By the way, I'm pretty sure the DMC-12 is actually rear engined, with that PRV-V6 hanging out behind the rear axle, for a 911 style polar moment of inertia.
Does it actually have a sauna, or is it just that the stock A/C components can't cope with the quadrupling of interior volume?
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Wow. First of all, I've never seen The Seven Ups. Now I need to. Thanks. Also, and since I'm being pedantic today, aren't both of the cars in that chase actually Pontiacs?
By the way, the question asks which automaker we'd vote off, not which brand, and goes on to give examples of automakers. While I'd certainly agree that Hummer, Saturn, and Mercury should be taken out behind the barn and shot, I don't think listing brands is actually responsive, and it's too easy.
Man, why all the Mopar hate!? Sure, Chrysler is the most likely to actually disappear, but at least they have the decency to make enthusiast autos like the SRT-4, Challenger, and Viper. Friggin' Toyota doesn't even bother any more.
It's no secret that the current Charger has strayed a bit from its roots, but no lighter!? The original had four of them! [jalopnik.com]
If it were me I'd swap the later Diplomat/Gran Fury for the earlier Mopar intermediates: the fuselage styled Fury/Coronet. For a kid who grew up watching TJ Hooker and The Dukes of Hazzard, these cars were iconic.
All these new pants-shittingly fast cars one upping each other for Nurburgring times makes me happy, for some reason. So does the idea that somewhere in Japan an NSX program manager is making the rounds of his engineers' cubicles, saying "Okay, so yeah, I'm going to need you to come in on Saturday. Sunday, too. See…
Fantastic! I love the ones who are looking over at the photographer with notes of suspicion or annoyance. Also, here are my unedited guesses, without Googling or thinking too hard.
I just wanted to say that I missed that '85 Duster ad, both when it originally aired and when it was posted here. I just watched it, and I'm not sure I'll ever be the same again. The Mustang ad seemed anticlimactic in comparison.
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