Or as I was going to post: I feel sorry for Jeep Renegade customers who thought they were buying a Jeep.

Could it be cheaper? Sure, but I can’t blame the seller for pushing it to the high end of the market given it’s (seemingly) excellent condition and low miles. NP.

Different take. To me this reinforces the fact that EVs are too expensive to achieve a level of market penetration that would have a significant impact on carbon emissions. Tesla’s cheapest model sells for about the same as the average transaction price of new cars this year and other EVs with useful range start at…

Still waiting for the return for the Mustang Grandé. 

Measure twice, cut once. Or something like that.

I wrote the 2010 Jalopnik story about the Tucker convertible. I interviewed Justin Cole at Benchmark Classics in Middleton, Wis., and saw and photographed the car there. His shop did a beautiful job completing the project and Cole sincerely believes the car was ordered built by Preston Tucker but never completed. By…

We inherited an ‘85 CV from my mother-in-law. Now THAT generation CV was luxurious with cushy velour upholstery and a padded vinyl top. Still, an ‘08 would ride and drive similarly making it a comfy cruiser for road trips. Not being a Police Interceptor is a big plus, mileage is reasonable with lots of life left, fuel…

Thank you. The car in question appears to have suffered less damage than the IIHS crash test car. IIHS runs those crash tests at 35 mph. Surprised no one else noticed.

Two points:

Assuming the owner had track insurance. Otherwise they could be in for a rude awakening when the insurance company reminds them of some of the exclusions in the policy.

I know EV evangelists scoff but I think thisis where PHEVs make sense, at least in the interim as charging networks get more fully built out and become more reliable. To cite one example, a Ford Escape PHEV starts at around the same price as the MX-30, qualifies for a $6843 tax credit and has a battery pack less than…

This line of thinking won’t shield the kid from civil suits. Given the number of victims involved those could max out the caps of dad’s auto insurance policy pretty quickly. If so, bye-bye college career. 

Unless you’re a struggling real estate agent in Palm Springs or Bel Air, who are you trying to impress with a car like this? People who can afford to buy new Bentley’s will know you bought a fourteen year old Bentley because you can’t afford a new one. And if you’re buying it to impress yourself get a 2007 Lincoln…

Or to put it another way — If you can’t afford a new Bentley, you can’t afford a Bentley.

I went from an NB Miata to an ND when that 4th generation first came out so skipped the NC. I just loaned my ND to an NC owner friend for the weekend while his was laid up and hearing his take on the differences was interesting. He felt the ND definitely handled better, had a tauter chassis and better throttle…

I bought a 2020 Fusion SE a few weeks before the pandemic hit in March 2020. It’s just a step up from the base model so some of the interior plastics aren’t as nice as the upper trim levels. Still, quite a lot of feature content for the price, same competent handling and same smooth, quiet ride as other models and…

Yeah, the Tucker presaged the full-size sedans with rear mounted flat six cylinder engines, three headlights, and safety cellars in the front footwells we see in dealer showrooms everywhere today.

But who copied whom?

Back then most cars came with just a driver’s side mirror. Passenger side was optional.

Look closely, it’s there.