The entire automotive cast of The Americans is pretty great. Malaise to the core and not ashamed in the least!

UNSEE! UNSEE!

80 compression-ignited horses in a Cruiser? That must be a blast to drive... said my sarcastic self. I'm sure it's worth $85,000 to someone, but I'll save a few (dozen) thousand clams and build one with a less limp-wristed engine. I love diesels, but I also love turbos and going faster than 50. I'm not a fan of…

Ask and you shall receive!

I saw a diesel Opel Insignia with "M" plates in Michigan a couple days ago. Coming to America? No. Do the Big 3 consolidate their global vehicle testing, causing these cars to be seen in places outside their markets? Yup.

Yeah, not many 60-year-olds wrap their garage-queen Corvettes around telephone poles while drunkenly street-racing on a Friday night in the shadier parts of Miami. Civics, on the other hand, have that little problem AND they get stolen more than just about anything else ever.

Insurance might not be as expensive as you'd think. I recently replaced my Civic Si with a C5 Corvette and my insurance rates dropped by about 20%. Shocked the hell out of me!

Auto-dimming mirror? Heated seats? Blue-friggin'-tooth? Ipod shit??? Are you people serious? Is this an enthusiast community or my mom's smutty book club?

Dat graphic... awesome.

Tell that to the first guy who launches his BMW into the woods! Ha haa!

Jumps. Like, ramps and stuff.

YES!

I see what you did there...

You see all sorts of unavailable cars driving around the Detroit area. It's not uncommon to see a Ford Galaxy or S-max and I've seen several Opals with "M" plates here. Chalk it up to globalized car companies. Testing and engineering for all markets takes place in the US these days.

Metric Horsepower (PS) =Pferdestärke

http://www.formula1-dictionary.net/j-damper.html

It's possible it has "Cobra" heads or intake manifold. Those were SUPER common buys from the Ford Motorsport catalog back in the 90s and had "Cobra" written all over them. Literally.

The Honda-matic? Was that a confused mess too? I never encountered one!

No. If it has the ability to select it's own gears, under ANY circumstance, regardless of the presence of a hydraulic torque converter or clutches, then it is an automatic.

Now that's just dumb.