I really wanted to vote CP on this one but...for custom coachwork that is probably every bit as crashworthy as a “factory built” convertible, it’s worth the extra coin.

2nd gear: About 30 years ago, auto manufacturers started using different materials that didn’t off-gas the volatile organic compounds to the degree that customers were used to. A lot of customers noticed that the cars didn’t smell “new” anymore, so some dealers cooked up some sort of “new car smell” spray in their…

1st gear: This sounds like good news, the money designated for the PPP program went where it was supposed to go. Did Jalopnik’s parent company receive any PPP money?

At the very least, maybe not using the Mad Max-term “Police Interceptor” as branding on the vehicle would be a good start. There’s nothing wrong with calling it the “Explorer”. GM called their police cars “Impala”, “Caprice”, and “Tahoe” as if they were nothing special. Same for the Dodge Charger. I think not…

Modern pickups really aren’t any worse for the environment than regular CUVs and small cars. Americans love full-size pickups now because they’re big enough for the family, will haul anything short of a tractor-trailer load, ride comfortably, drive through winter conditions, and they are the vehicle you want to be…

Ah, so Lori Laughlin put her car up for sale? Must need some cash for commissary.

So we finally get a new K5 after 29 years, but it’s a Kia and not a Chevy...

No, they introduced the ZF six-speed in the Corvette with the ZR-1 in 1990, and it conveniently bolted-up to the L98 as well, but it was too expensive to re-engineer the F-body for a three-year run when the next-gen F-body was being designed around the Borg-Warner T-56 (also found in the Dodge Viper in ‘92), and the…

You know, you probably saved somebody’s life (not just your own) with all the frame and suspension repair you did. It looks like most of the damage was limited to the body. Were they doing something stupid and ran into a dirt mound? The damage would have been worse if it was a high speed collision.

“The California Air Resource Board (CARB) just passed a mandate that will require manufacturers of large trucks like big-rigs, construction machines, and heavy-duty pickups to ensure that an increasing percentage of sales fall into California’s “Zero Emissions Vehicle” category.”

“The King Ranch, Limited, and Platinum models will have full fold-flat seats, so you can sleep in your truck if needs require. If you’re paying up for the King Ranch, you’ll probably be sleeping in your truck because you can’t afford your mortgage anymore.”

You will never see an ex-president go to prison. It will simply never happen unless they do something AFTER they leave office that lands them there. Even then, they have a much better chance of striking a deal to be under house arrest for a determined period of time. Why?

Is anyone...shocked?

This literally is a Nimitz-class SUV, maybe the B-52 of SUVs. I have some friends who have 400,000 on theirs and just replaced the injectors for the first time. The leather seats are rotted out, but with four kids and nearly 20 years of ownership, it’s still in decent shape otherwise. People love them because they’ll…

Interesting how GE wants to use the modernized descendant of the TF34 that’s on the Warthog and retired Viking to re-engine the BUFF. I think it’s a good option, but if we’re still flying the BUFF beyond 2050, we’re in trouble. By then, we should have developed enough capability with hypersonic cruise missles to not…

Thank you for recognizing Juneteenth as an “official” holiday. I only wish it wasn’t due to the latest trend of media virtue signaling anytime the President does something on a date something happened. We recognized Juneteenth in Oklahoma when I was growing up, but the context of this being America’s “Second…

Reluctant CP -- it’s about $2,250 too high for the work it needs. Maybe $2,750 too high. But these things were still running around 13-14 years later when the old ladies who drove them traded them out for FWD Sedan DeVilles, and it’s a much cleaner design than the Tiny Broughams that replaced them later in the ‘80s.…

Whatever changes Ford makes to the Edge are inconsequential. They will likely transfer production of it to the U.S. or Mexico due to the new USMCA trade pact, or China if that’s where the Lincoln winds up. The economics of keeping auto production in Canada are rapidly decreasing and it’s likely they will become like…

GM (and North American Aviation before that):

Virtue signaling has finally hit the IT sector.