The gen 1 and 2 had better mechanical grip then the BMW equivalent of the era. However getting the good suspension and transmission was an off the book option pack. TOTAL ball drop.  It could have been a world beater, instead it became a rednceck M.
Reminds me of the Fusion sport they made as a farewell.

I started collecting in 1973 (Matchbox, then Tootsietoy; Hot Wheels started in 1975), so I may be the oldest commenting here. I’m at around 15,000 right now, with Matchbox and Hot Wheels making up the majority. The collecting scene is crazy, and it’s all scalpers (they’re not resellers, they’re scalpers!)

My elderly mom buys packs of Hot Wheels cars and hands them out to little kids in her apartment complex as gifts. Adults get scratch-off lottery tickets. Everyone loves my mom in that building LOL.

This effects me more than it does my kids. There are usually tons left on the rack that they don’t mind adding to their collection, like a donut car, some glow in the dark dealy. But for me, finding anything I like is hard. I don’t spend to much time scouring the racks, just a quick glance at the tags and I only ever…

On the whole, collecting things seems like a weird glitch in the human brain. It would be cool to have a mini version of my actual car, or of my dream car, but I *really* do not need to add to the giant box of cars that were collected by myself and then my son over a few years of our early childhoods!

I’ve been collecting Hotwheels my entire life, and I completely agree that it sucks right now. I’m lucky if I find a single example of a casting even up to a year after it actually releases, and in most cases I’m not able to find anything I want. It all just comes down to dumb luck of being at the store just after…

Alan Mulally did it for Ford not even that long ago.

Ford used to make some good reliable vehicles. But they were SIMPLE. Now, they're techy, complicated and kind of fragile. Then they price them way up, and put people into long term loans to pay for them. Prime example, the current F150 warranty is 5 years 60K miles. But they'll finance a loan for up to 84 months.…

A 2004 F-150 is generations behind the expectations of comfort and refinement many truck buyers have come to expect.

I’ll be straight up here. I love what Ford is doing in a number of ways, I think they appear to be more innovative and more adventurous than other domestic brands. I don’t put a lot of stock in the…

ford wants the appearance of a well engineered product, not a well engineered product. doing the right thing is too expensive.

I hope you saw all the TFL videos and what a shit show that Hummer EV’s been.

Possibly. I always felt the Fords looked better, seemed a bit more posh, and conveyed a more upscale image. Of course, those elements are all subjective, but I feel that in suburban America the Ford Explorer was more of a symbol of success than the Blazer was. 

This is how GM has worked for decades. A Buick is a Chevy with a little nicer leather a GMC is a Chevy with more Chrome and maybe an available engine upgrade.  Nothing here is interesting or new.  This allows GM to license more dealerships for what is essentially the same vehicle in the same zip code.  Badge…

2017 Audi A4: it’s constantly doing things. Mysterious things that I didn’t ask it to do. Ignition and everything else is turned off, but it’s busy with something. Not things that interfere with my using it, nothing indicating something’s wrong, but just...things. I’m sure these things have a purpose; I just don’t…

Yeah it’s like expecting someone who’s into fancy watches to be drooling over an Apple watch just because it has more functions. 

The Blazer should have just been an Equinox redesign.  yeah they missed the train.

It feels like chevy should really go after the 4runner instead, still capable but more livable in daily use. 

The greatest misdirect in gaming history

They shouldn’t have hired Michael Bolton as their web sales guy.

Speaking of scamming people to make a quick buck - who are these sponsored “ads” supposed to be targeting and is anyone actually clicking on them??