Well, that was a minute or so of complete and utter bollocks, proof, if it was needed, that Jalopnik is a mere shadow of its former self.
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The Kia Pride! This car helped the KIA brand getting back into automotive production. They sold it to Saipa in the 90s. We owned a 95 model, the 4 door sedan version, my dad bought used in 97 with 24,000 kilometers on it. That was the last year where most of the parts used to assemble the car where made in Korea… Read more

Amen. I owned two of these in the 90s. Lived in the Midwest, including Chicago. Perfect little city car, especially in the snow. Read more

one of the best cars in snow back in its day Read more

I had one for 10 years. It was fine. You could thrash it and have some fun and nobody else even noticed as you were just doing the speed limit. Ate mufflers but otherwise needed nothing beyond annual oil and tires. Under $20 to fill the tank. Read more

My first poor-musician L.A. car. The little Mazda hand-me down went 190,000 mile with nothing but a new clutch beyond maintenance items. It started every day, was light, had manual everything, and could make a u-turn on two-lane roads. Do that in your enormous $80k TRX when this site is always fretting about the… Read more

Welp, I’ll say it, this was lame. Read more

“Donald Foss, the billionaire founder of the subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance, died Sunday AND WENT STRAIGHT TO HELL, according to Crain’s Detroit Business.” Read more

Come on guys, let’s not all dance on his grave. Read more

Apparently it’s to prevent soot buildup on the shiny tips. DI engines create a lot of soot, and lots of vehicles that have them have chrome or silver tips - both real and fake - that are now permanently blackened. Read more

Because earth needs more plastic. Read more

it won’t be that easy Read more

listen shane, you know the rules Read more

Welcome, good luck righting the ship

“the Oppositelock veteran” Read more

this is a picture of me right before I change the site name to Jeeplopnik and force everybody to buy an XJ Read more

I’m with you on all of this. Read more

“And I want to know what you want to see from Jalopnik.” Read more

I guess there is only one thing to say: