1970 Dodge Coronet

Jeremy Clarkson gives a vitriolic review of a mediocre American car. In other news: water is wet.

@jarque: Oh I guess it's ES 350 now, pardon me Lexota.

Yesterday I was stopped at a light and I looked at the car next to me and thought "that's not so bad looking for a Hyundai." Then I realized it was a Lexus ES 300 that I had mistaken for a Sonata.

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@scarf: I'm guessing the 7.2 0-60 time is with the traditional manual. You can knock a few tenths off of that if you opt for the DSG.

@piththeelder: I drove a Mini Cooper S before I bought my GTI. It drove great but I didn't care for the dash/IP and it's just too small inside for me and my friends. Plus, my GTI has the DSG which I love and although there are definitely times when I miss being able to control the clutch(es) they are outweighed by the…

I keep hoping I'll find a picture of my brother's car on here since I didn't make it to the show (I know I've failed him as a brother). I can understand knocking him down a few points for using prefab chassis and a pedestrian small block chevy but let me tell you we had a helluva time dragging that '26 doctor's coupe…

@Kuang: Hardly slow? That's too slow, my friend... just like "hardly sane" is dull, dull, dull. I prefer "batshit crazy" any time. And what is this "balance" you speak of? You mean you can get traction in third gear? IT NEEDS MORE POWER!

Not content with making me dream of cars I can never have, now Jalopnik has me dreaming of insane engine swaps into cars I can never have. LS9 powered Exige, anyone?

It looks like a convertible Volt. Just add a crossbar and bowtie to the grill.

Look on the bright side: have you forgotten where you parked? The Police know... Has your no-good wife ran out on you? The Police know where she is... Do you need to make a buy from your recreational pharmacist? Oh wait scratch that one.

The Isetta name might work in Europe but not in the US. It seems more likely they'll call it the Z2 or C1 or something.

@WillysWonka: OK so the US government may not require a certain score on the NHTSA crash tests for a car to be legal to sell in the US but if a vehicle does poorly a lot of consumers won't buy it meaning it won't be profitable for the automaker meaning it will never make it past the bean counters. A low score on crash…

My qualms with this review stem from Wes comparing a new car with one from 30 years ago, a time when governments demanded much less from cars. My question is what could BMW have done to successfully make the 1 series a modern 2002? Make it out of aluminum? That would drive up the price even more. Stretch the chassis…

The other day I saw a baby blue Matrix with a Toyota hood ornament (the kind that sticks up perpendicularly). It was glued to the hood somewhat off center. In the same neighborhood I saw a C5 Corvette convertible that the owner had tried to make look like a C5-R. Corvette convertibles with Z06 parts stuck on them are…

I say go ahead and make the speed limiters mandatory. That way every new car will have cruise control. Plus, everybody and their grandmother will get into the ECU hacking business, bringing down the cost of those oh-so-overpriced Superchips, et al.

@vr6john: Skywalker Ranch is up in Marin though... I'm thinking he'd rather be closer to old Georgie Boy