Star for the comment, but this deserves to be bolded:

Pontiac actually had an identity until the day it died,

I like Lutz as a car guy, but he had terrible business sense. I personally liked all of the cars he pushed for, but they were all sales flops, and predictably so.

The first four generations of the Toyota Prius were the antithesis of driver’s cars;

That’s the only automatic that they have.

His stuff used to be really interesting.  But that was before he lost his marbles and objectivity.

he’s a chess player.

Offroading attracts a lot of wealthy people who like to cosplay as blue collar.

ProCharger kits are surprisingly easy to install. The hardest part is getting the intercooler installed.  Though, I don’t think a novice could do this in an afternoon, it would probably be like 12-15 hours.

Not that it really protects Oceangate in reality, but the release they signed pretty clearly stated that they could become fish chum doing this.

Just goes to show, if you want to buy a car for attention, CT is the way to do it.  I highly doubt you’d get on Jalopnik doing the same thing in an Altima, just saying.

Legislators fear that the TSA will condition Americans to view facial recognition as normal

If you went back to 1995 and found a 1965 Mustang Convertible with only 11k miles on it, it probably would have sold for about the same amount, and in 1995 dollars!

These are great beater cars, especially if you have a garage to keep that leaky soft top out of the elements. Pick up a rough one for a few grand and cruise around with no expectations.

I mean it is a valid place to get your finger caught

Worse yet, Mazda could have easily done us a solid by throwing in the Mazdaspeed Protege’s engine in the Protege5. A 170 HP turbocharged engine in a wagon that was just over 2,700 pounds would have been perfect.

I agree, but the fact is that governments can’t really wave a magic wand and make everyone responsible pay up. They need to sue everyone involved if they refuse. $2,000,000,000,000 pays for a lot of exceptional lawyers.

They know.  They don’t care.

Think about it for more than half a second, though, and you’ll remember that this is the generation that was raised with constant school shooting drills.

Turd?  No, everyone has always called them turds, even owners.