Automotive technology modifications, style progresses, efficiency capabilities climb. But for some reason there are automobiles that seem to not even get a tip of that innovation. Automobiles like the Mitsubishi Mirage, the Chevy Impala, and even the Toyota Land Cruiser— how and why do they still exist in their present type?
On today’s Automobile Time, Justin Westbrook and I argue about cars we think need to go the way of the Honda Component. Or, a minimum of, get a damn refresh and a powertrain upgrade. Oh, and I also drove a 1994 Toyota Celica GT-Four Yeah, you understand, that turbocharged, all-wheel-drive Japanese hatchback America never ever got which worked as the base for homologation special designs?
That thing was Rad As Hell.
Jalopnik Includes Editor Raphael Orlove likewise joins us this episode to school me on some other bubble-era Japanese automobiles and to discuss in information the most ingenious racing cheat of all time. It was a blast!