Agreed on all points.

The Ecoboost is not exciting in any way. 

The irony of many commenters who will share their $0.02 on this topic yet similarly disgrace the English language on the daily is equally baffling.

Is the Lexus Texas true to its name? Will the driving rights of some people be arbitrarily limited? 

I truly wonder if Jalopnik would exist if it had to give up throttling Tesla on any related or semi-related topic.

Simply put, if Musk intentionally said or alluded to the race being a quarter mile, when it fact it was only an eighth, ok, that’s a good call out.

But if the Cybertruck legitimately won that race, no…

Back in the 1980s, New Yorkers had tough choices.

Mets or Yankees
Jets or Giants
Nets or Knicks
Islanders or Rangers
BMW or Mercedes-Benz

There was only right answer for any of these choices, yet people willingly disregarded logic and taste and chose things like the Mets, Islanders, and BMW, just to name a few.

BMWs might…

By the numbers, the 2022 Ecoboost Mustang matches/beats the Fox Body 5.0.

Since the SVO was mentioned, let’s reference a fox body Mustang, the 1990 - 1993 LX/GT 5.0.
In particular the 1990 GT had 225 hp/300 tq
The hatch body had a curb weight of 2,827 lbs.
Resulting in a power to weight ratio of .08
0-60 ~6.3 seconds

Now,…

LOL.

I don’t think the typical Challenger/Charger buyer is their target for this car. Who is the target buyer?

I’m scratching my head. I can’t figure this one out. 

Or will it look like most cars from this marque and be the car you sigh when you get it as a rental?

Just in time for the slow down in EV enthusiasm! Yay!

I’d love to see the research and insights that drove the decision behind the development of this product.

This stinks like a C-level market reaction.

I can see how one of these could be a sloppy autocross contender if it retains the stock suspension, but I have also seen them do remarkably well with the suspension bits I mentioned in my original reply. I don’t think the upsized motor does too much to throw off the car’s balance. I also remember the 240 in most…

Did Ross Converse do much with the rears? The only Converse car I saw still had the OEM Dana rear and was a one tire fryer. 

I am not a purist, but I can see why someone who appreciates these for what they are would want to keep it mostly original. 

NP all day. I’m assuming I’d get it for $5k.

No rust and no recorded accidents is a plus. While I prefer the long roof version of these, a 240 is a good platform for an upgrade to a 5.0 or an LS. I’ve been looking to do one for a while. A lower-mileage chassis is preferred and this looks to be a solid candidate.

The…

Some of these are hardly weird, or even the weirdest.

It appears that the result is pretty good. 

“he BIG winner of the 70s and 80s is full sized pickups. The Big 3 never let the quality of their full sized pickups croak.”

But is this actually true? Or are they better only by comparison? Or is this a factor of their overall simplicity relative to a typical 80s family sedan which by that time had transitioned to…

Vertically? Horizontally? Laterally?

Was it truly halved? Or simply were there two large sections?

What caused these splittings? I never knew one person with a Citation, but I’ve never heard of these splitting. Was that common? Did it happen while driving?

You made me curious about this situation. 

1) I don’t think all of these really really contended with imports. By the early to mid 1980s the value proposition, reliability, and quality of Japanese brand vehicles was established enough to already attract a certain type of buyer who was probably not cross-shopping with similarly sized/classed domestics.
2) There…

My closing comment was an all-inclusive statement. The early 2000s NASCAR offered a mix of old and new when you factor in rules, drivers, tech, sponsorships, etc.

It was around 2005ish that NASCAR got loose in the corners and has skidded ever since.