Ten years ago I moved from Colorado to Brooklyn. A few years before I drove on my sister's move with two UHauls. One, a diesel, lost the vacuum pump mount somewhere. They had no particularly organized rescue program. The same one got hot going up a hill, towing a Honda, and we had to stop and cool it off. Lucky for…

Those are all cars that cost two or three times what most people pay for a car.

Nah. The 200 was a really brilliant super quickie facelift and interior redo by the new new Chrysler that really changed it, and it got a lot of mechanical tweaks at the same time. I know, still worst in class but no one else had a convertible with room for more than two actual people, available with a metal top, and…

The regular 500C is already totally adorable.

There are a bunch of them around Manhattan. It's the only car you can own there without a parking space that costs as much as apartments other places, and still be pretty sure you can find a space. Anyway, the new one, although dumpier looking and probably longer, is probably going to be a lot better.

Alex tests the cheapies.

No seat belts either. Hard metal dashboard. Somehow any idea of what happens in a crash just did not exist to most people.

Thanks for that.

Doesn't seem too Jalop related. And thanks.

Did somebody say electroluminescent gauges?

There was a competition and the finalists (only entrants?) were a Ford Transit based one, the Nissan, and some purpose built one. The Nissan won. But they said it would be too hard to make them accessible, and then London got a proposed one just like the NY Nissan only accessible and with a smaller turning circle.…

These things can't be explained, but even as a kid at the time I remember looking at a local panel delivery Chevy Advance Design truck with the one tail light and the license under it and thinking the whole thing was awful and impossible to justify. Fords were OK though. (Note: my family was not into cars and did not…

The US is hardly PC in real life. Changing the name of Squaw Peak and agitating for not having a major sports team called the Redskins etc. are legitimate and reasonable.

Not too mention the requirement of a chrome grille the size of El Capitan.

What about trying to look out over that hood? That part is really stupid.

If the shoe fits, wear it.

The current Chrysler/Dodge minivan is indeed awful. Awful looking, awful to be in even with the in and out facelift by the New New Chrysler, and awful to drive. I like my 1990 Transport a lot better. The previous generation even with a more primitive rear suspension was nicer. But the upcoming one done entirely by…

Deep down I think it's actually Mercedes related.

Yes, streets in run of the mill small city downtowns have no traffic whatsoever at night and no laws or police.

You mean Carfax.