ChiefPontiaxe
ChiefPontiaxe
ChiefPontiaxe

This QOTD is confusing. What qualifies as a sibling? Mike's example was of two trim levels of the same model (Belvedere), but the examples below are of different models by the same make, or are of body twins of different makes.

My parents have a family friend who drove a Volvo 242 (1976 I think) just like the one pictured. He was not a tech billionaire, but rather a retired Colombian drug kingpin.

This is the Aussie version of riced out- uh, bloomin' onioned out?

'ring time?

So do they get to keep the car?

Trolling the USPTO's electronic search system (TESS) is a good way to see what the industry is up to. From a quick look, I note that GM applied to register "CROSSVOLT" indicating a possible crossover version of the Volt. More importantly, GM also applied to register the COPO and HOLDEN marks in the US! They also

IIRC there's a bottle of wine in that one, right?

Sorry, but you'd have to be Rocky Mountain High at that price

Another 80's classic!

This wasn't on my wall, but if you grew up in the 80's, no such topic would be complete without it.

If this car ever needs bodywork in China, I bet it will be repainted in fool's gold

<< My car has arrived!

I'll never understand the need for people to provide personal details about themselves or their families to every stranger their vehicle encounters, e.g., "Hey! I've got two little girls- wanna follow me home?"

Anybody under the age of 35 refers to all 3rd generation Camaros as "IROCs"

If it is an IROC, it has the wrong wheels and no IROC lower body stripes. IROCs have 16" wheels. This one has the 15" wheels found on base Camaros.

IIRC when the potential buyers of the XJ220 tried to back out of the deal, lawsuits were initiated, and the outcome was that they got half of their $80,000 deposit back, essentially paying $40,000 for the privilege of NOT buying the car.

When you wrote "It comes from a maker with no racing pedigree whatsoever," I assume you mean Lamborghini and not Toyota, right?

Maybe in Vancouver the no a/c thing may fly, but here in the lower 3/4 of the U.S., with no a/c, that cloth interior is gonna smell funky real soon, if it doesn't not already.

I guess he'll be late to the Whole Foods as well

"Major Boobage" Rocket-powered Trans Am from South Park