What most of the people here are failing to realize is that the vast majority of the population will be financing any car purchase more than $5k or so. That means nothing more than 5-7 years old and under 125k-ish miles, which rules out a LOT of these cars. Unless, of course, you are willing to pay loan shark level…

You only drive 8k miles per year?

Unless you live outside the factory and watch Tesla’s driving out of the assembly line, there is no way that is true. I’m sure it feels that way, but the sheer numbers of Civics, Corollas and Camry’s on the road make this a mathematical impossibility.

That’s an impressive list! I grew up in the pits of drag strips across the country (my dad raced a Super Comp dragster for many years) and I had the opportunity to meet a lot of drivers. In the 90's, John Force was like a God to me and I would run from the grandstands to his pit after every run to see him. I would…

Me, too!

I don’t know that they overlap anywhere, to be honest. I know that the automatic was the only option here in the UK.

Yeah, but I bet it was a warm engine that had been running 30 seconds before they started filming.

For all of you guys saying that the price on this car is way too high, I want to point out that it doesn’t seem to be unreasonable for the market on these cars.

Here is one with 11k miles that sold on eBay for almost $14k (with cloth interior): http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Make…

And here’s another with 58k miles that…

I disagree that this costs way too much. They are so rare in this condition it is tough to say what a reasonable price would be. Here is an 11k mile example that went on eBay for $13,900. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Make…

This is one of those cars that doesn't interest me in any way. That being said, it's niche enough and in good enough condition that I can imagine it would be a "nice price" for someone, based solely on the fact that if I was in the market for one, this would be the one I would want. A little expensive, yes, but I'd…

I honestly don't give a shit how rare the manual transmission is, it doesn't make the car worth 3x the price. I hate to get all Tavarish here, but you could buy a lower mileage automatic, swap in a manual, and have enough cash left over for some decent upgrades. Would it be a factory original? No, but it's not like…

The car recently set the ET record for outlaw radials. 3.85 at 212mph.

I'm predicting a crack pipe loss of epic proportions here.

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The phrase “shooting brake” has always sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me. Today I decided to look up exactly what that phrase means, because I’ve seen it used to describe many different types of cars.

Half the cars in Japan have English names. In Japan. I think the Sunny is called Sunny in Japan.

Just like the people who buy a one ton truck as a “statement” about their skepticism of environmentalism, political leanings, brand loyalty to Ford/GM, etc. To them, nothing else beats a pickup truck.

I've pretty much resigned myself to a future minivan. My wife's Cherokee is getting a little long in the tooth and God knows she has let me chase more than one automobile misadventure. My hope is that fleet sales will do enough to drive down used prices (like with the Town and Country) and I can pick one of these up…

We are talking about a MINI Clubman, though. I know for a fact that a convertible car seat will fit, as I drove one as a loaner when my car was being repaired. And assuming the jogging stroller collapses, it will probably fit.
All of that aside, however, doesn’t change the fact that going thousands of dollars upside…

I don’t even see the point in making joke memes about the interior of this car. It’s a joke as it is. All the brilliant engineering and performance undone by an interior that looks like the styling cues were "steam punk" and "Kanye West".