$2,000 is definitely what-the-heck money for a 300ZX 2+2. Mileage isn’t bad and the f/i issue is easy to fix. But what got me thinking was why Chevrolet never offered a 2+2 Corvette, especially in the C4 through C6 models? The 300ZX is proof that it could have been done rather cleanly, although it definitely would…

Neutral: Our local airport KCI (MCI) went from three terminals to two, and now they are building a brand new terminal with fewer gates than the two currently being used. Airline consolidation in the ‘80s and ‘90s, security issues, and convenience demands of travelers have driven downsizing of a lot of regional…

This is not your father’s Maserati.

Might not be the biggest. There have been train derailments in the U.S. that have taken out a week’s production from a plant before.

Also, DT’s Jeeps and “winter beaters” are not the norm. Notice his recent articles about the difficulty he was having getting most of his “fleet” registered to prevent getting a nuisance citation from the city. Much of that was due to the fact that they were not road legal and would not even pass a lax inspection in…

I absolutely agree. One of my work responsibilities is handling insurance claims for my employer’s vehicle fleet. Our state has a mandatory vehicle safety inspection for vehicles that are at least five years old, but they have limited the inspection fee by law to $12.50 or about 10 EUR. When a shop is charging $100…

Unless it’s a police union. Oh wait...

When I was in law school, we were taught that tort law is written in blood. FMVSS and caselaw are the result of people dying or being seriously injured. School buses are required to meet FMVSS, and there have been several examples of manufacturers being held liable for vehicle designs that met or were grandfathered…

Here’s another fact: Vehicles sold in the U.S. market are safer than vehicles purchased in any other country. Why? Because in the U.S., FMVSS and relevant caselaw requires the vehicle to reasonably protect you EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. No other country requires this level of protection. This is why many…

1/3 of all traffic fatalities are due to driving while intoxicated. 10,955 people died in traffic accidents due to DWI in 2018. More people were killed by drunk drivers in 2018 than have been murdered by assault weapons in 50 years. We now have a whole segment of society that wants to defund the police and buy drunks…

So, Erik, would you care to share exactly why you believe this case is absurd? Every single post you have made regarding the case has been a hit on GM, yet you are obviously not privvy to any documents within the case that have not been publicly disclosed. The parties haven’t even completed discovery yet and FCA’s…

It’s a relatively clean example of the bottom of the barrel. It needs a new top too, about $2500 worth of work, not an especially desirable model year, and no A/C. This might be a $5,000 car for someone who has a rusted and busted GT convertible and needs a “body transplant” to rebuild their car and flip it for…

I’ve said it before and I will probably shout it into the wind for years to come. The only things keeping GM and other legacy manufacturers from selling only EVs is lack of compatible fast-charging infrastructure and market demand. If the government came in and told Tesla that they were breaking off the Supercharger…

Soooo...which manufacturer mass-produced the first modern EV nearly 20 years before Tesla was even a thing?

Seriously, is this the new direction of Jalopnik? You claim corn is a “menace” on rural roads and cite six deaths nationwide in 13 years due to people not slowing down and looking around the corn and beans? Is this the investigative news section from the Shermer High School newspaper?

I’m not sure who all is left at Jalopnik or GMG in general, but Erin in particular has recently been fond of reposting articles from other sources and completely misinterpreting the facts in her editorials. Analysis of incidents involving aircraft are better left until the NTSB has issued a report, especially for…

1st gear: The body shop at Lordstown is worth $1.6 billion just by itself. I don’t know how they’re going to convert that little plant to body-on-frame, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. GM certainly didn’t want to do it.

I mean, other than “dry cleaning your lungs” (RIP Kelly Preston), the worst thing that could have happened was the Endeavor lands on Florida Man’s Boston Whaler, Scarab, or Bayliner. I’m sure the capsule would have been fine.

This had to be way more fun than sculpting the new Silverado.

Neutral: Yes, and subsidized for certain income levels. An $80,000 BEV should be subsidized in cash incentives down to $20,000 for anyone with less than $1,000,000 in personal assets or $150,000 in income. TBH, we are also going to need MAJOR government investment in the power grid to make it happen, along the lines…