I’m personally excited because it means you can buy an updated version of what is practically a JDM late-bubble/golden era car with up to date tech. The best of both worlds.

“We can’t wistfully recount old-school sports cars, lament their disappearance amid the onslaught of technology and then complain when successors arrive that are, in a few ways, slightly old”

All they had to do was this in real life:

I also wouldn’t want to do laps of Nuremberg, regardless of how long it took.

The people complaining about this are the same people that financed Chrysler 200's at 15% APR.

Anything I’m commuting in.

Yeah, but why is it a Corolla?

The fact that in an article about 2 police officers being shot in the line of duty your sole emphasis is to demonize police officers for daring to turn their backs *gasp* on a politician proves they have a point. Nobody cares about dead cops.

You can’t talk about Cuttys and not mention the most baddest Cutlass Supreme of all time:

It was probably more that, for most of the US, there wasn’t likely a local Honda/Toyota/Datsun dealer.

“Why, exactly, did Americans buy so many of these, and for so long a time?”

My dad had a Cutlass Supreme Brougham Coupe.  That thing was a pussy wagon in it’s day.  I had new step-moms every week.

Hey.... no love for the USA Women’s Volleyball team?!? They beat the Brazilian team for Gold on the last day. Those women are the bomb. That straight sets take down of Brazil in the final was epic, especially with two of their key players on the sideline with ankle injuries.

The American women 4x400 team is so dominant that even the coach of the Poles, who were one of the other medal favourites, told his team “thinking of beating the Americans is an illusion, focus on beating the Jamaicans for silver.”

It’s like back in the day when we used to build custom characters for WWF WrestleMania on N64 and you have a limited number of attribute points to assign various physical traits.  You could either wind up with someone who is small but fast and responsive, big, fat, and heavy but can sit on an opponent and take them…

The secret sauce to the crosstrek is a trifecta of affordability, versatility and capability.

The Birds are underappreciated by the market, so that $30k will go a long way if you want an attractive, reliable driver rather than a high-point show dog and don’t insist on certain rarities (e.g., an authentic factory Sport Roadster). Disc brakes came along in ‘65, though conversions are available and well…

“They will feel and sound faster than they are”

Go for something not everyone else at the car show will have - like this 1970 AMC Rebel.

1961-66 Thunderbird - Fairly common, straight-forward to work on (except for the convertibles) and highly underappreciated IMO. Watch out for rust though.