The Beetle's mascara is running.

I know there's not a lot of love for this model, but the lines are gorgeous. It's like a BMW E24 speaking Italian.

That Torino is pure distilled essence of Malaise. It's got unmarked police car written all over it, so to speak.

@v8corvairpickup: An owl? C'mon, you can' t just drop that with no elaboration.

Seems to me prices got a bump when Israel went into Gaza, and the dealers are just holding onto those price gains now. They probably figure most people are happy to see it south of $2, and they're right.

Wow...this was my very first Matchbox car.

Vanagon + shopping carts = win.

@philibuster: The Jersey Shore thing is actually kinda brilliant; the Minis have been outfitted to look like bumper cars, a favorite boardwalk attraction. Fond memories of the Casino at Asbury Park.

@pauljones: Beat me to it. Absolutely yes.

@Timtoolman, now with power tools!: Remember the Lincoln Continental version of that? A weak effort, but they had to follow the trend. There was in a parking lot near me for a couple of years; I was always hoping to catch it on the street for DOTS.

If you try to imagine what the concept sketches of the current Accord and Sonata may have looked like, and mash them up a bit, you'd get this. Presumably the production car will look like a mashup of the production Accord and Sonata. Underwhelming.

@Ford Tempo Fanatic: I kinda get it. I've posted a few stories here about mu '90 Olds Calais, which was vaguely similar to a Topaz, minus the funky options (AWD Tempo? Really?). It went to 193K and could have gone farther. I didn't love it—wanted to push it off a cliff at times—but it had a bracing simplicity to it.…

@Dealkiller: I hear you...my dad was an appraiser, and when he started in the business, that was when he stopped buying used cars. He couldn't take a chance on somebody else's beater.

I'm sure it's a grand car and all, but it seems to have the Accord disease—an overgrown snout that has no visual connection with the rest of the car. That said, I wish Ford well.

This looks like the beginnin of the death spiral where they can't afford to keep the people, but firing them leaves not enough to function competently, i.e. produce and market cars that people want to buy.

Head asploding.

@Slantsick, Ethel's love-child: Is it me, or does the Vega's bumper look crooked already?

@traveling the world by wheel: 'My name is Lucas...we threw him off the second floor....'

@SirNotAppearing: On our honeymoon drives through Ireland, my wife sat with the map in her lap, holding it like some remote wireless steering wheel and vicariously executing each twist and turn. No doubt her right foot was working the phantom brake pedal as well.

Somehow, that looks about as evil as a white vehicle can possibly look. Must be those black voids where the wheels are supposed to be.