Non-sporting convertibles are nothing new. These cars are just the modern version of this:

Nissan’s dealers are killing the company. I had a 2004 Xterra which was a great, bare-bones vehicle. Owned some other cars in between, and in 2018 put Nissan on the list of cars to look at with my wife. The dealers we visited were so smarmy that my wife was categorically turned off by them. (I didn’t love the vehicle o…

I was sitting here trying to be an altruist and thinking “none - there should be a vehicle for everyone and choice is good” but you talked me out of it. Fuck these things indeed.

Around here Prius’ are driven just like every other car on the road.  not sure where you’re getting your experience from - but it’s completely at odds with what I’ve seen.

The Dodge Avenger is such a hatefully awful car, representing the worst parts of “Chrysler” and every name the company has been under during my lifetime, which is 5 if my count is correct.

PT Cruiser. It was emblematic of the design disaster that was the automotive industry’s “retro” phase. Inside it was a wasteland of garbage materials and the worst rear seats I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting on.

I guess I’m all alone but I always loved the styling of the Explorer Sport Trac Adrenalin.

The CCP controlling the economy seems to be working really well for them. Maybe we should reevaluate if laissez-faire capitalism is still getting the goods it used to.

The ban is ostensibly due to the potential of spying and such, but really, it’s just a recognition that if the U.S. lets in cheap Chinese electric vehicles it’ll basically end the U.S. auto industry. Which is very possibly true. Chinese EV manufacturers have built efficiencies thanks to vertical integration that make…

Rendered up here:

If Miata is always the answer, how about a Miata wagon/shooting brake? A new version of the clownshoe maybe?

The last gen Impala because of this unholy rendering I found online

I’ll take mine in the Performance trim please:

I see the Lancia and I’ll raise the Ford Escort Cosworth, which I believe became the Focus RS later on. It did not win a WRC world title, but it had a fairly successful rally run, winning alot of titles in group A...Just look at that silly wing on the back, it’s awesome!

Clio V6

Lancia Delta Integrale Evo 2

BaT appears to have devolved from a useful place to buy and sell project cars into an entertainment site where we watch ridiculous bids

2nd time Fisker has gone broke....   Why would anybody give this guy $$$ a 2nd time?

...I see