It’s not, though. It would be the ugliest car in Kia’s lineup by a fair margin.

Couldn’t Porsche just install a larger turbo to increase the range?

I think I may have relayed this story to you at the Jalopnik meet-up in Austin, but I once owned a pink car. The problem was, on account of being colorblind, I didn’t know it for three months.

HOV lanes should just be changed to high-speed lanes. Seriously, I think all the folks driving by themselves should have a lane with a higher speed limit (or none at all a la AutoBahn). Everyone else who’s carrying a passenger or more can stick with the limited-speed lanes and continue on driving as regular. It’s a…

Here are a couple:

There were Porsche 917 brake calipers in the AMC parts catalog and could be ordered over the counter in 1970 because that allowed Penske to use them for Trans Am racing as they were a homologated “factory” AMC part. 

The E36 hatchback, the 318ti in the US, uses the rear suspension of the old E30 instead of the E36's updated rear suspension.

Part of me admires the brutality of it, the raw unedited and unrefined brutalism of it speaks to me.

However, the other part of me has eyes.

The Pontiac G6 GXP came from the factory with this thing. It was like, a generic brand Porsche whale tail.

They’re still all just a Ford Falcon underneath the skin.

I had to do WAY to much work to mine to even get it down to this.

The body is different, but the underpinnings are the same. Generations are defined by the platform, not the styling.

Features an e36 and a classic 911. Why is this not number 1?

Neutral: Is there any modern mainstream brand that is unreliable? All four of my lifetime mechanic uncles swear that its harder to find an unreliable car nowadays than it is a reliable one.(I’m extremely appreciative they aren’t just typical boomer: “they don’t make em like they used to argle bargle”). Save for a few…

I agree, I can’t park it in my driveway without a massive grille.

They missed a golden opportunity to put a massive grille on the front. Normally, I'd buy it, but... without a grill that extends from the headlights to the ground, and all the way back... I just can't do it.

I’ve been an automotive machinist since the late 70's. You got it-once carbs went away, the need for the 80k rebuild did too. Plus better oil-better materials-and actual engineering rather than crappy redo’s of the same engines designed in the 50's. The need for our work is down 75% compared to when I started. It’s…

Sad times when we fall asleep writing about 600 hp twin turbo v8s, regardless of what vehicle it is stuffed in. 

Yeah, I nearly fell asleep writing this’n.

Sometimes I think it would be fun to be a car blogger. And then other times I remember you have to read and write about BMW’s SUV lineup and I just pity you.