Stock photo of astronaut Steve Smith

This is a tremendously wonderful and jalopy post, loved the pictures and details on these amazing cars! I was only sad it had to end...

I like. It’s not classically beautiful, but above all else I’m happy it exists.

I plan to incorporate Everything Works Like It Smells into my regular lexicon.

340 is enough, you’re driving it wrong.

Yup. I’d rather own a manual Fiat 124. That my 100% no sarcasm intended, honest opinion.

One of the silliest but coolest things when I bought my Focus RS was getting the surprise ownership package in the mail a week later with various toys including a desktop version of the shift knob from the car. Nothing that I had read prior to buying it gave me any indication that was going to happen. Not exactly the…

Totally agree. Except you forgot Clark.

With all GOAT talks, there always is a generational thing. Nuvolari, Fangio, Surtees, Hill, Lauda, Villeneuve, Senna, Prost, Mansell, Schumacher, Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel. I think all of them are the best F1 drivers, but I can't really rank them conclusively. 

Dafuq is this?

Confirmed.

*Sees price

The Fiat is much better looking, cost half, and doesn’t carry any douchebag baggage with it.

I wonder where they drew inspiration?

Nobody cares about your Saab story... ;)

Were they working off a phone description of the new 124?

Lighten up, Francis.

I don’t get it, either. I’ve got a pretty high salary and only one kid, and I’m still usually looking at used stuff in the $20K-30K range. Then again, people seem to talk like $500+ a month for a car is normal, so I guess I’m just out of touch.

For what it’s worth everyone in Jalopnik’s slack chatroom is yelling at Erik for the backup-camera take

I read this entire article in John Davis’ voice.