It's the same in the Midwest, where trucks like these are status symbols as well. Actual working stiffs who need trucks tend to drive base model or well-used trucks. Douchebags drive the new top of the line models with leather seats and chome wheels.

Working stiffs!? For 50 grand?

In high school, I had a 1985 Chrysler LeBaron GTS with a 5 speed and the turbocharged 2.2. I participated in all manner of idiotic hoonery in that car, including but not limited to attempting to take it to its top speed (approx. 115) at night, in a light rain. That was on the Interstate. There was also a long,…

Whatever happened to the sexy girl who was building a Trabby-camino?

Whatever happened to the sexy girl who was building a Trabby-camino?

Whatever happened to the sexy girl who was building a Trabby-camino?

badge-engineered Monte Carlo, Cutlass, Regal from the 80s.

Any Jeep CJ/Wrangler with round headlights.

My old Acura Vigor hemmoraged oil from multiple locations, so it smelled gloriously once warmed up. Although some passengers were less than excited by it, I miss that smell. A crust of oil sludge baking on the outside of an engine block, mixed with burning oil on the exhaust manifold and pools of oil simmering in…

ok this isn't about the car or another "she's hot!" comment.

Ridiculous! This is just a list of exotics that you can buy new. Putting aside for a moment the absurdity of calling a car that's only been on the market for a few years "iconic," even if the list were limited to new cars (ruling out cars like the '57 Chevy, 550 Spyder, 300SL Gullwing et al.), the omission of the…

Glasses of water aside, I haven't seen anything addressing how they can reliably dissipate the energy that has to go somewhere when you try to instantaneously cut a few thousand engine revs. If these shifts are really instantaneous, then when a higher gear is engaged the engine will be forced to rotate more slowly. …

I don't think I'd even have wanted to date that girl anymore if she wasn't ripping off her flannel shirt after the Liz Phair concert (assuming this was back before Liz turned into a middle aged Avril Lavigne).

That is awesome. A four-cam, all aluminum, 1100 cubic inch V8 is enough, but with a 180-degree (flat plane) crank...holy shit. That thing must sound like a pissed off Incredible Hulk to a 360 Modena's Bruce Banner. Someone needs to mount one of these amidships in an old A100 van and then go out hunting the Race Taxi.

"What a disgrace to slipping AXOD transmissions everywhere...."

I think the Astra is a clever looking little car, and even without ever having driven one, I can say with certainty that it has to be better than the Ion, which is an abomination. I'm glad to see they're bringing it relatively unchanged.

+1 for the Pinto shooting brake. An additional feature of the Pinto "Wagon" (as Ford insisted on calling it) is that its additional length and extended frame rails at the rear make it infinitesimally less likely to burn you alive. Yay for safety!

My black on black second gen RX-7. I still occasionally kick myself for ever letting it go, and it was one of the least desirable RXs ever, an '88 GXL, which was a naturally aspirated car with more luxury items than the standard car. Less power plus more weight generally does not equal greatness. But I didn't know…

A 1970 Chrysler 300 (with 440) and a Caddy Series 62! Nice.

Wow. Naught to "show me on the teddy bear where the bad man touched you" in four comments. Impressive.