Noticed your icon. Random fact, before the Cobalt or SRT-4 were out Ford was working on a 2.0T Escort ZX2 SVT that was 215hp. The engine ended up in the Focus RS project when the ZX2 was canceled.

Could you imagine a 215HP turbo coupe under 2700lbs in 1999/2000? People would have been putting on tune/spring/bars and…

Plus no less an expert than her own grandparents will tell you she has the best tits in Hollywood.

Even worse is the Gladiator:

They specifically made the RS at the end of that generation of Focus. They killed it when that generation ended. They then decided not to bring the new generation of Focus to the US, but there’s currently no RS in Europe either.

That looks so good in blue. 

I was dating someone whose sister had a Geo Metro convertible. (If she had crashed the thing, I think they’d just drop the whole car into the cemetery plot, as there was little crash protection or structure.) She only added oil to it, but never had it changed. To its credit, it did last 3-4 years before becoming a…

My car is a 2008 Honda Fit Sport with 88,000 miles; what has been replaced from almost a decade of ownership, in no certain order: the battery, alternator, air conditioning compressor, left front suspension (the spring broke somehow?), spark plugs, water pump, tires, drive belt, brake pads/rotors/shoes (many times),…

My 2005 Jag has a warning that says “Headlights Are Off” whenever it’s dark and the switch isn’t set to auto.

Nissan drivers in general are the worst offenders from what I have observed over the years. 

i see it alot on Nissan Rogues driven by little asian ladies. 

The BMW 2-Series Gran Coupe should have died. It’s a miserable shitbox

I usually give Jalopnik writers every benefit of the doubt, but I take a number of issues with this article.

Doug has done more for car culture than damn near anybody. He’s gotten people who had previously had no interest in cars excited. And that has value.

Absolutely. I’m in a no-inspection state, and the clapped out garbage on wheels I see every day is frankly terrifying.

Can’t you make that exact comment for every car in the BMW lineup?  BMW, MB, Audi exist for a reason.

It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see where things go from here — just a passing look at what happened a decade ago.

Yep. Those two are complete head scratchers and why this site can no longer be taken seriously

The Excursion is a bad take (as is the Suburban).  There’s a reason the diesel ones are still sought after. 

As a service advisor, I'll give a hard pass to any GM from the last few decades. 

I have to imagine she’ll be one of the pale ones if she takes the pill.