Have you looked at what these allegedly better headlights cost? Most of them are modules without individually replaceable elements, costing hundreds of dollars per unit. Which is why so many people are driving cars with lighting clusters where one or two LEDs have failed, as they can do, and not replaced them. Basic…

The Gremlin’s front seat room was, by design, similar to the Hornet. It was the rear seat that suffered from legroom problems through the wheelbase truncation, especially in the models that had split-back bench seats. If the driver was tall, the front seat almost touched the full width of the back seat. Nonetheless,…

A year after the Audi, Ford copied itself in Germany, with the Taunus TC:

The Ford Torino GT (also available in Fairlane 500 trim) is an even more direct inspiration, down to Audi copying the five “vents” (which in its case might be functional; it’s been a long time since I saw one of them):

Half the vehicles shown have factory-tinted windows; they’re just not as dense as the tints you object to. The non-uniformity, caused by the sensible prohibition of tints beyond a certain level on the windshield and front windows in most states, is part of the aesthetic problem. The tone of the surrounding paint color,…

In my experience, placement towards the right is more common than exactly in the center, so expect to find it there on other brands and models, too. When vehicles are new, there is usually a decal on the garnish indicating where the button is; some vehicles have an embossed mark. And of course some brands use the rear…

“Volvo has Volvo Trucks”. Not exactly. AB Volvo is Volvo trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Volvo Cars is a different company with different ownership that shares the logo and museum of its previous affiliate, and nothing else. When Volvo Cars was last for sale, AB Volvo was uninterested.

To quote Broadcast News, way to blow the lid off nookie. I don’t know what rock Jalopnik has been living under the past decade, but the fact that emissions credit sales is a major source of Tesla’s revenues, and in some quarters their principal source of profit, has been reported for years. The information which is…

Those wheels weren’t exclusive to the GTI; they were standard on multiple VW models, including this one and the Cabriolet.

Moon and Mars actually play each other in some scholastic sports. There is also a Venus, PA, a short drive away from Oil City.

Next up, ball of celestial flames discovered rising in the east.

Even the reference video concedes that even if its production was delayed, the TC was designed first, so the TC cannot be a “tarted up” LeBaron; the LeBaron was a decontented TC knockoff. A few years later, Nissan at least managed to introduce the 1993 “Stanza” Altima (JDM Bluebird) months after the Infiniti J30 (JDM…

Ford was cashing in on a TV series five years before the series existed? That is an 8-year-old’s logic. They were attempting to capture some of the money going to aftermarket conversion shops, after the fad had already peaked.

I think it is mostly random error or misunderstanding, as I also find cars marked as automatics that clearly show manuals in their photos. And on Sundays when I entertain myself kicking used car tires at closed dealerships, I’ve seen the wrong type of transmission listed on the dealer’s own summary sticker, numerous…

34th anniversary tomorrow

GM and Chrysler’s failure to plan for the last recession before it actually happened is a big reason why they went bankrupt. History is littered with automobile brands for which things looked sweet in a boom, and then they disappeared shortly into or after the next contraction.

HOAs are not that common here, except in some newer developments, but most municipal governments have codes concerning property maintenance (which falls under health and safety) including a maximum grass height (e. g. 6" around the house site, letting meadows grow on outparcels is usually OK and common). A complaint…

They taste like meat to me; they do not taste like beef, which I think is the problem for some people. I’d pick Beyond over ground turkey, though. And the cooking instructions, probably designed to prevent drying out too much, leave it rather “rare” in appearance and texture, which some people don’t like.

Possibly because because people who actually bought manuals bought the GTs, while the Sports sat in place for months. Selling cars makes money, storing unsold cars you owe money on does not.

Bedford was Vauxhall’s commercial vehicle (aka truck) subsidiary. Apparently since Vauxhall itself only offered the Viva as a 2-door saloon, someone decided there was a market for converting the Bedford panel van version into an estate car.