I feel like the only person on the planet who is completely unbothered by the Panamera. I think the challenge is decoupling Porsche’s modern family of higher volume models from several decades of small sports cars, which has created an ingrained prejudice for how a Porsche is “supposed” to look. Is the Panamera any…

For sure, graphics were at their peak zenith in the 90's. I can so clearly visualize that Tracker in teal with hot pink graphics down the side, screaming “Tracker” in a faux airbrushed font. I also remember them often having body-matched painted wheels too. Wild but great times.

It would be difficult for anyone who was alive or old enough in the 90s to forget this. This single car really turned the American auto industry on its head with its whimsical and youth-oriented marketing campaign. Also, totally wild that you could buy one from any Dodge, Plymouth, or Chrysler dealership.

Thinking past the big “halo” cars of the 1990's (300ZX, RX-7 FD, Supra, Viper) I more vividly recall the burgeoning market for weird little captive imports like the Geo Tracker, Mercury Capri, and so many others. For a brief moment, these things were positively everywhere, and often in cheerful colors that we don’t…

Volkswagen Phaeton. While a 6-liter W12 sounds amazing on paper, it was dropped into a package that simply looked like a tarted up Passat. Born from an overly ambitious, unnecessary, and poorly executed vanity project that utterly failed to transform VW’s image in the US or anywhere else. Who was this for, and why…

Anecdotal and unrelated to the question at hand, but a close friend had a mother who owned (and still owns) a bright orange Vibe GT while he drove a Miata. Hearing him say “I’ll just borrow my mom’s Vibe” any time he needed to carry something larger than a couple of boxes, and then seeing his brain catch up with the…

If it were an Aero-X, it might push me towards NP. I do love SportCombis but have to vote ND on this otherwise vanilla example. Props to the owner though for keeping this one so clean and obviously replacing the Saab medallions, which would have peeled down to bare metal by this point.

The 365 GT4. The internet tells me this particular example was owned by Bill Cosby, so there you have it.

I back this to an extent, regarding cameras and blind spot detection. I don’t have hard data, but my personal experience from once being a young driver, coupled with seeing three nephews each go through the new driver phase, is that most of their accidents are caused by simply lacking experiential awareness about…

Anything that would be far outside the reach of your average middle-aged full time worker. Your 16-year old Oaklyn, Kaylee, River, Jaxxon (or whatever) do not need or deserve a new and expensive vehicle. Teach your kids the value of having earned something before they turn into shitty adults.

This, right here. Removable top and doors, short & narrow wheelbase with a high COG even if un-lifted, usually fitted with A/T or mud tires that deliver horrible traction on pavement, poor crash and rollover scores across the board, and the famous death wobble that no inexperienced driver will be able to mitigate or…

These are all great points and ideally how it should work. However, the sad truth is that dealer support from Mazda NA has been absolute garbage since the rotary was introduced here in the early 70's. Mazda techs in North America were seldom, if ever, trained to replace apex seals, which really isn’t all that bad…

100% agreed. With a little more oomph and A LOT more predictable reliability, the RX8 could have easily approached S2000 (or I dare say NSX) levels of greatness. Such a fantastic car to drive, but ultimately let down by the Achilles heel that is the RENESIS. I had a wonderful and relatively trouble-free experience…

Ah yes, the “Country Turn” - often demonstrated by those who live in sparsely populated areas and view lane dividers as mere suggestions, or those with more truck than they can handle. 

I’ve usually found Washington and Oregon to be generally courteous towards pedestrians, but I agree that any pedestrian trying to force right of way is taking a huge risk. I am curious though, have they really cracked down on drivers who fail to yield in these situations with a citation campaign or something ? I’m in…

Louisville Kentucky checking in. We have an uncodified but largely accepted rule about waiting a couple of seconds after a light turns green before proceeding through a busy intersection, allowing time to look both ways and make sure everyone is finished running the red light without getting T-boned.

Had to think about this, since my dad made a lot of questionable choices, but I’m nominating the ‘82 bustleback Cadillac Seville that my parents bought as their first “nice” new car. The perfect combination of grotesque early 80's baroque maximalism and American malaise. At least they skipped on the “continental”…

Can you imagine? Being in the market for a car that has no livable purpose aside from being notably fun and choosing beige? Sure, neutral tones and soft earthy colors are on trend for 2022, but this goes together as well as toothpaste and orange juice.

NP for somebody, just not me. It looks enough like a Volvo S70 or 850 that I’d rather take either Volvo and not worry about parts availability, the “quirks” of older Alphas, or jumping through the hoops of getting this thing certified and registered. Make either Volvo an “R” and it isn’t even close.

Reluctant NP. Only because I love these things but hate how much they’ve moved up in price. This was once my dream car. I had never seen or even heard of the Pantera and its Ford/Lincoln connection until attending college in the late 90's. While there, I would see one parked in the cheapest surface lot every day, just…