oh god so the Vega is about to come out? I don’t know, scream at everyone responsible for like a week, cry for another week, and then find all the cranks who did Corvair stuff and had been hidden away in a storage closet to prep a bunch of small cars that aren’t cramped and pointless Read more

We’re all pretty music nerdy but I would say myself, Torch, and PG are the music nerdiest.  Read more

What a star-crossed car the Avanti was! Read more

For anyone who wants to hear media opinion of the later Avantis, here’s MotorWeek’s test of the Avanti in 1985, while Stephen Blake ran it. Before all the scamming took place:

Revive it? The thing was essentially in continuous production from 1963-90, just under different owners. Read more

Thank you for this article. It’s extremely comprehensive and well-expressed. I learned a few things.

I got to tour both the Youngstown Avanti plant and the Georgia plant. Read more

Post script to the Avanti story - Production was temporarily moved to Villa Rica GA prior to moving to Cancun, and the US headquarters were moved to a former Volkswagen dealership in Morrow, GA - about 10 miles south of Atlanta International Airport. Read more

As an Ohioan, stories like this bum me out. I really wish my home state could do better outside of the 3 biggest metro areas (Cleveland, Columbus, Cinci.) Read more

I did a photography project with Avanti in the Stephen Blake era, and it was interesting to see how inefficient the processes were. They were pushing cars on carts down the line. My father in-law owned a ‘73, it was interesting, but not very fun to drive.

South Bend in the 80's was an odd place, you’d go to the… Read more

Must include Lotus

More Giugiaro. We demand more Giugiaro.

And you’re not even Swedish anymore! Read more

as a side note - the VOR is freaking intense and frankly one of the most demanding sporting events on the planet as far as I’m concerned.  This special edition reminds me exactly none amount of that event.   Read more

Nobody seems to mention that this is a money saver for them. Certifying cars for autobahn level speeds means better tires, better suspension, better cooling, more power, better brakes, and ironically - better safety. Read more

I understand why some may be upset over the 112mph cap, but if you take a step back and realize it’s part of their “no deaths in a car by 2020" initiative, then it’s a subtle hint that their cars are engineered to withstand a 112mph crash, which from an engineering perspective is kind of mind blowing. Read more

Did you just link a wikipedia article for marijuana? Read more

I seriously thought it was a great article. Just found it funny that its also day number 1 for this guy, and you ask him to dig up those weird metal things under the ground without mentioning they were landmines left over from a past war. One small mistake and it could have been all over for him. Read more

Now’s as good a time as any to announce that Aaron W. Gordon has joined the staff of Jalopnik. He’s an ace investigative reporter with bylines at Vice Sports, The New Yorker, Wired, something called “Deadspin” (sic?) and a lot more. Read more