The Volvo 262C was the most reliable Volvo, with its screaming POS French PRV6? I doubt it. No Volvo has ever been in contention for most reliable car in the world, either. They certainly had the potential to be durable back in their pushrod days, but reliability means something else.

There is no shortage of turbocharged numbers cars for people who like numbers and don't appreciate the joys of naturally aspirated responsiveness in a light, balanced car. To each their own. I'm glad that Toyota had the confidence in their vision to bring a car to production that doesn't rely on numbers to define…

A couple photos of the first compact Darts would have been nice too, beyond the one close up of a headlight and Dodge badge.

Yes, because house fires are so common that a couple of the first few hundred Volts on the road were bound for immolation. Nobody is looking out for you.

I'm a bit surprised that Allpar played a roll in this article, as there are manifold inaccuracies. The reason there weren't any 340s in mid '60s A-bodies was because there were no 340s. They were introduced during '67. Physical size wasn't an issue, as 273s, LA 318s, and 340s are all the same size externally. There…

Very subtle sarcasm there, what with the number of house fires involving Volts and all. [www.google.com]

There aren't any innocent victims here.

The cause of the accident was human error. The car isn't to blame. The people who bid it to seven figures because it is a link to a tragedy are some creepy amoral bastards though.

Ford has 176 Formula 1 victories and was very successful against Ferrari in the late '60s and '70s.

The last GM car to have customer satisfaction ratings that high after a year was the Oldsmobile Diesel. That group of self-satisfied early adopters were in for a rude awakening as the miles stopped piling up.

Looks like they kept the 15 spoke wheels that I don't like and ditched the center stack that I love. Scion probably means no heated leather seats too. I really wish this had come in as a Toyota with Toyota equipment levels.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

How many Volts have been purchased with our tax dollars for public fleets? Suppose you're just an SEIU card-carrying civil servant concerned with robbing the taxpayers as blind as possible. Your free ride is a Volt, chosen merely because it costs almost twice as much as the Fusion alternative. Now you can spend your…

I don't know how you can look at that photo and want to do anything other than close the window. It is seven kinds of hideous.

This seems completely asinine to me, but then I can't imagine what sort of mouth breathing imbecile would buy a new Cadillac. Maybe they'll think it is brilliant.

Seriously. After reading Ray's story, I asked myself why I bother reading anything here. It is embarrassing.

I thought they stopped being Soviets a couple decades ago.

The thing that gets me is that the Renault 10 ad is eerily familiar to the myths sold about GM and Chrysler cars after their bankruptcies. I don't think people were actually stupid enough to fall for it yet when Renault did it. Now they are.

Thanks to both of you! That makes more sense.

In Europe the Alliance was called the Renault 9. I had an Austrian car magazine with the conclusions of a comprehensive long-term test. They took the car apart completely after 50K kilometers(IIRC on the quantity) and found that the Renault 9 exhibited the worst wear of any car they'd ever tested. It was also…