They would also have to swap the fuel tanks and related parts, rear suspension (LE has TSI multilink, TDIs had torsion beam), and the roof panels to include the panoramic sunroof which was not standard on TDI S wagons. If they were in early stages on the line I can see this happening, but why not just complete them as…

A horrific injury for sure, but at some point I imagine the rehab would be pleasant.

Drew really needs to keep that photographer’s card, because he looks rather manly, rugged, and hot in the jacket snap. Black & white works wonders.

I actually stopped shopping at Giant Eagle more than 4 years ago when they first started the loyalty card to use self checkout BS. I won’t stand in line behind the check writers and old people with change purses, and I see no reason to let them survey my purchases for minor savings. Trader Joe’s, Target and local…

I wonder how the taste compares to Hop’n Gator; for the uninitiated, that was a lemon-lime flavored malt liquor made by Pittsburgh Brewing (aka Iron City) from a recipe developed by one of the founders of Gatorade, sold from the late 60s to mid-70s when the makers of Gatorade finally succeeded in their trademark…

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is “no one”? The recall is voluntary in the sense that Ikea caved before the government needed to back up its threats. Six deaths and an unspecified number of injuries in 27 years may be tragic, but between 2000-2011 215 kids were killed by TV sets falling over and televisions…

11-14 million vehicles were scrapped each year between 2002-14, the most recent stats available. CARS didn’t even show up as a blip in the trend, and a 1/3-smaller number probably won’t either. So much is recycled that I doubt the ecologic impact overall, except yards that work on the cheap and dump fluids instead of…

“Just in case” tampon supply in the glove box, center arm rest, and both front door pockets?

“this percentage of the ones registered are apparently owned by 18-24 year old”

It’s also north of “Asia Minor” and was part of pre-Soviet Union Russia. Balaban apparently does not consider any portion of western Russia to be European, which is ahistorical. The Caucasus is clearly a border region in many senses, but how many whites a.k.a. Caucasians do you think consider themselves to be of Asian…

The Caucasus region is considered the boundary between Europe and Asia, and as others point out, whether the capital of Azerbaijan is actually in the European portion of the country depends on source. But it is the capital of a nation that’s partially in Europe, so it has hosted Eurovision and the European Games, and…

It may be a hatchback, but it’s not a “Hatchback”; it was formally the Sport Coupe. The Hardtop Coupe was JDM Levin/Sprinter-based like the Liftback, and the 2-Door Sedan was called that.

People tend to forget that she’s appeared in some racy stuff already, like Bob Guccione’s (founder of Penthouse magazine, for the young’uns) not-so-softcore production of Caligula, which also starred Malcom McDowell, Peter O’Toole, and John Gielgud along with a bunch of Italian actors and porn stars.

Euchre uses a reduced deck and trump suit is selected during play. Spades uses a full deck and is a simplified form of contract bridge (and only dates to the 1930s, more recent than most whist derivatives) with spades always the trump suit.

25 years ago the Mitsubishi RVR (a.k.a. Expo LRV, Eagle Summit Wagon) had an ingenious folding hinge where the door’s upper track was out of sight in the door’s interior trim. Why no one since has tried to update and improve on this idea is a mystery, unless there were a bunch of failures I’m not privy to. Otherwise…

It was a high-quality fa...excuse me, tribute car.

GM will contract with Nissan to rebadge the NV1500, 2500, 3500 just like they do the NV200 (Chevy City Express).

Just stop installing 19-in wheels instead of 18s and 18-in wheels instead of 17s and a considerable fraction of complaints about noise and comfort might disappear without too negative an effect on handling. I recently read that the 2017 CX-3 will get 18s standard on the Touring as well as the Grand Touring and nearly…

Yeah, but he’s OK at receiving interviews.

A small tip of the hat to the American Bantam Car Company of Butler, Pa, whose Bantam Reconaissance Car design actually met the Army’s competition objectives in 1940, only to have the Army give Willys, and later Ford, Bantam’s blueprints to improve their own entries. Somewhat ironically, the iconic wide flat hood and…