@PeteJayhawk: I remember thinking these were crapola when they were brand new. There was some buildup for the new model and then they unveiled this thing that even my grandma would find dowdy.

I'm 40, don't care a whit about the Vette, and choose neither the Nuge or Kid Rock. Does this mean I can't read Jalopnik anymore?

Let's just say that if this post's title had begun with "Detroit Auto Show," I wouldn't have read it and wouldn't be commenting.

Until I moved a few years ago, I always mowed the grass of the old lady next door. After her husband died, she bought a new 1975 Grenada. Then she remarried and, being old school, had her husband drive her everywhere. So there, sitting in her garage, was this barely-touched burgundy four-door Ford, which she clearly…

The guy who taught computer programming at my high school had one of these. When he bought it, I thought it was by far the dumbest looking car I had ever seen. I'm sure I was overreacting, but I could hardly bear to look at it, it looked so dumb to me. I actually thought less of this guy for buying this car. I felt it…

One word: Leaks.

eh. Couldn't get one with a stick.

I was six when these cars came out, and even then I knew they embodied everything that was wrong with America.

I'm hardly innocent, kwim. I am SO relieved that I have no idea what this refers to.

I don't know why I prefer stick. I just do!

I always thought these were ... not truly ugly, but more than just unattractive.

@bswinfor: Surely you understate.

The headline should be, "Sales up as Toyota morphs into GM."

Westbound on Indiana State Road 2, on my way to LaPorte this summer day in 1986. Driving my Ford Pinto. Suddenly, the whole rear end starts to shake, P-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d! I slow down, and the shaking subsides. I speed up, and p—d—d-d-d-d-D-D-D-D-D! Oh, the dust that was kicking up. So I pull over to find that the…

While riding my bike when I was 13, I smacked hard into the butt of a '72 Fury. I was cut and bruised, but the car was utterly unharmed. Bet if I hit a Chevy Malibu similarly today, I'd at least crack the plastic on the bumper.

Once. As I was pulling into a gas station. I coasted to the pump.

A friend of mine in college had one of these in its Supra alter-ego. It was a thoroughly enjoyable car. When he traded it, he couldn't find anything with as much oomph for the money, adjusted for inflation.

@Novaload: They should have painted the grille red!

That Jeep is just right for the Rally's drive-through, which offers windows on both sides of the building.

60 Chev all the way. Ick.