except that many of those irreplaceable muscle cars would still auction for a lot less than a factory-fresh aventador.  This was a very, very, VERY costly fire

odds are, the editor who cuts all these categories together will at least get an emmy nom

That’s fine. I still want to see that someone’s actually paid that, as opposed to that truck sitting on a lot with the asking price, while annoyed buyers walk by it in search of something more reasonable.

Here’s the thing: people can ask these prices all day long. You guys have featured a dozen+ of these articles decrying the ridiculous selling prices in the used car market, and while I agree, what I’d actually like to see is what used cars have actually sold for.

Not really, considering Datsun got the same basic shape earlier with the 240z. Once the Fairlady was out Mazda tried to keep up with the RX7. MK1 was indeed a pretty terrible car on the inside. Those early Wankels were a disaster.

First gen Impulse also had a Lotus handling package available, and IMHO looks a LOT better. Those cutoff headlights and awkward rear end on the second gen make for a very weirdly proportioned car.

LUSTED for one of these during my college years. The 4-lamp grille and added plastic wheel flares really add a rally car feeling to it. Reliability issues notwithstanding, I always felt like they super solid feeling inside, too.

The Panamera is a good candidate. In the flesh I always found the 1st gen to be really awkward looking, especially in the back. A misshapen, squashed Cayenne, with lumps in all the wrong places.

WILDLY underrated comment

Panel gaps on the car still seem factory compliant

they could probably do everyone a solid and cover the rising costs on their end, if they wanted to

Hell to the no. Tell you what, GIVE me this pig with lipstick and we’ll call it equal. That should at least cover the full engine and suspension swaps.

In the world of home repairs/residential contracting, it’s more like 95%

Jason:

Oh fuck me I want both so goddamned badly. I remember driving the M200 in Lotus Turbo Challenge 3 for my Amiga way back when. They’re both just a joy to look at. I would be nervous to drive em, though.

It is frustrating how the culture has become so overly politicized. 20 years ago you would certainly have been hard pressed to find an Al Gore voter amongst that crowd, but nobody would’ve attended such an event with a George Bush campaign banner. So many of them have been mentally poisoned.  Pretty awful.

Looking at the results so far (~65% NP, 35%ND), I’m surprised/not surprised. Come on, you guys. I guess the standard jalop is too much of a car nut to not pass on this, but also not enough of a car nut to know better.

Does it matter how wealthy her marks were? Fraud is fraud. She’s not fucking Robin Hood or anything, passing the wealth onto deserving or in-need people. It was 100% self-serving. Judging from the 60 Minutes Australia piece, she sounds like a uniquely awful person.  She’s obviously a sociopath, and now, a convicted…

This, this, 150% this. At this stage using any sort of combustible for this use case seems staggeringly idiotic.

I was an editor on this series on and off for a few seasons. It was very challenging. Everyone thinks that TGUK just naturally sprung up like that, with the incredible chemistry between the hosts. Andy Wilman and crew played with the hosts and format for literally years before he hit the right formula. And here we…