If I lost my 2022 Maverick Hybrid I’d be right back at the dealer looking for another one. If the wait for a new one is as long as the wait for the first one was (1 year) I might keep any eye on Toyota to see if they make good on the promise to do something smaller and cheaper (and more efficient) than the Tacoma.

Losing $90,500 on a Maserati over five years breaks down to about $50/day. And that’s before fuel and maintenance costs. Holy h3ll.

To quote Chander Bing, “Ah, the high road...”

Someone needs to take the VW executives outside (preferably to a Costco parking lot) and smack them around the head while yelling “AMERICANS DON’T BUY A LOT OF SEDANS” and then hold up a pic of that wagon in front of their faces and scream “This. This. THIS!”

NP from me. Reasons: The interior — which I’d never really seen before — seems pretty atomic-age unique. And this car seems desirable being an earlier example. With so many cliche 60s/70s “muscle” cars out there now, this is refreshing break from the usual. (“Muscle” get the parentheses since these so-called…

Agreed; if I follow the rules (put down my $100 deposit, wait FIVE YEARS, and assume the financial risk of buying the truck with my own money, it’s not up to Tesla to say what I can do with that asset. If my kid is in the hospital needing $50K in medical care I’m not waiting weeks or months for Tesla to buy it or OK…

Kind of a reluctant ND. Neat car, but it’s at that age where it would likely add more stress than joy to your life. I mean it’s cool, but at the end of the day how much fun really comes from driving around in a 30 year old mid-sized sedan? 

Well, finally a question we’re all qualified to answer because we’ve all been there: what do I buy to replace my dying VW? The “I just want to restore my sanity and have something reliable” answer is a Camry. The “I still have a pulse and enjoy driving answer” is a stick-shift accord of fairly recent vintage. 

This is like finding your grandma’s mint collection of Princess Diana/King Charles commemorative wedding plates in a box in the back of the closet. Unique, well kept, made her happy and she spent some $$$ on them, but... no one really wants them. If this car were stock it might be neat for a museum, and if it was a…

This thing makes a Bricklin look like a Swiss watch.

I’m so tired of this “never because it’s made in China” reaction. This is today’s world. I bet if you flip over the mouse or phone that’s in your hand it says “Made in China” on the back. Walk into your kitchen and check out your coffee maker. Now your fridge. Look at your TV. The glasses perched own your nose. The…

Is it just me or do these things look less and less polished as they’re (allegedly) getting closer to production? Seriously, the one in that video looks like a 1oth grade metal-shop project.

ND for me. I know it’s silly, but the bizarro ad with the car flying through the air, the ad text trying to be too cool, and the murdered out mods would make me feel like taking a shower after every drive in that car. Even after de-modding and detailing the thing I feel like it would still have a film of ickiness…

Buying one of the vaguely interesting cars from a really dark time is still buying a car from the dark times. Too many other interesting vehicles out there in the “What the heck” $15K price range. ND for most of us, but I’m sure some GenXer that peaked in HS will find a way to buy this.

They need a truck for people that don’t really want a RAM — so that means smaller, more efficient, more comfortable. I don’t see the Gladiator hardware serving as a basis for that vehicle — it’d jus be another hard-c0re gas sucking beast with slightly less capability than a full size Ram.

Eh, kind of neat but to me it’s one of those card you walk by at at car show and think “Cool that someone did that, but it’s not for me”. To my practical ND eyes it’s an old car that someone’s had some fun with, and that’s that. 

Watching that truck reminded me of that scene from The Wolf Of Wall Street where Leo’s struggling to drag himself to the Lamborghini. 

The more complex and crazy cars and trucks have gotten, there’s a charming appeal to a small, simple, likely reliable little runabout like this. Pop in a newer stereo and enjoy another 80K low-key miles in this thing. Easy NP. 

As of now 26% are giving this a nice price, and the FB ad now lists this sale as “pending”? I’ve lost faith in humanity.

Seems a little rich of an asking price, but what a unique restoration project for someone that really likes to tinker. Should be simple mechanicals, easy to work on, and truly a conversation piece. The deciding factor may be the availability of parts -- ny guess is that Japanese cars of this era probably used a lot of…