Yes, it was as reliable as one would expect from an American economy car(on par with ze Germans, but far, far short of Japanese cars.) Great little car to thrash on city streets, though. The torque geared 1.6l could really move under 50mph, and the Powershift’s  performance was actually pretty decent(sold it at 90k…

Nah, you are mistaken. Great car, especially with a manual.

I’ve had a regular one and an ST.

Actually, it was quite a decent car and yes, I’ve driven one.

I assume this means more 2-1/2 ton EV SUVs. That’s where the biggest profits are. Not a lot of profits in small cars.

Yes! Is there any way you could convince him to talk with me? All jokes aside, this thing is awesome, and I’d genuinely love to hear the story behind the build and his love of shortened cars. My email address is cwoodard at jalopnik dot com.

I can help! This is my friends dad’s vehicle. He owned a body shop in Texas and built it before retirement. He loved shortened vehicles and they tow this behind a converted bus. They moved to Richland several years ago when my friend got a job up there.

Hertz says the settlement shouldn’t have any impact on its capital allocation plans for 2022 and 2023 — in other words, the company doesn’t think this $168 million will impact investors’ pockets.

It looks like “monastery” was somehow lost in translation from this part of the original article about the Global Dream II:

Saying that someone isn’t as generous and caring as Dolly Parton is like saying someone isn’t as bad as Hitler.

I am confused about that as well. because

Exact amenities on the ship are yet to be announced, but its sister was expected to have an outdoor waterpark, movie theater, 20 decks and a 1,122-foot monastery.

same. I hate it. I hate that I actually like it... lets just hope the real version lets us down so we can continue to give the prius the irrational hate that it doesnt deserve.

Admittedly, the Prettiest Prius ever is a very low bar, but yeah, I actually dig the looks of this thing.

I drove the Fiesta ST at Ford Octane Academy, my god it was fun. A tremendous little fun car for under 20k. I fear that we may never see anything like it again. That new Yaris GR is like 40 fucking grand

They do mention Oasis, because that’s the only one inspired by them at all

His version sounds way more interesting. Yesterday was super duper conventional.

eh i think it’s a one-hand washing the other type thing. people buy beatles records because you’re told, since birth, that they’re the best most important band ever, so you toe that line.

I’m really curious to know what the people in the movie made of Taxman, and its extremely specific references to Britain’s economic system in the ‘60s, including name-dropping specific politicians.

YES! When I saw the film, it seemed obvious to me that it had missed a real opportunity by exploring how tied in to a particular moment in cultural history a particular song or work of art is. Hey Jude is going to be received differently if it were written in the 50s, or the 60s, or the 70s, or even today, and it was…