Wait, what? I always heard the 83 Vette was found to have structural problems that couldn’t be remediated, so the early production run was scrapped (save one)

Somebody’s gotta make a chariot for the Real Coke Whores of Rich People County to drive to Gwen Paltrow’s house so they can all stick Yoni stones up their hoo-has.

Almost. The 2.8 GM V6 was offered in those early Cherokees or the Iron duke I4. ‘AMC’ 4 cylinder didn’t come in until the 4.0 did.

Chevy’s version of “Trail Rated”

I was secretly hoping for a retro’d version of this - simimlar to how the new Challenger took the obvious design cues from the ‘71 but still maintainined a modern look.

What they did come up with looks... OK. It manages to be clean and somewhat spartan (by today’s standards) without looking cheap. My 2012 still doesn’t…

I mean if you want a fake Hummer on Chevy truck guts, there are tons of H2s out there for around this price point.

I can confirm that they’ll all fit through a Starbuck’s drive through, which may not be the case for this abomination.

It’s like a Saab 900 and a Ford Contour had a baby

This should come in very handy when you’re texting about brunch plans but drop your purse and don’t see that puddle in the middle of the New York & Co parking lot.

So Frunky.

Saab 900 alternator or water pump. The 900 is an odd duck - it’s front wheel drive but with a longitudinally mounted slant 4. The oddness doesn’t stop there. In order to get the CV shafts further forward in the car (presumably, I’ve never talked to a Saab engineer about why), they flipped the engine 180 degrees.…

According to this song, things are pretty good there, for at least one worker

Was probably the president of his HOA

Unfortunately the unibody structure is visible underneath.

Usually these cars are almost totally goners. In many cases they’re just tube frames with bondo’d up Charger shells cobbled around them.

Considering this one still has the original front fascia and package tray I’d say it’s a real one though. Probably almost a total goner or a parts car that had a low-comp 400 slapped…

As a 5 year old I dreamed of one day having a General Lee of my own to jump and seeing it on TV was the greatest thing ever.

Now as a 40 year old with 30K already sunk in the restoration of a 68 Charger, I cringe when I see this.

I know the cars used for these jumps at usually basket cases held together by baling wire…

I’ll trade you a Belvedere that was buried in 1957

If you close your eyes while you watch the clip, your mind’s eye automatically pictures a shit-brown 2003 Nissan Altima with a hole in the muffler.

Exactly. And brand cache can’t be understated.

People would prefer to say ‘I drive a Denali’ instead of ‘I got every option on my Silverado so basically it’s a Denali’. Especially when said-optioned Silverado costs the same as said Denali.

I would imagine Denalis hold their value a bit better than up-optioned Chevys…