Forget the diseased lung and missing larynx shots, THIS would be a great warning pic for the cigarette pack.

I initially thought of the sliding sleeve valve engines back in the day, but realized that they were actually simpler than multi-valve (just harder to keep running) so settled for the Mazda Millenia's Miller cycle engine.

Not to be a dick, but the GLH wasn't a K car. The Omni/Horizon and its coupe derivatives, the 024/Charger and Turismo, were L bodies, which had nothing in common with the K beyond (in later years) sharing the 2.2 drivetrain. If you meant the Daytona/Laser, you are taking about the K-derived G body, but that wasn't a…

Winner.

Correct! It's just coincidence. Or a particularly poorly maintained stretch of highway.

If not truly the fastest (413 V8 notwithstanding) then it certainly looks fast.

Yet every time a quality index appears with Ford near the bottom, the knee jerk response is "Oh, that's just people unhappy with MyFordTouch or Sync" while it's actually people unhappy with their cars either on fire or at the dealer in an attempt to prevent fire.

Indeed. My folks' last car was an 83 Fifth Avenue they bought new. 10 years and 200k miles later, the carbon buildup was mind blowing; the engine was still running strong 5 years later. They often got 28 mpg on the highway.

Indeed. My folks' last car was an 83 Fifth Avenue they bought new. 10 years and 200k miles later, the carbon buildup was mind blowing; the engine was still running strong 5 years later. They often got 28 mpg on the highway.

The Chrysler LA engine family, most notably the 318 and 360. Lived for decades, incredibly versatile, virtually as durable as the Slant Six but never as famous. Powered everything from the Valiant/Barracuda to Dodge trucks to the Fifth Avenue and so many more.

And here I thought "full line automaker" meant they made trucks too. Guess we learn something every day.

I think it's a combination of people not being aware of the Durango in the first place and a push to move out the 2013 models with big incentives.

Wasn't the Chevelle counterpart the Sprint, not a Caballero? I'm thinking the Malibu (G-body) was the Caballero relative. But I'm no GM expert by far.

I'd love to add the picture of the Floride's stalk but Kinja suddenly won't allow it... but youu can see it here:

I was actually looking at a Caravelle (Floride S, truly) a couple of weeks ago, and not only is the horn honked by pushing in the stalk, there's a funny handle you twist for the lights. And this was in the late 50s, designwise, so it's not new. Still a mystery to me, but I guess not to the French.

Based on the Nova or did you mean El Camino?

I'd be giving you a big 'recommend' star but my powers to do so seem to have be revoked.

I just read 'Cabrera' as 'Chupacabra' and damned if I don't like that better.

Really? My Renault was a manual, and it still made no sense to me at all. I would usually wind up pounding the wheel pad before my mammal brain caught up with the reptilian portion and redirected my left hand; this took a second or two, by which time the reason I needed the horn had passed.

You're probably not too wrong. But it's easy to be one when you see the same sad drama play out time after time on flight after flight. Travel for business for 20 years and perhaps you'll see the same thing.