Maybe the civilian was a “TopGun” fan and wanted to do his best impression of Goose?

If you like driving a gloss-plastic bathtub with an interior that get sticky in sunlight, then, yeah, I suppose these might be worth a look. They’re fairly awful in person. The sky looks better, but the solstice has always looked like a jelly bean on wheels that someone stuck beaver teeth on one end.

Wretched interiors, cracking plastics, and each one comes with admission into AARP. Bleh.

I’d like to recommend the “NC”(or “ND”) Mazda MX-5. It replaced the “NB” Mazda MX-5 Miata, which you’re confusingly opposed to. However, it’s clearly an MX-5, NOT a Miata. “Miata” doesn’t appear on the car or marketing materials. Maybe also not even on the Monroeney sticker. Remember, MX-5 Is Always The Answer... Hmm,…

Maybe they pulled them from the stick shift 6s people weren’t buying.

Being a Mazda in disguise helps a lot

Toyota must have discovered the Puerto Rico loophole folks were using to legally import Mazda2s.... On the plus side, the front ends are still exchangeable. 

Toyota patent, but a chevy s-10/gmc sonoma/Isuzu Hombre truck body..  WTF?

Not great. Turbos, every oil seal can and will leak (at work we call them the unholy trinity: Oil filter housing, oil pan, and valve cover), ignition coils, throttle body, thermostat, water pump, and so on. The interior feels quite dated and the coating on the buttons rubs away almost as bad as GM’s & VAG’s buttons…

Except for the last-gen full-size Bronco, I believe all Broncos (including the Bronco II) have had squared/trapezoidal wheel openings. Even the 2005 Bronco concept had them. That said, round wheel wells definitely look better.

To the Gallardo owner: Take it to CarMax for a free appraisal. Make sure to make an appointment online so they can designate a senior appraiser to it and not make you have to come back for one to be there. At the very least, you’ll get an offer that’s able to happen immediately, and even if it’s low, you know what you…

The 60-series cars are/were the last gen, since the new S/V60s are only recently arriving in the U.S.

Even easier: Installing headrest cushions on the already-there “ladder”-looking Volvo headrests from the ‘80s and ‘90s (and maybe ‘70s, too?). 

There’s Facebook groups for just about every model yet made. 

I’ve had a few turbocharged engines and seen many high-mileage turbo vehicles. On most, the turbo isn’t a problem. It varies wildly from manufacturer to manufacturer. Recently I’ve seen an alarming number of turbos failing in GMs with the 1.4L and Dodges Darts/Fiats (also usually a 1.4L, amusingly enough, but not…

Eh, the various Henneseys, Shelbys, Roushes, and 80 special-edition coach-door Continentals that sold PDQ indicate that Ford knows the market of the upper-5-figure-to-low-6-figure automobile market just fine. They’d sell every one of these no problem.

The Coyote’s a wide engine, does it fit? If so, that’s exciting.

LA resident? Get a murano crosscabriolet. They’re less than a cup of coffee now, right? Added benefit: It’s a convertible.

The PT Cruiser was classified as a truck to help EPA/CAFE numbers. It was Neon-based, but other than that I don’t believe there was much more to it than that.

PT Cruiser was Neon-based, and it was a 5-door hatch or 2-door convertible. Caliber was on (I believe) the Mitsubishi Galant &/or Lancer platform shared with the Patriot, Compass, and 3rd-gen Eclipse. Not interested enough to look it up to verify.