I’m not a credentialed “Lotus Builder” but are the 4-pot Series 1 Esprits really desirable enough to justify that price, especially when the onus of reassembly is being passed to the buyer? I’m seeing plenty of well-maintained Series 1 cars on auction sites for about 50-60% of this asking price, that don’t require…

I’m not concerned about Volvo striving to move more units or ingratiate itself to a larger customer base. Those are the fundamentals of a profitable business, and niche players have been getting squeezed out since the turn of the millennium. You have to adapt to globalization and emerging markets or die.

Anything and everything from this era of the Dodge family is the only answer. Sure, we can consider a lot of older cars to have shitty interiors by today’s standards but the lack of effort on display here was just unapologetically shitty. Even Dollar Store toys are made of higher quality materials.

How about a movie about a car part, specifically a tire that becomes sentient and goes on a homicidal rampage? If you’re looking for something incredibly strange and fun, I highly recommend 2010's Rubber.

GOT DAYUM!

I have the same opinion of the final 9-5 and still think it holds up as one of the best looking large sedans from the 2000's. The wagon variant is especially striking.

Louisville KY, so lots of F-Series trucks due to an assembly plant being located here. They come in multiple flavors:

NP for a pristine time capsule, especially if you were a 70's or 80's kid with fond memories of being carted around in something similar. Just looking at the pictures, I can smell the interior when opening the door on a warm day and almost feel the vinyl on my skin. To somebody, this is a memory box of vacations,…

These have long tempted me, and every few months I’ll start looking at them again and think, maybe?

It’s an Avant, so there’s lots to love. But it’s an early 2000's Audi built on the B5 platform, so anyone considering it would need to understand it will be a maintenance queen. It might be alright for an Audi enthusiast with the skills to avoid the bills, but it will bleed anyone else to death in regular increments…

This OG from ‘82. Probably the first time cars were rendered in a video game with such detail that they were instantly recognizable as something that existed in the real world, instead of having to use your mind’s eye to see one as anything other than a rectangle with 4 squares attached for wheels.

So, it has a vinyl wrap to protect the paint, but I suppose doing even the bare minimum to correct the ugly headlight crazing was a bridge too far? There is a horror story under that vinyl, guaranteed.

I love Volvo dearly, but they seem to be having a difficult time identifying their target market. The c30 was also aimed at “young, first-time Volvo customers” and failed spectacularly at connecting with that segment, aside from a barely-there appearance in a Twilight film. And things have only gotten worse since…

I have no questions about the “vehicle”, but I am beyond intrigued by the seller. To be clear, Electrameccanica is buying these back at full MSRP. Instead of fucking about and trying to squeeze extra money from an actual lemon, this person should be racing to the manufacturer with bill of sale in hand to collect a chec…

Yup. Both Kappa platform cars (Solstice & Sky) were front of mind for me. I don’t think it would have saved Pontiac or Saturn, but GM could have had something special if they allowed the platform to ripen on the vine long enough to see a second generation, and addressing some of the initial shortcomings of the first. 

A lot of almosts, but only one that I occasionally look back and think “what if?”

Usually on their third or fourth owner and abused by each. Stupid “go fast” logos applied by idiots in crayon or marker, presumably adding 5hp each. Teeth marks in weird places. Truly the worst.

Although mundane as hell, it would certainly be 2,800 miles cross-country in a large U-Haul box truck while also towing a car on a flatbed, sitting on a non-reclining bench seat with the padding of a prison cot that was permanently fixed at 90 degrees. This was also in the long, long ago (AD 2000) before smartphones,…

Came here to say this. The Evora is among my top 3 picks that I’m considering after my wife and I relocate and acquire a home with a larger garage. A quick scan shows this one is a bit overpriced compared to multiple examples within the same price range with about 25k fewer miles, or when an “S” can be acquired for…

Unique enough to be lovable. I actually have an illustrated print of this car above the butcher block in our kitchen, and I’m not even a Porsche guy!