s go bag some tigers! It’s kind of like the “King Ranch” branded SUVs. http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19363…

No. It only had two seats. Not too soon. Two seats.

If it’s a small wagon, rather than calling it the TourX, they could call it the Tourette. Then we could all cuss at it.

The Whataburgers in Florida are located mostly in the Panhandle, and some in Jacksonville. The truly batshit crazy Florida stuff happens mostly south of I-4 which spans from Tampa to Daytona Beach. There is some craziness up in Hernando and Citrus Counties, but mostly south of I-4.

And you’re right about the Sorento.…

The idea that Jalopnik readers would complain about a Chinese-made Buick is hilarious. The chances that any Jalop would buy one remains unlikely. If it’s any consolation for those of you who harbor those sentiments of “poor middle class factory workers are losing their jobs to China,” keep in mind that Mercedes-Benz…

1. Seems obvious. Since Ford sells a fuckload of trucks, which aren’t exactly fuel efficient, they have to give a truckload of fucks about how they can meet CAFE and EPA standards.

2. Yes, I’d have bought new a diesel if someone made one, in a body style, with Japanese reliability, that meets my needs.

I saw a guy do a stunt similar to this at the motorcycle demolition derby at Daytona Beach Bike Week a number of years back. He road a UJM into the front fender of a Ford Tempo, went over the hood of the car, and into a long stack of cardboard boxes. Oddly enough, the cardboard boxes were for motorcycle helmets. This…

Why is that “crazy?” Seems perfectly logical to me.

More like “How would Torchinsky’s posts be if he didn’t own a bong?” But hey, there is a “torch” in his name. Obviously, he’s not using it to be a welder.

There was the Mercury Village “Nautica” Edition. It was a branded badge engineered Nissan Quest.

Put down the bong Mr. Torchinsky. This is the stupidest question ever used in an online forum to engage site visitors.