My usual answer to this question has been the Renault Fuego Turbo. I have taken a lot of shit from my friends regarding my decades-long obsession with finding the "perfect" Fuego.

I 've had a thing for AMCs my whole life (probably from spending a lot of time in the AMC-Jeep-Renault dealer as a kid) and feel no shame about it. And the Matador Coupe is pretty damned good-looking for 1970s American iron!

I miss my AMC-Jeep-Renault dealer. Sandwiched between the Chevy and Buick dealers and just up the road from the Lincoln-Mercury dealer, there is no question that it was the coolest dealership in town. As a kid, I spent countless hours sitting in the Fuego Turbo on the showroom floor rowing the gears during the many…

Remember that EPA ratings were calculated differently then. There are many cars from the 80s that have some pretty astounding EPA numbers. Of course, they weren't attainable in the real world.

I used to get crap like this when I was in high school—it was the '80s, I grew up in Metro Detroit, and most of the kids at my school, if they were into cars at all, were into American muscle cars or pony cars. I was constantly asked why I loved to drive "those little shitboxes."

Yeah, growing up in Detroit, my friends and I would make similar jokes—especially when we'd see the billboards advertising deals on men's suits in Windsor: "3 suits for $500 CDN, what is that—like $5 USD???"

"BMW supplied Brabham with a special version of their M12 turbocharged Formula One engine, tilted an incredible 18° to the side."

I like where this is going: "I can get to the grocery store in 11.9 seconds @ 123 mph. (Getting slowed down in the 300-foot parking lot is a little tricky, though..)"

I signed it, even though the wording of this petition isn't going to get it done. Maybe it will inspire someone to write a proper petition, though.

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That's right, Captain Hazelwood, you were below decks "sleeping" at the time of this near-miss, weren't you?

I think the strongest argument against a remote "power-cut" capability (which, if it worked as it does at the kart tracks around me, would cut power to all cars simultaneously, so no worries about the "first car stopping before the others do") is that it could seriously upset the balance of a car that is already…

I don't think two-stroke diesels are inherently dangerous—after all, four-stroke diesels can "run away" by running on their own oil, too. What's more, the prospect of a runaway diesel is usually only frightening to the wallet. You just push in the clutch or throw it in neutral and let the engine self-destruct if you…

Luckily, it has far fewer parts than any similarly obsolete four-stroke, so it would certainly be easier to return to running condition. That being said, I agree with you that the $14K price is CP by a mile.

I like FCs, and I love the idea of owning anything with a supercharged two-stroke diesel. But this thing is stratospheric CP. The fact that it's advertised on Hemmings would be the first clue. I've found non-running FCs in better condition than this one on Craigslist for less than $700. Granted, they weren't…

I hope you're just trolling, but if not: how did NHTSA "cause" the problem? While crash testing may be an imperfect simulation of real-world conditions, it can lead to some real-world discoveries—and in this case, a highly relevant one.

This particular car is automatic CP for the simple reason that it has been for sale on CL for probably six months now and (obviously) it has not sold. A Harlequin in really nice shape might be worth something to a VW fanatic, but this one is not in really nice shape. Also, they would've been a lot cooler if VW had…

I picked up a salvage 996 for similar reasons and loved every minute of ownership. The difference is that the 916/996/998 is, hands-down, the most beautiful modern Ducati (and damned nice to ride, as well) and therefore worth rolling the dice on a salvage title. The 348, on the other hand, is not particularly nice…

Well, if we're talking all of the Americas, then they were certainly remiss in failing to include the beloved "Funnel for World Commerce" plate!

Apparently, this "Northwest Territories" has been part of Canada for a while, eh.