I had a similar thought. Going with a classic car that won’t depreciate, yet still meets the special car and attention grabbing aspect he’s likely looking for. No one hates a classic, and over time they turn more heads than any under 100k modern sports car will.
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Welcome. Some of us don’t understand hype of pickups either. I’m convinced that ever time I start my car an army of pickups magically appear in the passing lane of every highway with cruise control set to 65mph and no intention of ever getting over.
Citroen DS
It’s just a small refresh so they watched the Canyonero episode of the Simpsons once again for inspriation.
A few weeks back I sooooo wanted to pull over and call out an older gentleman who parked at the back of a parking lot in his shiny red C7 Corvette. He parks in the back so he obviously wants to keep his car dent free. I watched him unload his cart and proceed to beach the cart onto the island adjacent to his space.…
“Whoever it was, they put the dynamite under the passenger’s side. But what they didn’t know, what nobody outside the factory knew, was that that model car was made with a metal plate under the driver’s seat. It’s the only thing that saved my life.”
Preach brother!
But $kay, this is the new old one, and the old new one!
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I had the exact same experience, and I think it looks great in a vehicle segment that brings me little excitement. I saw one painted black on the road and it didn’t seem nearly as striking as the pictures. If it wasn’t for the unique headlights it nearly would have blended into the suburban mesh of endless SUVs. I…
Looks at NASCAR infield... Looks back at trailer park.
Grimace is what happens when you capture a lighting bolt and Frankenstein a partially gelatinated non-dairy gum-based beverage into a marketing ploy.
Random word generator for comment driven slideshows. Soon enough Jalopnik AI will be generating it’s own posts. Right now it appears to be stuck at Level 2.
I’m imagining the air spring suspension captain’s seats having a built-in massage setting that simulates the road surface. Now that’s luxury!
EV1 - The future was now in 1996. Where would the market be if this took off?
A car so classic in it’s simple understated beauty it inevitably scars itself.
yes sarcasm, but probably more like satire toward those elitists who take up two spots.
“Yes, it is just like a Tesla Model X but without all the associated elitism baggage.”
It’s a 2020 model in 2020 mode.