I’m not sure how this impacts competition if all competitors are subject to the same restriction. Also, aren’t we above the safe speed limits at many tracks already - thus requiring restrictor plates and aero limitations to keep speeds down - so how does adding a cat really detract from the action?

I owned an top-of-the-line ‘88 Prelude Si4WS. Car handled like a dream. It actually set the standard above many super cars of the day for lateral-g’s and turn radius. That being said, even the DOHC engine in that car could have used more “umph.” That being said, I think $4k for a 28 year old car that will never have…

1988 Pontiac Fiero GT or Formula - V6/Manual. Why? - Last production year (when they finally got it right); low numbers produced; decimated by tuner-engine swap-kit car crowd; only American mid-engine production car other than Ford GT; and, of course R.I.P. Pontiac. Remember, no one ever thought Porsche 914s would be…

Batteries that explode in fiery death? Just sell them to Ferrari.

This wins the award for the “Stupidest Jalopnik QOTD EVER!” There are only 2 possible answers for this on this site: (a) Miata, and (b) Brown turbo-diesel wagon.

Let’s see ... small, 2-seat, plastic, mid-engine ... Fiero?

Since we can’t complain about Honda’s failure to deliver an NSX anymore, now we’re back to this? Believe when see I will.

Am I the only one that thinks the Geo Metro Tryke does not deserve to be on this list. Everything on this list is a complete and unapologetic POS. This one however ... Now, any conversion of this magnitude runs the risk of being a craptastic death trap. But this is just so insanely and wonderfully weird that I feel a…

Two were built. Shelby kept one, the other was intended for Cosby but Cosby gave it back because he was too scared of it to drive it.

Isn’t Cosby’s bit about the Super Snake?

Wrong, EVERY prepubescent, male tween LOVED this! They were obviously the target market - more scoops, more wing, more spoilers, more, more, more. While the end result can’t be called “beautiful” I sure am glad that someone had the balls to build it in all its awesome overstatedness. (Now, will they please just build…

Where’s the original Pontiac “Iron Puke” Fiero? They made it look like a hot sporty 2-door wedge and instead is was a miniaturized, parts-binned, Chevette/Citation. The performance was so divorced from the looks that sales dropped by nearly 50% between the first 2 years of production (1984-1985).

The JFK to Newport, R.I.? Not hearing a word about that here in R.I. (although I did find a website dedicated to the project). It would actually go to Quonset Point on the other side of the bay — there’s no room for something that big in Newport - not even close. I’ll put this in the “I believe it when I see it pile.”…

Add this to the list of stuff no one ever ASKED for and no one WANTS! Aren’t we distracted enough in our cars? Plus, couple all this extra info on your dashboard with the fact that no one has a decent glare-free screen (and the aftermarket co.’s are the worst) and you’ve got a real problem.

Wasn’t the R5 a Bond-Villain car?

How long can you actually ride an Ape Hanger before your hands go numb? So stupid.

Sometimes mechanics make “preventative” repairs to protect customers from their own stupidity. When I asked a friend who manages a rather large garage for his family why no one seems to turn brake rotors anymore he told me that he had too many customers who ignored him when he told them that the resurfaced rotors…

4th Gear: I can tell Acura how to get it’s mojo back - GET RID OF THE DAMN BEAK ALREADY!!! It’s been fugly since the day it became their design language to the point that I have not even considered their vehicles during my last several purchases. The most recent iteration is a little tempered, but it’s still there and…

So non-superheros like James Bond, Speed Racer and Mermaid Man make the list and the Green Hornet and the Black Beauty don’t??? What shenanigans is this? the next thing you’ll tell me is that the ultimate car isn’t a brown, diesel, Miata wagon (manual of course)!

First Congress would actually have to give the Coast Guard some money. They won’t even pony up the money to replace the USCG’s 50 year old cutters many of which can no longer obtain parts. The USCG is asked to patrol hundreds of thousands of miles of ocean, rivers & lakes; maintain aids to navigation, interdict…