Had the American independent automakers merged when it was first suggested in the early 1950s by George Mason, who ran Nash, it might have been viable. James Nance, who was running Packard at the time, didn’t want to give up his personal power. By the time Packard did merge with Studebaker, both companies were in…

By that measure, would you turn down a Lotus Elan? It takes about five minutes to put up or lower the roof. The Series 1 & 2 cars had a framework you had to put up piece by piece. Later they went to a folding frame but it still wasn’t anywhere near as easy as a Miata. If you’re comparing sports cars based on trunk…

I didn’t notice battery tenders on most of those cars. If not started and driven regularly cars will deteriorate.

The people who do this to a 12C will eventually have the same regret as owners of 1963 Corvette coupes have who replaced the split rear window with the one piece backlight of the ‘64 models. With something as rare as a McLaren, I’d go the “it’s only original once” route.

That Ford Quadricycle is a replica. The original is in the Henry Ford Museum, which also has Henry Ford’s original “kitchen sink” engine.

For $1,000 a day, she’ll put up with some discomfort. Besides, how many beautiful women do you know that won’t strike a pose for a camera?

When was the last time you saw an advertisement for either the BRZ or FR-S, even on an enthusiast site or in one of the car magazines? Are Toyota and Subaru really trying that hard to sell them?

The guy's a dolt for sure but I wonder how many people laughing at him have ever driven a car with a high power to weight ratio, particularly something mid-engine that's already going to want to rotate? Simply put, if you have enough power to break the wheels lose you can get into trouble.

“Our proposal is a straw man. Not only are we sure the car companies won’t accept it, but we never had any intention of pushing for 5 percent for light trucks outright,” Oge said, saying EPA’s own technology team didn’t think that was realistic. “

This isn’t the government handing out loans, this is merely the government helping connect potential borrowers with potential lenders who are more than happy and willing to loan at a reasonable rate.

This is the big government you guys vote for, government run for the benefit of public employees and politicians, not the public. It becomes an end unto itself and its ravenous appetite must be fed.

Isn't this a more appropriate topic for a car enthusiast site than pimping whatever left wing cause the Gawker network is promoting?

The UAW was the only creditor that didn't have to take a haircut in the bankruptcy. It's not surprising that Hardigree neglected to mention the mom & pop bond holders that got screwed.

"I don't really know what else to say"

Master Hands, produced in 1936 by the Jam Handy Organization for General Motors and Chevrolet is terrific.

So, in your zeal to show your left wing bone fides, you dismiss a black Supreme Court justice as not smart, just because Clarence Thomas is a conservative.

Is Lotus really in parlous condition? It was a surprise to me when I read it, but it turns out that worldwide Lotus sales are actually up significantly. As for the company's financials I've been a Lotus fan since the early 1970s and it seems to me that the company has almost always been close to insolvency.

Henry Ford yielding control of Ford Motor Company had nothing to do with his antisemitism. After Edsel Ford, who had been running the company for years, died of stomach cancer in 1943, Henry reasserted operational control of Ford Motor Company. It was the middle of World War II and FoMoCo was a major military…

Jordan's second-hand F-16 fleet

Interestingly, the last two Chevy dealers that I visited each had an SS right in front of the showroom. Though Chevy doesn't appear to be doing much to sell it - if they had one at the NAIAS, it was stuck in a corner somewhere.