Last time I checked, London Taxis were also low load-floor wheelchair accessible vehicles, but they've got so much style they're a national icon, while this looks like someone welded 6 refrigerators together and put wheels on it. #standardtaxi

@BigHarv: Nope. Just sense. #standardtaxi

@jodark: Oh, don't worry, if you live in Philly, and don't belong to one, you hate the unions. I'm just saying that it's not a national problem, just a relatively small (albeit incredibly annoying) local one, and I don't see Obama going near it. This is the third time these dipshits have paralyzed Philly in the last…

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: It should be, as I keep yelling into the abyss, a poor(ish) man's Land Rover. 4 models at most, but with lots of options for each, all competent off-road, but the higher end gets a luxurious interior to boot.

@Flathead Smith: I think that a Fiat Panda 4x4 makes a better Jeep than the Compass. That said, I don't think it should be a Jeep. #chrysler

@oddseth: But can your Subaru cruise comfortably at 150 mph and make people wet themselves when they see it? #2010astonmartinrapide

So basically it's an RV for assholes?

@lilwillie: But these are local unions, not national, so BHO's got nothing to do with it.

@VeeArrrSix: By announcing the strike, today was officially declared "punch a dickhead union worker in the face day" in Philly.

@Ash78 ain't got time to bleed: clap, clap, clap. You win. #fordraptor

@MushyHeirloom: I think they've been pretty clear in saying the 500 won't be badged a Chrysler, just sold in Chrysler showrooms. #chryslerfiat

@Nick Allain: I think you'll see Chrysler/500 dealers, Dodge/Jeep/Ram dealers and Alfa on its own. #chryslerfiat

@DrewQuail: I disagree. In looking at what they're keeping, I see it going more like this:

Scrubbed due to bad weather. Damn you clouds! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELLLLL!!! #spacelopnik

@Alfisted: I will line up at the door for the 500 and Mito. I think it's more curious that they'll bring the Milano (Golf-sized hatch) and 157 replacement and not the bigger 166 replacement and Brera.

@Pessimippopotamus: And I'd like to pile on with this. #qotd

They were probably just hoping they'd get new Caprice's out of the deal.

I'll admit to being disappointed - I thought I had a winner this morning - but this is well deserved. So bravo Van Sarockin, enjoy the last of the old-guard brefass scotch and I'll see you in the Wash 'n Dry (I don't really think that's a relevant phrase anymore, but my dad used to say it all the time). #cotd

@Placenta del Fuego, Alcantara Seats, etc.: Oh boy, hope the summer slaughter isn't continuing into the fall. above the byline too. #cotd

I once flew an F-4 Phantom directly from a sortie in Vietnam to Mugello, where I crash landed in the infield before hopping into Jackie Ickx's already-running 312B3 ‘Spazzaneve’ F1 car to run enough laps to obtain a superlicense to compete in F1.