Rory, I mostly agree with you on the Cascada (it should’ve had a V6 and a less-complicated infotainment setup) but completely agree with you on the pretty much death of the four-seat convertible for the everyman. Some people just want a nice, “normal” car that can be opened to enjoy the wind on nice days, but “NO,”…

The only person anyone should be rubbing against is their significant other.

Their mistreatment of Pontiac is one of the (many) reasons they had to go begging the government for money in the first place.

Two children - ideally one boy and one girl - would work better than just one. You can ask China how well that one worked out.

I hate luxury SUVs, because they scream “plutocracy” in a way that luxury cars really don’t. What better way to show your superiority to the peasantry than to roll around in something that could theoretically roll right over them with zero consequences could there be?

I miss when automakers’ lineups had more than 7 S/CUVs, 1 giant and 1 slightly less-giant pickup, a sedan or two, and maybe a sports car/coupe.

Torch, if you think that’s the bone structure of a car, how you think the rest of its innards are laid out?

Not really, because now it just looks like the Sando Aqua Monster from The Phantom Menace:

Starting? I wrote about this 4 years ago when I was under the delusion that I could become a blogger to supplement my income:

Who cares, it’s just another crossover. What happened to the MX-30?

“NO! I WANT TO DO IT MY WAY! I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS, SO THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS!”

I kind of left the show at “All This and Gargantua-2”, figuring that was pretty much the end, given how many important characters died...

I love how you basically say “maybe if anyone survives the catastrophe me and others with my attitude help cause, they’ll change the world, eventually, several generations after rebuilding what my mindset has destroyed.” By the time the effects of global warming are undeniable, it will be far too late to do anything…

Reverse: That’s how these guys supposedly got their name:

I, for one am happy to see a car company acknowledge that a market for non-trucks still exists, unlike the Detroit 2.5.

Ooh baby (ooh baby)

When I saw the premiere and the car, I thought, “Wow, Jalopnik should do a post about that.” Thanks for coming through.

This would technically be the 6th incarnation of Knight Rider:

Years from now, when Ford and GM have gone the way of Chrysler-that is to say, still in business but at least partially foreign owned-people will look back and say, “What happened?”