What does Mr. so-called Clarkson intend to do in the way of reparations for all the poor Morris Marinas destroyed during his Top so-called Gear tenure, eh? I believe the Marina, and by extension the whole of British Leyland production, to be beyond reproach, the finest automobiles ever to have come from Britain. His…

Forgot one.

Just a few hours north of there, around SLO. Nothing crazy, but some pretty fun coastal backroads. I could take the twisty section of Hwy 41 from Morro Bay to Atascadero without letting off the gas in 4th (or crossing double yellow) if I nailed the line. In the uphill direction...coming down to MB required the brakes,…

This would actually work just fine. A guy used to autocross one around here, and I had a ‘93 that I really enjoyed throwing around at speeds that won’t get you arrested.

More like mitigates boring, right? I mean, they still make the rest of the range.

The Expatriate: A South American-market stripper version of the Explorer, brought back for sale here. (this would be sweet, actually).

“Today’s action is a step in the direction of assuring that will happen.”

I thought Maximum Bob was really picky about panel gaps.

I’d like to see it in darker colors, but it’s not too far off the concept.

Please ask him if he thinks Cadillac’s new naming convention makes his job harder than it needs to be.

No wagon, no manual, no diesel, no tape deck... I’m not buying one!

Germans, Hydrogen, etc...

That almost makes the Karma’s weird-ass mustache nose look good.

This is great. They brought one to my high school auto shop and let us run it around campus. I remember thinking it was really cool, but I’d be lying if I said we didn’t make fun of it a little.

Looks like Willow Springs. Cool.

Just be prepared to go back and change this article’s title when they change the name to some other meaningless alphanumeric next week.

What’s wrong with minivans?

I’m not your BUDD-e, guy.

What if you drive a car from a company that yours was previously associated with? A Mercedes in a Chrysler lot, a Land Rover in a Ford lot, a Lamborghini in a GM lot... do they demote you to some outer lot after the relationship sours?

A good friend of mine bought one of these and has been very happy with it thus far, and I think he beats EPA fuel economy pretty easily.