What bugs me about the SSR and the retro T-bird is how both vehicles paid homage to existing vehicles and both failed badly—square peg in a round hole for both of them. As opposed to the Prowler being a clean-sheet styling exercise that I love. So yes, if I had a 3-car garage, the Prowler would be the third.

Calling Godzilla Minus One the “best movie” of 2023.... My god, you are truly full of crap. It’s pretty good, yes. And its $15M budget shows how the Japanese can get huge bang-for-the-buck with their VFX versus an American Godzilla flick needing $200M to do the same thing. The flick absolutely deserved the VFX Oscar.

We’ll fight together, fellow taco lover. If I had unlimited cash, I’d have a garage with the best versions of the SSR, Prowler, Thunderbird, PT Cruiser, and HHR.

I had the realization a few years back that I could have just gone out and bought a Prowler and that was a dangerous day.

I know you’re echoing the dezeen.com article, but there’s no way this custom golf cart is 7 feet wide. If so, then that topmost jpg of the head-on shot would be of a golf cart that’s as wide as it is tall. And that shot shows it’s not—maybe 4.5' wide?

Nah, I don’t particularly like the SSR but I respect it, and it shouldn’t be dumped on as hard as it is. It was intended as a boutique, low-volume seller and we should appreciate when automakers take those kind of risks and encourage more of it.

The mere fact that early 2000s General Motors made this insane retro modern convertible truck should save it from this list. It’s just a crazy cool oddity at this point, like the Plymouth Prowler. 

“...but currently hot off the release of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”

Prowlers fuckin’ rule.

Yes, we all have our “crack cocaine car” for which we are completely irrational, and the Prowler is mine.

Just like that “Miata cost” post, it all boils down to supply and demand.  If enough customers stay out of Dumbass Mode and balk at the cost, they’ll either drop the lease price or cease offering the car over here.  If enough dumbasses sign on the dotted line anyway, Fiat should be congratulated for not leaving money…

I know I’m wrong, but I’ve always wanted a weird hill to die on, and by god, this is it.

This truck’s actual utility is informing those around you that you are a d-bag. 

You lose.

I completely disagree. The Blackwood was the forefront of what see on the roads today—behemoth crew cab pickups with dinky beds that are option-loaded so they cost an eye-watering $70K to $100K. Since the roads are full of Blackwood clones nowadays, the original must be one of the (ugh) best since so many pickups…

I will fight you!

Supply and demand is how it works—be an Adam Smith disciple.

The Chevy SSR:

If you’re ever in the Portland, Oregon area, the WAAAM has Model T Driving School. Sold out for this year though.

Thank you for the detailed explanation. I still think the instructor would be constantly rolling his eyes at my pathetic attempts. If I lived close to Hershey, PA, I’d give it a shot—definitely worth $160 to find out how bad I’d be at driving a Model T.