Yes, I have a 2009 9-7x Aero

Fair. It’s still a heap of shit. 

Bathtub on wheels was also the pacer. 

IIRC, it produced about 180HP at the time, which is still pretty good for a naturally aspirated four-cylinder of that displacement.

I think they eventually attached balance shafts and renamed it. But it was pretty interesting when they took an Oldsmobile Cutlass? I think, prepped it for a top speed run at Bonneville, and managed a top speed of 220mph using the Quad4 as the basis for the powerplant.

IIRC, the Grand Vitara was actually a stretched Suzuki Sidekick.

This is a toughie, but the Ford Fairmont of the late 70s-early 80s did come available with a lower boost version the turbo Lima 4, which was also in the Mustang SVO...

I’d argue the Corolla XRS with the 2ZZ was more illustrative of this than the Matrix/Vibe. The fact that utility was pulled out of the car to have fun...

Here’s a deep cut - The Oldsmobile 425 V8.

Replace “trailer park” with “farm” and you have described the history of millions of families in the 20th century, including mine.

My grandfather had a ‘79 Dodge Diplomat. It had the Slant 6. The engine outlasted the car. 

It takes three generations to get out of the trailer park.

This Malibu...

Imagine flexing about your higher teenage pregnancy rates.

The GM Atlas DOHC I-6 was wasted in the GM T360 and should have been used in an RWD car. Instead it died with the platform in 2012.

Probably correct on the usage, though not a hearse, which is specifically used around funeral duties. A friend of mine is a funeral director and the funeral home he works for uses minivans for this same purpose—picking up bodies from the morgue. Its not like the bodies are just straight up thrown in there, they are…

I don’t know much about hearses, but some of the commenters in the auction thread think this was the car that took the deceased from the hospital/morgue to the funeral home. That would explain why they were cool with the driver smoking as evidenced by the burn marks on the seat. It’s not like their usual passenger…

There is just no way the Crosstrek has less interesting styling than a Corolla Cross. The Corolla Cross is a master class of bland that Subaru can only aspire to but never achieve.

If you think it is boring to look at, try driving one. Between the relatively weak engine and the sponge that is the CVT, pushing a shopping cart is far more exciting.

I don’t want to know anything, but I do like that green color Subaru offers.