Remember this iconic Bob Lutz photo? Here's the just-as-iconic story behind it.

The General couldn't move too many Achievas or Azteks in South Africa, but Astras and Kapitäns and such seem to do all right there. This ad has some nice "why we love cars" shots, but its Manta shortage is distressing.

When we hear the words "Pontiac LeMans," we assume the subject is the good LeMans (i.e., the rear-wheel-drive ones from the '61-77 era). We'd blocked out the traumatic experience of having lived on the same planet as the horrid '88-93 LeMans, which was an Opel Kadett license built by Daewoo. But hey, the hot…

OK, this could be early 90s, since the Kadett/Chevette continued to be sold around the world after the Sprint/Spectrum replaced it in the United States. But look at these Chevettes, climbing 85% grades, triggering sprays of garish 80s hues and bad Spanish rap, and literally tearing the clothes off attractive women!…

We don't care if it sucked. We don't care if it seemed dumb to call a car a "Chevette" that wasn't branded as a Chevrolet. We don't care if it was even briefly sold as a "Buick-Opel." What we care about is that is that it was a rear-drive hatchback that could be had for cheap, and in Chevrolet guise was actually sold with …

Reader Tony is a man after our own soul. And he left skidmarks on it in the form of what he claims will be a rapidly-expanding collection of truckcar photos he's taken along the way. Take this Kadettamino, for example: according to Tony, it was used to deliver supplies at an event called the Fusion Festival. Which, to …