I don't think I articulated the significance of the Valiant's greenhouse effectively. What was new about it was that the side glass was parallel to the door panels, with no step between the greenhouse and the doors. I'm not sure why you think a solid axle doesn't handle better than a simple swing axle like the…

It wouldn't surprise me if Detroit has offered more in the past, but the motivation for offering early retirement is different. This isn't because they have surplus work force that they need to be rid of to avoid paying people to do nothing. This is just a sweetener to allow them to hire some new workers now rather…

The Valiant wasn't an archaic design. The roofline being flush with the body sides was pretty forward looking at the time, the use of a unibody, the torsion bar front suspension, the torqueflite automatic(Corvair had a 2 speed powerflite), and the Slant-6 were all pretty pretty fresh executions of new or current…

I'd take the Viper over the ZR-1. Any time I can have a naturally aspirated alternative to a forced induction car, I'll take the naturally aspirated one. The Corvette has awful seats too, and I'm used to cars with very good ones. At least they both have manual transmissions. If the Z06 had decent seats, I'd really…

Wouldn't a 22 to 25 year employee make more than the average? They still get their pension, so it may well make sense to the ones that have been smart with their money. Toyota's concern is that many of their original US employees are going to hit retirement age at the same time. Replacing a quarter or so of them…

The Corvair was originally meant to be a non-sporty compact sedan that would slow the growth of import sales and give GM a market share among the expected American compacts that reflected GM's overall market share. The sporty Monza was an afterthought that caught on with car show goers. The Corvair's real problem…

There are real things to fault it for. The dashboard looks better than the one in the 2012 Audi A6 that I drove today.

Crack pipe. The decision was Automatic.

Does this same 'he hasn't been caught killing someone YET' mindset apply to crips and bloods too?

GM copied the mechanical layout from Europe, although scaled up a bit and with a bigger engine than was common, but they had a deep pool of designers that allowed them to influence styling throughout the industry. Part of it was that their cars were actually strong performers in many ways. Few people in post-war…

It was sensibly sized and packaged efficiently, which it had in common with the big European cars of the era, but saying it aped European styling is silly. For the most part, all the Europeans could do was copy American styling at the time. Even Mercedes-Benz's sprouted fins. The best thing that happened to European…

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have plenty to be grateful for.

The Fusion's styling doesn't work for me. The volumes are off and the Aston grill fits like a Rolls Royce radiator shell on a VW Beetle. The 1.6 Ecoboost isn't as powerful as the competitors' base engines and hasn't returned any additional fuel economy in comparison tests. The 2.0 Ecoboost comes in at a good price…

These days all German means is over styled, unreliable, and over weight.

I prefer the Accord too, but I'd take a Camry second in class. People that say they'd take a Fusion over a Camry probably don't even have their licenses yet.

Is this a late production car with a simplified dashboard? Where are all the touch switches that seemed so impressive thirty years ago? Somehow putting chrome wheels on a Lagonda and then sinking it in sewage makes it look like an Oldsmobile.

That's a shame. I've got to admit that I laughed when I saw the Audis shredded in their advertising logo riddled swaddling clothes.

Thank you for redeeming the time I spent reading this article!

They also didn't like the 2.0 liter engine, the 1.4 turbo engine, the manual transmission, the dual clutch transmission, the rear seat room, and the front seat's lack of comfort.

FFS, Car and Driver covered this when they interviewed the dumb bastard.