Does it feel special enough to justify buying it over the 350 (that is cheaper and has a manual)?

You want funky design, unusual body, quick, reliable, “auto” trans, ~$15k and you have a short commute?

If you drive around Youngstown, you’ll notice a disproportionate amount of GM vehicles. One thing GM hasn’t considered as they shed their US workforce is they are also shedding their customer base. Towns with a plant are GM towns and they buy GM cars and trucks. If you eliminate your core buyers, who is left? Most…

The miles are higher than any of the comps I can find within 500 miles of me on autotrader. 2 of the comps are close to 100k miles. One of them is comparably priced. The other is a few grand cheaper, but is an automatic.

A more reasonable answer for a daily commuter (vs. a 20+ year old car) is a GTI.

The CRX was like the Miata of its time. No matter what the question,  CRX was probably the right answer.

Short wheelbase is good for autocross.

I know people have to be “unique” and “different” no matter what even if it isn’t “right”. If you really want some 80s radness and you want something that will autocross (via an abundant aftermarket) and you want to be able to wrench on it yourself there is an obvious choice.

He should have bought my 1982 Toyota Celica GT, brown with tan pin striping, fantastic era appropriate louvres, minimum rust, 5 speed manual, and only 80k miles. I was only asking $2500 and no one in this god forsaken part of the country wanted to buy it.

How is this even a question, you buy the best Saab you can find

As long as you don’t plan on actually winning any of those autocrosses:

I remember watching a video, I think it was Vice on HBO, that showed one of Mumbai’s richest people building a personal skyscraper with two Olympic sized swimming pools on different levels of his skyscraper overlooking a shantytown with open sewers.

Yeah, I think consumers outside the immediate area (Michigan, Ohio, etc) are pretty detached to what’s going on with the UAW. Consumers just want a product that has the most features for the cheapest price, regardless of whatever internal struggles a company has.

Example of a good choice?

Every movie set in modern day where the main character drives a stock muscle car.  Your Chevelle SS wouldn’t stand a chance against any late model sedan.

I distinctly remember the PT Cruiser being a great car when it was new, before languishing for a full decade while the competition improved tenfold.

First time I hear it’s because of the resale. Thought the beige/gold and silver are mainly because they don’t look dirty even if they are.

Just bought a beautiful bone stock 32 Chevrolet Master 2dr. And I must emphasize totally stock. Thus, no turn signals, seat belts,etc. I am now trying to decide whether to add those things or to keep it stock. As I intend to drive this car fairly regularly in and around our small town (pop. 12,000) I am leaning toward…

I think the grounds for the lawsuit are totally specious. Hart’s got money and he probably would’ve been sued regardless, so as Mack says, this will likely just go away with a settlement of some kind.

As one of the few Jalopniks reading who has a legit claim to a Mopar equiv to Hart’s awesome Barracuda,