My current garage houses an Outback (for road trips) and this: Volvo C30

China uses events like this as a low-cost substitute for some over-priced crash safety standards department. Why use crash dummies when this provides valuable real-world data? Elon’s DOGE could learn a thing or two from this.

Maybe not every metric. A nice XKE from the ‘60s will regularly bring $100k . A perfect condition Camry-not so much.

“How Old Are You?”  FIFY

I definitely want a couple of those dummy cars. Can you include an Amazon link?

This is the one true and correct answer

Jaguar MK X.

Honestly, I think it my be my current daily driver. 2011 Volvo C30. Manual, enough safety stuff, buttons instead of screens and as fast as I need it to be.

Elizabeth Blackstock is the most insightful Indycar writer since Robin Miller, and deserves a larger audience (and probably a raise). 

Any Jaguar made since 1975. They all go begging on Craigslist and surely they can’t all be lemons. Some of them are super-reliable. Right? Am I right? Why can’t my significant other understand this?

Any Hummer that isn’t owned by an actual government military agency.

I totally love what’s been done, but an easy ND. $34k gets you an original(ish)P1800 and a much better investment.

A little surprised any Toyota would need 9k$ worth of fixes at less than 100k miles, but the crunched tailgate is the real deal killer. ND

Excellent read. In a week filled with FORMULAONEISRACINGINLASVEGAS!!! this was a genuinely thoughtful piece. F1 is European sport. The teams, factories, and TV voices are nearly all from the UK. The current Netflix-fed cash cow will soon fade unless F1 gets serious about allowing everyone a seat at the table.

2023 Subaru: Lane Departure Warning, Lane Keeping Assist, Sirius radio, Front facing camera, paddle shifters (on a CVT?), Tomtom maps (that are native to the car, MySubaru app thingy, X-Mode (which is either used if you’re an X-man, or in the X-games?), Auto Stop/start, I could go on...

“I just bought America’s cheapest turbine-powered car!” This is the perfect opportunity for the next great YouTube car influencer. NP

And we are entertained! “What car” is my favorite Jalop feature; I look forward to it each week.

Given my current commute and my cars nearly 10 second 0-60, a car like this would save me almost 4 minutes every day!

The least loved Ferrari is still a Ferarri, and will still turn more country club heads than a similarly priced Porsche cabrio. NP

“Chevy Tahoe” and “saving the planet” are not usually in the same sentence, but can we take a moment and salute anyone who keeps their vehicle out of the landfill for 300K?