I am disappointed that the other end of the spectrum is not defined- like which cars are least likely to last this long?

“Here’s hoping the Civic doesn’t end up on Craigslist with “slight water damage” anytime soon”

My Unicorn, a 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon with 145,000 miles had internal engine issues. Dealer said it would be a minimum of $7000 to bring it back to life. Took the dealer’s pathetic cash offer and left it there, like someone might leave an unwanted pet at the humane society. A replacement for this car does not…

This will totally revitalize the VW brand in America. All I ever hear from my F150 -driving neighbors is “if only I could get a truck with a VW badge!” I bet they will sell 20-30 of these in the first model year alone.

Now realizing the best days to be an F1 fan in the USA may well be behind us.

Thanks Jason- my life, age 12-20 in one post! I loved all of those Duster/Superbee cartoons for cars my dad would never buy. The car he DID buy was a 1977 Rabbit. Right when I turned 16. Never put a scratch on it, but did figure out how to lift the inside rear wheel in hard cornering.

It “proves” no such thing. A BRZ on a flat frozen lake is undoubtedly fun. It is most certainly not “great” for most winter driving. What you want is my 11 year old AWD Volvo S-60. Feel free to stop by Minnesota on your way back to Texas; 10 minutes in both cars ought to prove this.

Agreed; portrait mode is our human shame.

You’d think after 7 or 8 of these anti-street racing PSAs no one in California would do this anymore.

My first car: ‘83 VW GTI. Many warning lights later spouse says we will never own another VW. Spouse is eventually charmed by 2000 New Beetle, which has most of the same issues plus crappy dealer. Swears never to get another one. In 2010 we got a Jetta TDI wagon.....

Alex has made an inadvertent point: The “best” BMW will indeed have an inline six. This one isn’t the best, by that definition.

Kind of the opposite- to get interesting colors the selection is greater with older cars. But it’s true, I’m too cheap to spend $6,900 (!) to have Porsche custom paint one for me.

Serious question: In this era of user-customizable stuff like sneakers, luggage etc. why I can’t I get my boring car in whatever un-boring color I want? I’m sick of getting to the color page on a car-confugurator thingy, and you change from “metallic charcoal” to “off-graphite” and the digi-car looks the same. More…

Just the fact that you refer to it as an R56 proves Mike’s point. This is the way cretins who own BMWs describe there cars.

God I’ve grown to hate the word “concept” with regard to cars. They might as well say “thing you will never have’.

When the seller realized that OEM wipers are $8000 USD (ea), he realized he was in over his head.

I am old enough to have watched the amazing Can-Am in the early 70's. It is why I still look at stuff like Jalopnik now. It would have been a fantastic thing to have a Japanese marque compete. Yes, the big orange cars ruled then, but if this car really had 900(!) HP, it would have been game over.

Not sure I understand the “phasing out” part. Like if if this were too sudden the human race couldn’t handle the sudden change? Sexual exploitation needs to be eliminated. Now. Not “phased out” so we can savor our last gratuitous glimpse of cleavage.

That looks great! Why in the name of all that is holy do we get the stupid black plastic? WHY?!!