In the Bonham website, this passage made me do a spit-take:

We picked up one of the first GTs when they came out (and even got a bunch of gifts because of it, like a studio headphone from Harmon Kardon who makes the sound system in the Stinger). At one dealership, they had something like a 10K markup. So we went to a dealer an hour away visiting family and walked out with one…

Actually thanks KIA’s aggressive pricing plus dealer greed MSRP+++ for killing interest long before Covid.

The Stinger is nice, comfortable, and given what you can get (per specs) for you money looks like a great deal... but it’s still a Kia. I was really thinking about getting one of these and then started digging through Stinger forums. You roll the dice when you buy one. Some are perfectly put together and the owners…

A Pyle base tube!!! That was cool in 1992 for $500 LTD HS ride. In a car you want $35k for nope.  

Remember when the Stinger was announced and all the Jalops were planning to buy hugely depreciated used Stingers? Thanks Covid... : /

Cool car, but when you bought a Kia, you signed up for more depreciation than that. ND.

The seller lost me at $34,500 ... for a used Kia.

I just wish we could get rid of the lobbyist BS 25 year import law. I couldn’t care less about protecting the dealers or “my safety.” Let me choose to drive what I want. Past generations got to import nearly whatever they wanted and shockingly they weren’t all killed by their Mercedes and BMW’s. If someone wants a…

Was this part of an undercover vehicle smuggling sting?

Auto World could have offered free hookers and blow when it opened its doors and it still would have failed. Flint was already an sh!thole of epic proportion by the time this travesty went from blueprints to bricks & mortar. The only picturesque view of Flint was in your rearview mirror.

Joke fully appreciated.

Such a sad story.

Theme parks designed by government committee? What could go wrong?

It was swapped for an LS.

Did the giant V6 survive?

It’s a bit funny to hear people talk about how a theme park in the Midwest is doomed from the start. Both Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH (not exactly a garden spot, either) and Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL, have thrived for decades. Since 1956, Muskegon, MI, has Michigan’s Adventure, a mid-sized amusement park…

The location wasn’t doing it any favors either. Probably not enough population to support the buildout of a full-on Six Flags, or to keep people moving through a monument to automotive history and future. The former would attract people from out of town, but at a much higher cost to open in the first place. The latter…

Flint, much like Detroit, is experiencing a resurgence, especially in hometown pride. The city may not be the bustling center of industry of the ’40s and ’50s, but it’s being reformed into something new and beautiful by the people who remain through things like the Flint Public Art Project, cultural events and new…

Great article, thanks.