Good point

Just a reminder that a tax credit is not a tax deduction.  Everyone gets the full $7,500 no matter what your tax rate.

Counterpoint - you can out-Abarth the Abarth with a Classica and $2k of suspension work, a $1k exhaust, and an intake/tune. You end up with a much better car.

I was going to mention that - but with the addition that I loved that car as well. I get a warm feeling just looking at that car again.

6k miles on mine, also with new lower springs and sway bars. I drove the ND convertible and hardtop. The Fiat is better looking and the 1.4t is more exciting. The Fiat just won a shootout against the new Cayman and M2. I’ve driven the new Cayman and agree the Fiat is more fun.

The greatest tragedy of Tesla is that they are burning so much hard-earned good will and temporary oligopoly power by not focusing on producing a high volume of $55,000 Model 3s. People will pay $50,000 for a green luxury car. They trust and admire Tesla. Trump has created a strong incentive for individuals to tackle…

The worst way to cut back is to spend less on things that actually provide joy in our lives. I see so many articles like this (this one doesn’t, thankfully) that focus on spending less on coffee or dinners out just so we can have more money to spend on cars or houses. There is no evidence that these physical goods…

The Jeep was semi-cool, but nothing beats the Gremlin.

I was just driving my Fiata today thinking “if they just made a clownshoe version, it would be the perfect car.”

Delicious again, Peter

You’ll be happy to hear that’s a garage in downtown Slaton

I sold it to locally and have no idea what came of it. Also pulled a 1963 turquoise Ford V8 manual pickup from the same garage with its 1974 inspection sticker on the windshield. Still have that in storage. Not a spot of rust.

Subaru 360, left behind at an abandoned mechanics shop in 1974. Perfectly preserved in the West Texas climate with only a few thousand miles on it.

This is good kinja - thanks for the story.

I thought the same thing. I own a 124. It isn’t better than the RF, but it looks better and you can do interesting things to a 1.4. It’s a very Jalop car, but I think they test drove it last year.

I’ve owned both this (a supercharged R/T) and a new Mustang. As a drivers car, the Mustang does everything better than the Challenger. The steering has much more feedback, it’s lighter, the handling is sharper. To me, the Mustang even a better looking car. Don’t buy one without test driving both.

This comment has haunted me since I read it yesterday. The best word I can come up with to describe it is brutal. A well earned COTD. If you don’t find out who this person is and invite him/her to write some columns, you’re missing out on an opportunity to snag a very good writer.

Andrew - I drove the Golf R last year and finally drove the RS last week. I didn’t like either of them that much.

Did the same, and my other car is a Lexus. There is nothing about the Mustang that is so inferior to this car that I’d consider spending twice as much to buy the LCF. I have to say that I like the design of the Mustang more, and it’s a more engaging car to drive. I don’t know why anyone would buy this.

Counterpoint - I’ve always felt that the BRZ was what the 944 should have been. A lightweight, well balanced, fun coupe with excellent steering and handling but with a boxer engine sound. Counterpoint 2 - the new Mustang is also good looking, more powerful, and with the performance pack or as the GT350 much more…