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MotorWeek’s Retro Review Of The 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible Will Make You Long For The Days Of Affordable Drop Tops

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MotorWeek’s Retro Review Of The 1994 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible Will Make You Long For The Days Of Affordable Drop Tops

Any front-wheel-drive Chrysler product from the ‘80s until the Neon came around in the mid-nineties is a K-car in my head, and K-cars are dull, boring, and uninspiring heaps of appliance-like motoring. Even most other MotorWeek Retro Reviews of Chrysler K-platform vehicles show homely looking cars crawling their way through the quarter-mile and slamming from … Read more

Watch Electronic Seatbelt Presenters Freak Out MotorWeek In This 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC Review

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Watch Electronic Seatbelt Presenters Freak Out MotorWeek In This 1985 Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC Review

Modern cars are full of automated features ranging from massaging seats to power doors to summon modes that allow cars to drive autonomously in parking lots, but back in 1985 things were a lot different. MotorWeek said the base price of this particular Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC was about $57,000 back in 1985, which equates to … Read more

Watch A Chrysler LeBaron Take Nearly 150 Feet To Stop From 55 MPH

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Watch A Chrysler LeBaron Take Nearly 150 Feet To Stop From 55 MPH

Chrysler’s K-Car pulled the company back from the brink of financial collapse. This platform and its multitude of models and body styles was the brain child of automotive legend Lee Iacocca, and they brought spacious and well-built vehicles back to the stagnant Chrysler line up. While the company sold millions and could be had with … Read more

1982 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta Was Slower Than A Muscle Car Has Any Right To Be

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1982 Chevy Camaro Berlinetta Was Slower Than A Muscle Car Has Any Right To Be

Screenshot: Motorweek/ YouTube The Chevrolet Camaro was introduced to the world as Chevy’s answer to Ford’s revolutionary affordable performance car the Mustang, but by the time the gas crunch came around there wasn’t much performance left to offer. I was raised in a Ford family, but even the Ford Mustang of the era struggled to … Read more

C6 Corvette ZR1 Shows We Didn’t Know How Good We Had It

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C6 Corvette ZR1 Shows We Didn’t Know How Good We Had It

Does anyone else remember early 2009? Obama was just inaugurated, Circuit City was closing, Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty and I was in the sixth grade looking for my first girlfriend. While all that was happening, though, General Motors was getting ready to launch its masterpiece: the C6 Chevy Corvette ZR1. To me, it is the … Read more

Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10

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Watch ABS Fail When MotorWeek Tests A 1997 Chevy S-10

MotorWeek’s Retro Reviews is some of the best car content on the internet. The long-running automotive news magazine has a treasure trove of tests after being on the air for over 40 years. Where else can you find detailed instrumented testing of long-forgotten cars like the 1995 Ford Contour or a 1991 Buick Regal Gran … Read more

Weekend Car Culture Roundup January 06, 2024

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Weekend Car Culture Roundup January 06, 2024

Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in car culture. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. No One Knows What Happened To The Mercedes-Benz Truck Trapped In Chernobyl Screenshot: That Chernobyl Guy/YouTube No matter how well you think you know a story, there’s … Read more