I’m inclined to agree. I prefer a more period look to my cars inside and out, but I don’t shun innovation. Case and point, my Uncle has a 1964 Chevy Impala that I am hoping to acquire one day. It has an AM radio as standard. I’d love to add a modern radio to it, without spoiling it’s timeless looks.

Since when would the laws of Physics stop these guys?

That’s a pretty SMART getaway car If I do say so myself.

They chosen the wrong state of water. They should have sealed the barrels and driven on a lake. I bet this would have worked as an amphibious vehicle. 

You know, We also had uparmored Chevy Suburbans over there. They worked a hell of a lot better than these and had a 8.1L gasser in them. Plenty of power, not a lot of common mechanical issues to speak of. I don’t know why we didn’t just use those. They would probably be a better fit for the “occupation that actually…

Excellent additions. The 70 mph top speed is a pipe dream. They would have to be the best version of the 6.5L turbo diesel, and a complete stripper chassis, going downhill, being pushed by a real truck. The early models didn’t have a proper governor system, so to solve that problem AM General just put a bolt in the…

The 6.5L was an improvement over the 6.2L in that the power increased (turbo added), and the cooling system was improved (actually reversed interestingly), but neither was really designed to withstand the abuse that the military would have to put it through. This became especially true when we had to uparmor them. The…

I find these quite interesting as I tend to like any vehicle that is bare bones and tuned for military use.

If you were to buy one, I would suggest a drivetrain swap of a Duramax 6.6L and an Allison transmission. They would go a long way to correcting the problems with reliability, and should bolt up relatively easy since the 6.5L is basically the same block. I would suggest a Cummins swap, but the low profile design would…

A Panther Wagon is an irrational dream car of mine. 

I, for one, hope that dealership sales shenanigans catch covid-19 and die of it.

M715 FTW!

the Crackiest of Crack Pipes. I have spent far more time fixing these turds than driving them. Plus, if you want America’s historical least reliable light tactical vehicle, you can get them on government auction websites for about $3500.

To be honest, I didn’t know that Maven existed. However, If I saw a ride share Chevy Cruze sitting in a parking lot somewhere, my first thought would not be, I want to drive that somewhere, it would be, where is “Postch” to pretend that “real people” would actually drive this turd?

I’m not gonna lie, this is the first time that I watched a car commercial and actually wanted one of the products. It makes me sad that AMC died such an undignified death. It’s the one car company that, if it were alive today, I would imagine they wouldn’t try to sell me a car by saying JD Power gave it some bullshit…

I would argue that those old cars were better in terms of style...Which is a very sad statement in retrospect. 

That is actually quite impressive on wooden wheels and basically bicycle tires.

I’m with you. I think on the whole, Chrysler concepts were always more daring and interesting than their Detroit counterparts. It bothers me quite a bit that today a Chrysler “concept” vehicle is just a paint scheme and trim level. I miss the ambitious designs of yesteryear.