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Jalopnik Commenter Savant Buys SHOwagon

The moment the Ford Taurus SHOwagon listed on eBay was posted here the bidding for the rare item suddenly jumped up. We thought this was because we're awesome and moved tons of traffic in the power-wagon's direction. No. In fact, the real culprit...

3:30 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 5,643 views, Comment

Ford Taurus SHO Wagon Pops Up On eBay

As if we're not already overly inclined towards the first or second generation Ford Taurus SHO, an audio company made a rare SHO Wagon and that vehicle is now for sale on eBay. Rather than dropping the SHO 3.0-liter Yamaha V6 and manual...

1:00 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 3,444 views, Comment

2010 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln MKZ: Design, Dissected

In case you may have missed it back in 2006, Ford released a trio of entries into the uber-boring mid-size sedan category. The just-right-sized triplets were built with the intention of targeting the best in the appliance segment. Alas, sales fell...

1:30 PM on Wed Nov 26 2008, by The Auto Insider, 7,215 views, Comment

The Ten Greatest Minivans Of All Time

Before suburban moms fled to crossovers and SUVs, the minivan was the status symbol of the original MILFs. Though some may think of these vehicles as slow family haulers, we know better. So, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the minivan, going...

4:30 PM on Wed Nov 12 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 11,331 views, Comment

No Explosion Jokes, Please: Four Families, 36 Ford Pintos!

How about the Bauer family, with its ten Pintos in 1980? Hard to believe, but Pintos were once as common a sight as the Taurus is now. With 38 very optimistic highway MPG, these multi-Pinto families could thumb their nose at that damn Ayatollah...

2:20 PM on Tue Nov 4 2008, by Murilee Martin, 1,533 views, Comment

Is There A Case For Automatic Transmissions?

Here's a scary thought for Halloween: between 1980 and 2005 the percentage of cars with a stick shift dropped from 35% to 6%. The rise in gas prices has led to a slight uptick in manual vehicles (7.7% last year), but most cars are still going in...

11:30 AM on Fri Oct 31 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 5,022 views, Comment

The Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons Uber Gallery, Part III

Here's the final part of the Yeehaw It's Texas 24 Hours Of LeMons Über Gallery, featuring cars numbered #64 through #99. Go here for Part I and here for Part II.

1:00 AM on Wed Oct 29 2008, by Murilee Martin, 1,289 views, Comment

First Photos Of New Car-Based Ford Explorer

The quick shutterbugs at KGP just snapped these first pictures of what appears to be a test mule for the new Ford Explorer running around on a car platform on the streets of Dearborn, MI. We've already reported the next-generation Explorer will be...

11:55 AM on Thu Oct 23 2008, by Matt Hardigree, 10,780 views, Comment

Innovations In LeMons Penalties: McCain's Uphill Slog, Obama's Change We Can Believe In

We thought of a bunch of new penalties for the 24 Hours Of LeMons Texas, and the zero-tolerance attitude of the black-flag crew meant that we needed every one of them. Because we're in election season, it seemed like our patriotic duty to provide...

10:00 AM on Thu Oct 23 2008, by Murilee Martin, 3,580 views, Comment

RUF Electric Porsche 911 Concept Finally Revealed

Not too long ago we reported that German tuning house RUF was preparing to unveil an all-electric Porsche Cayman. Today, RUF has shown their Tesla-fighter is in fact a Porsche 911. The concept is fueled by 96 lithium-ion battery packs weighing a...

9:40 AM on Fri Oct 10 2008, by Andrew Stoy, 2,770 views, Comment