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Everyone: “So, Kristen, tell us how it really went down.” Read more

Auto sales has no place for you and your math skills. :D Read more

Your Jalopnik New York crew is getting this car’s modern successor on Friday. For now, start your week basking in the glory of the original. Read more

Noooo... I liked them. Never registered to a course, but met with many instructors there over time and all were extremely nice! Really sad they are in such situation. I guess the big amount of competitiors nowadays, offering courses in cars that appeal maybe more to customers did not help... Sucks :( Read more

it kinda did... if you look at the lines, you can definitely see a similarity Read more

My experience with GM’s Theta platform, from a reliability standpoint, has been overwhelmingly positive. Are the cars remarkable? Maybe not. But between the ‘05 Saturn Vue and ‘11 Equinox I’ve driven (my Dad’s), they hold up quite well (sans the transmission leak in the Equinox, which is annoying). Read more

Ah, OK. I can’t really speak to that, if I’m honest. My experience is with a 2011 2.4-liter front-drive model, which—despite being a bit lethargic thanks to some questionable trans calibration—is a decent car. Read more

This is excellent progress for GM. If you read Bob Lutz’ book, Old GM used to use focus groups only to validate decisions that had already been made. The focus group results for the Aztek, Ion, and L-Series were universally terrible, but the designs had already been frozen and approved for production before a single Read more

I just drove one this past weekend. It’s a handsome car and damn if it doesn’t drive nice. The CR-V is not an attractive car and the Equinox is much more refined and quiet compared to the cx5. Read more