In the crisp evening twilight of a central Pennsylvania summer, moths attack the yellow tinted parking lot lights of a multimake car dealership. Loud thunks echo off the cracked and weathered cover filtering the amberish glow. Illuminating a MK4 Volkswagen Golf dressed in Indigo Blue Pearl. “I wish it had a tan interior” my mother … Continue reading The Hunt for the Last American Grand Tourer
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Weird Al, Badge Engineering, and the Return of CLADDING!
In an alternate universe #WeirdAl would have released a parody of the 1997 hit “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone” in 2010 when GM folded Pontiac. Titled “Where has all the Body Cladding Gone” He’d reminisce about three decades of garish plastic cladding that came to a peak in 2001 when the Aztek was released. … Continue reading Weird Al, Badge Engineering, and the Return of CLADDING!
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