If you ask me, they could have build this forever. They sure tried.

Awesome article! I’m surprised that the Corona and the Beetle cost about the same. There are decades of developmental advantage between them already and while the Beetle sure was reliable - because of its proven simplicity - hindsight suggests that you could drive that Corona today still. If you had just managed to…

I get that, but it is a risky investment that, once you factor in maintenance, storage, and other running costs, has a pretty marginal chance at working out well.

The car I’ve owned the longest ever - a 2001 Honda Stream, for six years - started off as a rental. Second owner was a boomer with a company car, who used the van to ferry grandkids to his cabin. It was well maintained and stood out in a sea of crap. Never really worried about its “heritage”. A rental Ferrari on the…

Every obscure challenge that is answered with “see page 777" deserves an upvote, no questions asked.

I have bought quite some cars for 60% of the asking price. If you behave like a human being, treat the seller with respect, offer them to take a call any time they are ready to sell - after trying a higher price first...I don't see how this is an issue.

I don't understand why people buy Ferrari to begin with anymore. There's Koenigsegg, McLaren, Noble, and a whole host of either more interesting, more sophisticated, more raw, more violent, more entertaining vehicles. The default choice of "throw money at four wheels" is just...boring.

Hot damn this thread is hilarious.

As NP as they come. A bullettproof 2002 Toyota with open skies and in good shape...awesome. Slow-and-far-roadtrip-vehicle of the best kind. If you're not in a rush, see and smell everything, there's a lot to be experienced along the road.

On a vacation to Berlin last year, I found and visited a Lada dealer. Tried to sneak myself into a test drive. But, no, that is basically not possible. Lada sells cars to dealers with a 30 day payment deadline (1/3 of average), they never know when they actually get a car, and their source of information for updates…

This is just another blob in a long line of: I can't understand people still buy GM products.

I had to start using adblock on Jalopnik a long time ago. Over the last month though, Jalopnik has very reliably crashed my Opera-on-Android browser. Autoplay, shitty programming, an overloaded sites take their toll...and all I want is to find the good content.

I have always been a big wagon/van guy, but after test driving a Fit ("Jazz" to us Urobeans), I almost bought one. The interior packaging with magic seats, space for its own winter tires (unheard of in this class) and good materials, as well as a peppy motor with awesome fuel economy...This is THE rational car. A…

It's insane they didn't even start rating headlights until 2016. German publications have been doing this since the '80s.

Our 7 yo Leaf uses 18 kWh per 100 kilometers. Yes, we drive it hard and harsh, with a lot of short distances (so the heating messes with the average), but it's also a thoroughly...sad little econobox in comparison. Something here is off - I don't think the Porsche does poorly at all here.

These autostarting videos reliably crash my browser (Opera on Android) and make me come here less...I visit to read content, not to make my coworkers realize that I don't...eh...work.

The Isuzu Trooper is the holy grail of generic car design. I adore it and would love to get one with modern internals...alas, this is not a customer-oriented idea. Oh, and also some rust-proofing would be nice.

This advice is difficult to understand. The airline I fly with the most, Norwegian, has a calendar that shows fixed prices per day. Yes, flying close to the weekend at convenient times is more expensive (I’m actually at the airport now). They follow a principle of gradually more expensive tickets the closer you get to…

Scrolling to the M235i xDrive I wondered why you suddenly showed a Kia...this is when I realized it was still a BMW on display. Oops.

It says right there in the article that the Prius was an efficiency leader, and its sales have plummetted. OF COURSE that affects Toyotas brand efficiency. This whole article is twisting the facts a bit. And the threat of buyers migrating who last bought a car 12 years ago? Who will notice?