Are you blind? The smooth, elegant curves and lack of busy addenda and awkward panel gaps as on the plastic-fantastic-era CERV III is what I was referring to. So many automakers aren’t trying to recreate late-60s styling cues because their time has passed. The Mustang, Camaro, Charger, Challenger, Continental, Bronco,…

I know right? It’s basically the same car, except with a much better engine in the B58.

The CERV II still looks a bit dated compared to this predecessor. I mean just look at it! It’s timelessly gorgeous. (XP-880/Astro II)

Most cars are pretty forgettable these days, unfortunately, as the industry converges on ovoid crossovers as the market’s choice. It would be easier to make a list of truly distinctive cars on sale today. I’ll start:

If they had it right all along, then they have it wrong now, as the top tier performance car they currently make is the fugly WRX.

Most of these takes are garbage written by folks who haven’t even driven these cars, let alone tracked them. Having both owned a 2013 Charger SRT8 and tracked it, the thing was a hoot on road and track. Very controllable and fun. Don’t believe me? Take a look at what it was like in one on VIR back in the day:

Wait, are you suggesting that the bald gym bro Dom-wannabes driving Hellcats aren’t the same market as typical BEV buyers? The bigger question is what Dodge did with its market research budget...

By giving it an auto option, they’re already halfway to fulfilling the missed opportunity of the Integra Type S. And maybe even another step ahead thanks to AWD.

That’s why all the Floridians are swimming to Cuba right?

Sure, but like Venezuela and many other fellow travelers, they’re all big D Disasters.

Would there be an embargo if they weren’t communist?

Another communist success story.

Speaking of 1991, here’s something fun:

“Street takeover mode engaged.”

You could add really any car from before 1980 or so. In general, they include some of the coolest, rarest, and most expensive cars, but walk-away accidents in a modern car are life-threatening, reliability and maintenance can be a nightmare, they can be beasts to drive, for example without power steering, and they can…

A disease can have one greater and one lesser symptom.

No, property values aren’t high because of taxes. They’re high because demand has far outstripped supply and local homeowners have also voted in restrictive zoning laws that prevent higher density development.

As with gasoline prices and property development, the sad irony is that this degree of regulation leads to higher prices, since many of those hybrid or BEV models are significantly more expensive than base models. And then CA wonders why it has lost hundreds of thousands of less affluent residents over the last few…

I’d be surprised if an LS is much heavier. You’d be surprised the number of smaller displacement engines that are significantly heavier than an LS, especially when they’re blown.

This car and its Saturn twin were always one LS away from greatness.