Here in America we never really got utes, the car-based pickup trucks that are so popular in Australia in other markets. There were outliers like the Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino and Subaru Baja for a time, but they never really caught on here in the U.S, and we came so close to getting a Pontiac G8 ute at the end…
Those infamous Takata airbags—the ones with the accelerator that can send shrapnel flying towards the faces of folks sitting in the front of them—are still a massive problem on U.S. roads. Worse yet, some of the most humid and therefore dangerous states are home to nearly half of all unfixed vehicles
At this point, the Ford Mustang is the last V8-powered muscle car left on the market — fitting given it was the original muscle car. The Chevrolet Camaro exited production a few months ago, and the new Dodge Charger has either straight-six or EV power. So unless you spend big money on something British or German, the…