The Megane Renaultsport:

Looks pretty good, eh?

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Believe if or not,  it’s a Buick, circa 1922, and only 22k on the clock.  That’s the year my dad was born. And it’s for sale, although no price is listed.

Wonder if the Chinese would like this Buick as much as they like the others.

1922 Buick [Hemmings Motor News]

Messing around on the web and came upon this. Pretty much on board with all of the choices, but the editorial we disagrees with the choice of the Subaru SVX.  A former girlfriend had one, and we liked to tear around in it despite the funky windows and the absence of a manual transmission (they were auto only).

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This guy is the Southern Strategy personified:

And drinking a Corona?  How unAmerican …

Talladega Race Fan Sports Racist NASCAR T-Shirt [Jalopnik]

As if you didn’t have enough to worry about:

CarShark’s a computer program that’ll let someone hack into a car’s onboard computer system to kill the brakes, disable the engine, blast music and otherwise wreak electronic havoc. It’s both clever and absolutely frightening. Here’s how it works.

A team of researchers led by professors at the University of Washington and USCD hacked the Controller Area Network (CAN) system installed on all new cars built in the United States to show how potentially vulnerable the system is. The CAN is supposed to allow onboard vehicle systems to communicate so problems are easier to diagnose, but the hands of these hackers it’s the open door to disabling a vehicle.

Suddenly that ’91 Civic DX doesn’t look so bad, eh?

CarShark Software Lets You Hack Into, Control, and Kill Any Car [Jalopnik]

Above: The 2005 Formula One Marlboro Ferrari. Cool! Only the European Union has banned tobacco sponsorship of “cross-border cultural and sporting events.” Darn.

Below: Marlboro’s solution. What’s that? A barcode? Huh?

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The Fiat Ritmo was sold here in the US of A as the Fiat Strada. It was supposed to be the Italian Rabbit killer.  The only car that drew more derision from the automotive press was the Renault Le Car (the Renault 5 in France), and rightly so.

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