They were stable enough in the 1980s, after their 1984 IPO, for Ford to be interested in them. And they were moving over 50,000 units a year in the US for a little while in the early '00s, when they had their retro models out. Market share reached a whopping .4% early in this century, about double what it is now.

Will they bring back their beautiful soft leather and wood paneled interiors straight out of a 1930s ocean liner? Because the XE is kind of a disappointment there, and that used to be a major point of differentiation with other luxury brands.

This would be so much less embarrassing to drive if it still had Pontiac badges on it.

Any truth to the rumor that Burger King is going to run a special promotion, 100 tacos for $100?

Because everybody needs to build an SUV now, since that’s pretty much all anyone wants to buy. I’m sure there’s plenty of millionahs and billionahs out there who turn their noses up disgustedly at the Chiron because it’s a mere car, all low to the ground, and with no tail gate, but who would still love to have…

Does the Volvo C30 count as a shooting brake? I know it wasn't really based on a coupe or a sports car, but it definitely feels more stylish than an ordinary 2-door station wagon. If it does, than that's the last one we got. I put the first gen MINI Clubman in the 2-door wagon category. 

The L400 was the best Lexus Toyota could build, and Lexuses are the best cars Toyota knows how to make*, and Toyota makes damn fine, well built, durable cars, so this is to be expected.

Is it prewired for one? A lot of times, they were available as dealer-installed add ons back then. At least they were with Volvos, anyway. 

The only mention of that I remember in any of my marketing texts was a short paragraph that mentioned it as an untrue myth, before going on to talk about more serious branding disasters (e.g., when the UK renamed their postal service Consignia). 

Not only that, but the automakers have nothing to do with oil companies, if Toyota or Geely or Renault or Tata or whoever had the technology to easily and cheaply build a car with ridiculous fuel efficiency, do you really think they wouldn't jump at the chance to be the only one selling a 1000mpg car or whatever? 

Supposedly, they also singled out the Imperial, but it was too far along to cancel without taking a huge loss. Chrysler most definitely still lost a lot of cash on that one, though.

Funny thing is people are actually verified as doing pretty much just that with their Teslas. Took 40 years for reality to catch up.

Oooh, that's even better. Magic LED light!

That some miraculous carburetor is able to change the laws of physics by allowing an internal combustion engine to burn water.  

Will it run on Orbeez?

So, basically Ferrari thinks they're Bristol now.

Manuals were certainly a lot more prevalent when they were younger, a high percentage of economy cars in particular were manual through the 1980s and into the 90s. Although automatics have been the majority of new car sales since the 1950s, I'd say that millennials are the first generation where manuals have been…

They should do a series of tv commercials with older Corvette-owning celebrities riding in their children's new C8s and expressing surprise and approval. Something like "this isn't your parent's Corvette" or something.

Supposedly, the grille was to create a family resemblance to the Mercedes-Benzes that were sharing Studebaker showrooms. 

The GT Hawk was such a fantastic looking car, Studebaker did an amazing job updating a really old body on a shoestring budget, for the early '60s, it still looked totally current.