@Festivas for the rest of us: knocks on wood.
@Ash78 bent his Wookiee: Likewise for me, only with a 2004 Saturn Ion. As much as I loathe that car, it's dependable. 120k and nothing major has gone wrong.
Ugh. Less Boyband, more Racecar please.
The best wagons that come to my mind were obviously designed from the onset to be availabe as wagons (Audi 5000, Benz 300/E-Class, Subaru Legacy, Ford Taurus Mk1, Volvo 850).
That being said, if I had to pick one vehicle that's taken especially well to wagonization, it's gotta be the Sultan of Brunei's Ferrari 456 Venice, but I don't think that really counts, seeing that it's a one-off (or should that be 5-off...)
So, snapping back to reality, the VW Jetta Wagon (in TDi form) took well to squarebackage. Also nicely haulernated were the Ford Focus, and, while not the most practicle thing on the road, the Lexus IS.
@Pessimippopotamus: Pixar could make a sequel of Black Dog worth watching...
I am considering simply posting 'Citroen DS' on every article to pass through the Jalopiverse today every hour, on the hour, until I get caught by my boss.
It's a travesty that the DS hasn't been included or even mentioned. It's one of the Jalopest cars around!
Another, more sporty solution. Although I don't know the width of the Z1... Might be too wide to fit in the hole. (that's what she said).
I can't help buy notice that you forgot to include the 1994 Chevrolet Corsica LTZ. Probably so that you don't have a bunch of crappy cars for the selections tomorrow, but just reminding you that we need some good high-performance vehicles in these lists too..
Seriously though, I'd gladly vote for the Omni GLH-S, Citroen DS, or Subaru SVX.
I'd like to be able to 'go to plaid' in the Senna sense of the term.
@Jake wants his Caddy back....: Meh. I like the dedication, but in my opinion, the handling limits of the CTS-V are way to high (safely in the 'get-someone-killed' range). I say, yes to everything you said, but I'd replace the Caddy with a nice 510, NA Miata, or E30 325i. That way you can get your jollies, but at a much lower level of danger.
I sure hope those rear doors open wider than the photo suggests, otherwise it's going to be like trying to get into the back seat of a 1984 Cherokee...
In my usual stance of going against the common grain of the majority of Jalopolites, I like it. Yeah, its a little flashy, but it also looks pretty functional. And, I'm not convinced that it's a wide body kit at all. Looks like the wheels aren't set any wider than they would be from OEM.
My guess is those big vents in the front are not so much to make it looks like something Lamborghinian, but instead to direct air around and through the front end. They probably help the air cut a more direct path to the exit of the front wheels. The wheels look a little flashy, but they also look slippery.
I'd be really interested to see what kind of Cd it posts.
Again, it aint pretty, but it probably works. And to me, functionality is pretty.
I don't think the two pictures of headlights are of the same vehicle.
Furthermore, the first image just doesn't look proportionally like a 300 (or 300 replacement). I'm think this might be some 200C (Sebring action right there...)
Needz moar Gruman X-29
@oddfish: It. Just. Might. WORK!
I heart-click the lunacy of it.
I stand in the less is more line. But a corvette with a 4-cyl would have to have some personality, and by the boatload. We'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfuckin' car. I mean it'd have to be ten times more charmin' than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm sayin'?
And at this point I recognize my need to compare America's sports car to a television swine using a Quinten Tarantino script, and must make the rational suggestion that no Corvette should ever have a 4-cylinder engine.
Now, TWO 4-cylinder piston poppers and we'll talk...
I will, again, probably be a minority here saying this, but I dig it.
In my opinion, much better looking than the concept. Too bad it will be sitting about 10" too high... Would look Tits McGee as a little, low, RWD wagon. A modern reincarnation of the 510's mojo...
That's actually the 2013 Mille Miglia Edition Special Edition SLS. It will coincide with the release of the game...
Forza FTW. At this point, it's going to take one hell of a great game to make me forget that I'd been waiting five years for it...
@KAdams1476: Flappy paddles will be optional.
Either those pics are misleading, or this thing is all hood... and hopefully that overhang at the headlights is just from seams in the sheet...
