I found four searching nationwide on auto trader. From the pics, all four are honest to god six speeds. Three in Texas, one in Wisconsin. (I’m as surprised as you that half of them weren’t actually autos)

With the age and neglect this thing has suffered, it would take a down to bare metal restoration to revive it. Ever rubber part, every bit of wiring, every plastic part is suspect, either due to rodents or age. The brakes and the fuel system would need to be done fresh. The engine doesn’t even run. Fix the injector…

Well, the California DMV (sort of - see below) takes credit cards. This thread is specifically talking about doing DMV transactions at AAA. For SoCal AAA, they will not accept CC for DMV transactions (but they’ll take CC for other transactions - buying insurance or whatever).

Fair point! But I’d happily take any of those options over a 3.2 vee6

Yup, was saying the same thing in the article about Cadillac’s electric future last week. Tesla’s sales, in terms of the global market, are practically a rounding error. EV sales, in general, as you pointed out in another comment, are like 2% of the market.

I don’t hate it. From this angle, it looks like a Model S (which I think is an inoffensively handsome sedan) with a Cadillac face.

That, in red, was my dream car when I was 11 or 12 (yes, I was just as lame as a young as I am as an old)

For sure. The attraction of the AMG wagons is not some extra aero bits. Could take or leave that.

Agreed - there just aren’t that many people who want a personal luxury coupe, no matter how fast it may be. 

Another big part of this question is whether we ourselves are going back 100 years (time travel, essentially), or are you comparing perspectives of people raised in those environments. Because if you’re used to air conditioning, smartphones and 400 hp cars, you may find life “in the olden days” pretty insufferable,…

I saw an E39 M5 street parked in LA with a Gumball sticker. It was a fantastic green color with this cinnamon brown interior. I have looked at a lot of E39s and I don’t think I’ve ever seen that interior color (or exterior, for that matter...seems like 50% of them were sold with in silver/black....lame).

There are plenty of companies that IPO a minority stake. It’s a strategy private equity sponsors use to monetize a portion of their investment while retaining control. Large companies will also use it to get cash for a subsidiary business while still retaining control (which is what Geely would be doing here).

The Camaros are surprisingly expensive. I prefer the look of the Mustangs, so that’s what I tend to browse on Craigslist, but now and then I get curious and check out Camaros. It sure seems like the Camaros carry a price premium over the Mustangs.

Yup. Just out of curiosity, I looked at 2019 numbers by brand. Infiniti is outselling the following luxury brands: Alfa Romeo, Genesis, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Porsche and Volvo.

Am I the only one shocked that Lexus is only outselling Infiniti by a margin of less than 3-1? (1.9% market share vs 0.7%) I feel like Lexus IS ubiquitous, whereas Infiniti (especially new-ish Infiniti) is almost non-existent. 

I had the same thought. If you’re going to sell a wagon, it should be a comfortable family hauler with a spacious second row, or else offer a third row. This appears to offer neither. 

That’s the thing...looking at the photos of the rear seats, it doesn’t look like it gives you that much room. An acceptable compromise if you are getting a third row, but otherwise, it doesn’t really look like a spacious family hauler.

Yeah, when we were house-hunting, we found a nice looking house that happened to be right next to a freeway. Because of the geography (down a steep hill), it didn’t feel like it was close, but it was only a couple hundred feet away. We liked the house, it fit our needs, and was in our price range.

That’s a good point on resale value. When people can pick between a 3-year-old car with 35k miles and one with 120k miles....that’s a tough sell. Seems like in that situation you would be better off either buying a 3 or 4 year old car so you have less to lose in depreciation, or if you buy new, plan on driving it into…

Yup. I’m a (relative) old, so I grew up in an era when including “ps/pb” in a classified ad was a real selling point, and ads for new cars would mention conspicuously that an am/fm radio came standard. I don’t think my family owned a car with air conditioning until I had moved out after college.