The Type 2 VWs were also called "station wagons" stateside until the "bus" nickname caught on.

I'm not arguing that they were original. Just pointing out that they did, in fact, build cars within their borders. This has gotten way more serious than the original joke was intended.

British built, innovative design that doesn't compromise utility for faux retro looks. No reason to hate from me.

That is not a 1996 Voyager. At the latest it's a 1986 Voyager.

Now, now. No need for insults. Japan AND Germany made cars before WWII (like this Mitsubishi Model A), but neither had the distribution to call themselves automotive superpowers until well after the war. I think that's what SlowLane meant when posting this.

If it had the original engine, it would be NP. I just don't trust unconventional engine swaps that I'm not personal witness to. CP.

He's a semi-aquatic Chrysler machine of destruction...

Great minds...

So many of them are bad choices due to crumpling and air bags everywhere. I pick the Chrylser 300 SRT-8 for power and pedigree. Fuselage Mopars from days of yore are the only cars to be outlawed from many demo derby meets for the same reason winged Mopars were banned from NASCAR.

"American cars from the 1950s..." Really? Is there no one that knows anything about cars/is over 30 working for ABC news?

Exactly. May did it better.

Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries. So boring Jalopnik can't be buggered to spell either of them right.

Is that a Catera in the far back? What an epic display of Cadillac failures in one place.

I really need to track down some of those old Richard Scarry books.

I had the truck with car carrier too. I loved those things.

That's a lot of money to troll Bimmer owners, so CP.

Crack pipe, but a beautiful crack pipe.

No worries. I actually had to look it up to make sure. I thought they were on frame for the longest time too. Turns out after the early 60s, almost all American cars were unibodies. Some of the big luxury and police vehicles held out, but all the small cars like the Mustang, Nova, Barracuda, etc. were all unibody.

Thank you. Where it really gets sticky is things like Dodge Rampages and Subaru Brats. FWD or AWD unibodies with obvious car roots, but a distinctly truck-based bed (albeit under 4'x8' in size). By the standards of the article, they're both definitely cars, even though they're only slightly smaller than a Nissan…

It's going to be a Stig with the midriff cut out of the racing suit.