If you haven’t driven a GSL-SE, you should. Best balanced car of the ‘80s hands down. I’ve driven a LOT of ‘80s sports cars! (and own a 928 now.)

Funny, just last week I felt like Progressive was trying to maximize on a couple of incidents (ticket for me, door bash for my wife) on insurance for our fleet. So I shopped around. I found that State Farm had by far the best deal for us (rural missouri, high earner, married, homeowner, etc. etc.) I had been a…

Those photos though, Craigslist game on fleek.

dnrtfa, still enjoying the comments.

I’m always amused at articles saying the A10 is not fast. I spent a year working at the end of the runway at Barksdale and seeing the A10s drop out of the sky a few times a year was always a highlight. Compared to the B52s we saw every day (or any civilian aircraft) the Warthog is a zippy little gnat.
Yes it’s slower…

Dropped an indefinite article in your last paragraph. All these ruskie stories are getting into your head, Tyler.

The minivans are luxury, but families want to appear sensible so the lower badge is not a hindrance in the target market. Moreover, a minivan would dilute the luxury of a luxury brand (5 year old Lexus Minivan is still going to be filled with weird stains and cheerios. Takes a LS like a decade, at least, to reach the…

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...doesn’t Google have a bot that can write these by now? Gawker should license that.

Mostly serious: why not just badge engineer a Grand Cherokee? Take an SRT and put a Ferrari engine in it. I would wager more than a few casuals will assume that’s what this is anyways.

928, either the early cars with Pascha interior or the ‘89+ with digital dash an 300+ hp.
(realistically the ‘90+ GT and GTS... but I like to think my ‘89 S4 5spd will benefit greatly when the market turns too.)

1) The 928 engine is plenty reliable, it’s all the other stuff in the car that was overly complicated. But the Porsche V8 is rock solid and not at all complicated compared to todays DOHC V engines.
2) “Shoehorn” is a stupid descriptor when you’re swapping a 5.0 for a 5.7. There are V12 928 builds, those might…

G-Wagon, same reasons. 7 series also seem to have a 2nd owner sweet spot for holding value (when compared to S-Class, etc.)

That list would look similar though, just a notch down:
5 series, E Class, whatever Jaguar is peddling for 50k these days, etc... Those are the ones that have some next level aspirational buyer base, willing to stretch to get a slightly better status symbol.

you don’t forget to jerk off when you’re 13

Dude is 6'1", I’m 6'2" and wasn’t particularly athletic as a teen/20-something, but could dunk on a regulation hoop. No question C.Ronaldo can get it done.
That said, still no way the pic is 10'.

(today, pushing 40 and 60lbs heavier, there’s no way, of course.)

CSB: I often work down the street from that address in Santa Clara. Still lots of interesting auto shops in that neighborhood.

Reading this reminded me of how old I was. There was a time I would have had the patience for such tomfoolery. That time has passed.

This is what I come to Jalopnik for. Thank you.

Huh, I didn’t realize the MT Golf R was just delayed, I thought it was not coming. In any case, my point stands that the question in the headline is good, and Doug did not answer it. Instead he answered about luxury-first cars. I would hesitate to say they’re non-enthusiast cars, but the ones he talks about (and yes,…

Good base question, poor exposition, poor answer for now following up on these cars that are auto only:
GT-R, SL55, Golf R, and I’m sure there are others that are sports-first, luxe second (or even further behind) that have gone auto-only. The answer there is that the autos are faster, and it’s not looks but stats that…