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Super underappreciated maybe, but definitely not the worst!  The SVX was supposed to be a competitor, after all.

The company is also aiming to cut salaries and market spending by $800 million with “the remainder coming from significant reduction in all areas of business, including engineering expense, travel and administrative costs,” Barra reportedly said.

Second the RUF Yellowbird, but failing that...

On the one hand, Never Turbocharge an NA Engine (unless you’ve got custom heads, are a shop, are rich, are ok with a busted engine, etc.), so this one’s an obvious ND.

How... how are they planning to sell anyone an electric Jag while Lucas Industries still exists?

Mitsubishi. Just all of it.

Has anyone developed a synthetic ‘leatherette’ material that doesn’t crack and disintegrate in 5-10 years? I particularly love the ‘soft-touch plastic’ dash on our 2009 Legacy that’s since turned into sticky goo.

I didn’t much like these when they were new, but after years of increasingly aggro bro-dozers everywhere, seeing one is refreshingly cheeky (heh) and fun. I don’t personally have a use for one, but it’s a Nice Price for someone that does!

The 3/S shined with its’ techno-wizardry and cool weirdness. They were expensive and hell to work on, so the tuning community was tragic compared to the DSM crowd, but if you rolled in on one of their car meets (Prodigy blasting from the CD changer, obviously), everyone was afraid of you.

I’m guessing that they must have run all of it indoors, otherwise 135mph seems really low. The tunnel at Monaco tends to run at 160mph, doesn’t it?

How many automakers got by for decades selling ladder-framed trucks and truck-based SUVs in the US? Supposing that the venn diagram between climate and Covid deniers is roughly circle-shaped, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see domestic automakers try to shrug their shoulders and go back to what made them them money.

This. ^^ I’ve owned a IX since it was new and can’t imagine ever letting it go. Every drive to the grocery-store puts a smile on my face.  I’d like to drive a IV someday, but they’re all so much fun.  X is very much part of the family!

I don’t know about animation, but print cartoon and comic artists have a long history of artwork featuring juvenile humor and/or porn to blow off steam or to make some extra income. 1980's comic luminaries were involved in swapping NSFW sketches at conventions. Joe Shuster famously drew Superman porn in the ‘50s. I

The GC8 has always been my favorite Scooby. This one answers the question of “What if 22B, but road-legal in the US and not awful to drive every day?” It costs a bunch, but if I’m in the market for a good restomod, I probably don’t care until it reaches 7 figures.

Dangerous, time and time again studies show the driverless cars are far safer.

I’m a bit perplexed when seeing him on F1 broadcasts. I would’ve thought that Liberty Media would’ve put an end to Sky’s “Doddering British Man Embarrasses Himself on Television” bit by now. If they want to do it properly, they ought to hire someone qualified, like James May.

I’m fairly sure that’s not true. This isn’t a classic Ferrari, Porsche, or hell, even a busted Jaguar with the Lucas electronics on the fritz. This is a Chrysler-era Lambo we’re talking about. More was invested into R&D and engineering for the Matchbox and Hot Wheels replicas than on the actual Diablo.

...or they’ll just pull up stakes and move on to the next aggregator to come along. Fark, Digg, Reddit... at the end of the day, the domain name really doesn’t matter.

I think I get that... to be honest, I can’t really tell McLarens apart from each other anymore (besides the F1, obviously). On the other hand, the ‘80s-’90s cars I lusted after were festooned with strakes and louvers (Testarossa, Countach 25th Anniv., Cizetttttta Moroder), so I don’t think I can even recognize