Actually the analogy would run more like this:

Most of Isuzu's designs are their own, with the exception of the Ascender and the Oasis. Unfortunately, most of the company's history in the U.S. is in some sense or other being somebody's bitch: Subaru, Honda, and especially GM.

Excellent choice. I've even met ardent air-cooled VW fans who had actual disdain for the thing. Disowned by both families!

There's a bunch of AMCs worth well into five figures... Rebel Machine, SC/360 Hornet, Hurst SC/Rambler, Marlin, Javelin SST. Hell, even an Ambassador SST in good condition could be well over $10K.

Yeah, most of the 1,000 remaining Superbirds you'll see are 440 cars, either 4-barrel or Six-Pack. Only 135 Superbirds with 426s were made. Big price difference between the two, unsurprisingly.

At least we know Jalops aren't to blame. Otherwise we'd see "BE ALERT FOR MANSORY" and "BECAUSE RACECAR ON FIRE"

Not yellow. But still magnetic.

It's a shame, we could have used Harris during the great Mondial Wars. But that's water under the distributor cap.

Toyota and Dodge still do that I think. But it hasn't made sense for a while because so few people buy small pickups. For small and mid-sized SUVs, a unibody will suffice and be far more comfortable a daily driver. Plus, these designs tend to boost the carmakers fuel mileage.

After finding that, this showed up...the Bennie rail plane. All kinds of awesome.

It's predecessor from 1919...apparently also a German creation, using a leftover WWI aero engine. The Germans were forced to destroy all of their military hardware, so this idea never got much traction.

Shouldn't that be the O'Doul's of gasoline?

I have this dream of installing axle-mounted cutters ala Bond's Aston. Not much room here...oops.

What really upsets me is that I've been paying to drive this whole time.

Check the Urban Redevelopment Pack box and AMG gets Mansory on the red phone.

Well played.

I hear '8' is a lucky number.

A formation of trolls.

I think you mean Theoden, but, wow, dead ringer for Bernard Hill.

The transmission name will be included as a 64 GB wav file on an iPad2 in the glovebox as soon as Porsche North America can pry one from the hands of Chinese scalp gangs.