Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $4500 For A 188-Mile 1977 Ford Thunderbird?

That's no typo up there- this really is a 188-mile '77 Thunderbird, which means it has logged just a hair over 6 miles per year since new. The seller inherited the car from the original owner, who was "afraid to drive it," but did start the car once a week....

Nov 16, 2024

2010 Ford Fusion: First Drive

According to Congress, Detroit doesn't know how to build cars that the majority of people want to drive. The comprehensively proves that it can. Full Disclosure: Ford wanted me to drive the so badly they flew me out and put me up in a nice hotel to make sure I...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $5300.83 Renault Le Car?

How much is too much for an interesting old car? The Renault Le Car (that's a to you Yurpeans) is pretty interesting, all right, but $5300.83? Nice Price… or Booth Numbah Two? We've had feel-good votes the last couple days, with the and the both winning Nice Price honors. For...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 1965 Plymouth Sport Fury For $39,900?

The vast majority of you feel that $5,300.83 is , but what happens when you consider a super-rare, numbers-matching Detroit classic… for more than seven times as much? That's what we've got here; it's a car that only the most maniacally anti-Detroit gearhead wouldn't love. It's a one-of-three-made, build-sheet-included, 426...

Nov 16, 2024

2008 Chevy Cobalt SS Sedan, Part One

The 2008 isn't the best car on the road, nor the best car in the segment, but it is one of the best cars for those interested in a walloping good time. As a practical matter, it doesn't matter where you grew up or what school you went to as...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 1974 Toyota Corolla SR5 For $12,800?

We now know that most of you approve of the $39,900 price tag on the , so today we're going to change it up a bit with a rare Japanese machine. While the 1970-74 Corollas sold in huge numbers in North America, the TE27 hardtop coupes weren't quite so common,...

Nov 16, 2024

2008 Chevy Cobalt SS Sedan, Part Two

Yesterday, we told you the was a walloping good time. But how does it stack up when you’re not going fast? Let's find out. The , even in four-door form, makes us smile for some reason. To know how easy it is to take a plain vanilla econobox and turn...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: 99-Mile 1986 SVO Mustang For $33,900?

You say So be it! But we know , so today we've got a super-rare Mustang with a double-digit odo reading! That's right, 99 miles! Judging from the overwhelmingly positive reaction to , we figure many of you are already fumbling for the "Nice Price" choice, before even reading the...

Nov 16, 2024

2008 Chevy Cobalt SS Sedan, Part Three

We've taken a look at the and had a rollicking good time doing it, but who should buy such a car-shaped rocket ship? You like the idea of hitting the drag strip and taking down cars costing twice as much. You want to be Paul Walker but you've got a...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $29,595 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT SL Spyder?

Is that used car's price fair… or do you need a megablast from the crack pipe to think so? 70% of you opted for the latter choice on the for 34 grand. Now we're going with something a bit more recent, with quite a few additional miles on the clock....

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: Brain-Meltingly Awesome Custom Van For $15,000?

The was sent packing to Booth Number Two by the voice of the mob, but what will the voters make of this 1979 Dodge Shag Van? What we've got here is an original, 32,000-mile, modified-back-in-the-day 1979 Dodge van with all the right custom features. Let's run down the list: Shag...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: The $8,500 1991 Olds Cutlass Calais Quad 442?

68% of our readers felt that 15 grand was a Nice Price for the , and it's hard to disagree with that judgment. Today we've got something a bit more recent. Here's a car you don't see every day: a 1991 Olds Cutlass Calais Quad 442. The Unlike the ,...

Nov 16, 2024

2009 ROUSH Mustang Blackjack: First Drive

Driving the , we discovered it was basically a tuner version of the old model. So how does the latest ROUSH Mustang Blackjack stack up to the factory version? Let's find out. For 2010, Ford's taken the old Mustang and bolted on nicer suspension, a new intake and exhaust, given...

Nov 16, 2024

Nice Price Or Crack Pipe: $45,000 For A 1970 AMC AMX?

78% of our readers say that , but what happens when we look at a no-joke classic machine from the Golden Age Of The Musclecar? Even non-AMC freaks appreciate the original AMX (reviews are much more mixed for the ), but the days of snapping one up for cheap are...

Nov 16, 2024

Top 11 Jalopnik Reviews Of 2008

We wrote during 2008. While culling the best for this list of the top 11, one thing became abundantly clear: America is making good cars again. Sure, we still liked offerings from both the Far East and Europe, but, overwhelmingly, our favorites hailed from Detroit. Believe it or not, there...

Nov 16, 2024