For those who can’t read Mandarin? What is the literal translation?

Forgive me, I know this is racist; How does “Swagger Wagon” translate into Chinese?

You mean the Evo? The driver of which clearly did not look behind them when backing out of that driveway...

I still own #85, though not for much longer. I am sad to part ways with it, but it is time to move onto something newer as I lack the motivation, skills, or money needed to keep mine in top running condition.

...you’ll likely get a Check Engine light, and you’ll be on Al Gore’s hit list - and I hear he’s surgical with a rifle.

Just did the math, there were only 268 total 4-door SVT Focus built in the right color combo from 2003-2004.

I would have guessed. I can’t say I’m not jealous he had those. I always wanted the first-gen RS.

Well, the 4-door SVT Focus is already a very rare car. In 2003, they only built 120 in the same color combo as this car. 148 in 2004. So, you’d have to find one out of a possible 268 vehicles, and I can guarantee that Jason’s car was the absolute cleanest example of the SVT Focus still on the road.

Hopefully he can get the genuine Euro Focus RS wheels repaired as they are unbelievably rare in the US.

It would be utterly impossible to find another 4-door Sonic Blue SVT Focus that has been as well maintained as Jason’s car. That car was always pristine. And Jason has been through a bunch with it as well, so there is no worthy replacement.

I have been part of the online SVT Focus community since buying my 2002 SVTF in 2006.

Well, it clearly exists. So there’s that...

Wait...

Gawker is “refocusing” on only politics and is shedding a few sublogs/sites. iO9 is soon going to be a sublog of Gizmodo. The Vane, Kitchenette, Milihelen, and few others got the ax.

Fuck Gawker for not keeping this much-needed break from reality around.

I gather that from reading the comments here and on the VW forums. It’s also total bullshit. VW needs people to want their cars right now, so they should be making efforts to get these into the hands of people who want them.

If I ever do get it, this will be the first brand-new car I have purchased. I am not going to settle.

I guess that customer must also not have many “deep thoughts” either...

There are zero cars the way I want on the ground in the US.

You’d think after all they have on their plate right now, they would maybe try a little harder to win over some more fans by making it easier to for people to get their cars, no?