I knew they existed, but I'm pretty sure they were Euro market only. If that's correct, either the car is a gray market import or one of a few convertible conversions done stateside. The fact that neither of the VINs are posted is an issue.

Borgward.

Borgward? Really?

Dammit, we've got more important matters to address!

But can it drive a stick? #unhackable

Additional +1 for the handle. Now who wants to hear a nice story, about a bridge?

I am a vehicle calibration engineer. Braking is absolutely NOT done by wire. Same for steering except for one or two freakish models at the top of Nissan's range, which has a mechanical backup that from my understanding requires power to be disengaged, so it will [hopefully] fail-safe. I haven't seen the…

Typical Impala driver is typical.

More reason to get a manual transmission. And a tinfoil hat.

I don't think our witty Slayer of Enthusiast Dreams and Bringer of The Nightmare Called Reality means that he doesn't enjoy said vehicles. It's just that he is echoing a sentiment that has been stated here and that car companies know—-often times enthusiasts will say "if they build this, I'll buy it", and when it is…

Aaaaaaaaaand once again Jalop writers utterly fail to understand the difference between the cost of buying something and the cost of keeping something. What happens when something goes wrong with that SUV you could have bought? It gets fixed for pretty cheap. What happens when something goes wrong with an Aston…

And that's a vicious circle. As more people get bigger vehicles to protect themselves from other motorists with big vehicles, said other motorists are getting even bigger vehicles to keep their advantage.

I don't get it. Why don't people buy products by researching and testing and making the decision themselves? Why do you need an actor on TV to tell you what to buy/what not to buy?

This is a Dodge Charger, a front wheel drive four cylinder Charger.

Get the fuck out of here with this shit. CP. The owner/restorer has no respect for this car.

Yesterday's was 1/3 the price and looked more or less stock. I don't think the seat, gauges, steering wheel and turbo conversion add to this car, rather detract from it. It's a rare luxury car I'd rather have in stock configuration than this Tokyo Drift setup.

Mother of god.

Courteous enough to pull over.

This could almost have worked if they stuck to the sheetmetal. The proportions are there for a good looking ute-conversion, but uuuuh... yeah.

Man Tom, that last sentence was a kick in the nuts. On another note, that Altima race car commercial gets on my nerve's to no end. Every time I see it I get angry, though the half pipe Altima and the one where it is doing donuts, going forward are really bad too.

Mercedeses from this era really were heirloom cars, in that you could pass one down through the generations, if the family was so inclined. It was a time when Daimler-Benz was ruled by a benevolent engineer junta that strove to make the best cars possible regardless of cost or margins and just trusted that the money…