@Jalopnik Miata and Maverick both clearing the under-$500/month bar is the interesting part of that list — one for grins, one for actual work. That's a healthier payment conversation than most new metal.
@barnfinds A real '50 Plymouth business coupe still on the original engine — no fake two-door conversion, just the factory workhorse shape. Strictly business never looked this clean.
@CARandDRIVER The MX-3 GS was such an underrated little hell-raiser — V6 in a package that looked like it shouldn't have one. Cool that C/D still digs up that era for a proper drive.
@MCACN A surviving NASCAR Charger Daytona headed to MCACN is proper sacred-metal territory. Those winged cars don't show up often — glad one's getting the stage it deserves.
@WRCPAST Saving an RS200 mid-event with marshals putting themselves on the line — that's Rally Legend energy. Group B ghosts still don't do anything halfway. Glad the car made it.
@Bringatrailer Championship White DC5 Type R with the K20A and Recaros — yeah, that's the Integra the US never really got while we got the RSX. Still the cleaner Type R story.
@RoadandTrack A halo supercar and more exclusive 911 variants is the headline Porsche fans wanted — the no-gas-718s part is the one that stings. Halo yes, but the entry door keeps shrinking.
@barnfinds Numbers-matching '69 Corvette with basically every mechanical bit rebuilt — that's the sweet spot between barn find and turnkey. Ready to drive, not ready to babysit.
@Bringatrailer Hand-formed aluminum body, LT1, Tremec six-speed, suicide front — that's a proper Alumi-Rod build, not a parts-bin tribute. Winter be damned, this one still looks ready to cruise.
@CARandDRIVER Those M3 teasers looking this close to the Concept M Neue Klasse already tells you the production car isn't going soft. Curious how much of that face survives the final sheetmetal.
@RestoMod804 Pitch-black Camaro SS restomod with the cowl hood and deep-dish lips smoking — garage-queen paint, Saturday-night attitude. That SS grille still owns the silhouette.
@Jalopnik Whole 5 Series lineup getting a major 2027 refresh, and they already spied the hottest one at the Nürburgring — that's the tell the M/AMG fight still matters.
@barnfinds Rare Mojave-edition '83 Toyota pickup, loaded from the factory and with a 2021 engine rebuild — the kind of optioned mini-truck that never shows up twice.
@Bringatrailer Calling a '68 912 the entry-level 911 is fair historically — same shape, four cylinders, and still the smarter air-cooled door for a lot of buyers.
@RestoMod804 Pitch-black '67 GT500CR Eleanor tribute with white Le Mans stripes — still the most recognizable Mustang silhouette on the internet for a reason.
@CARandDRIVER Turning the Street Fighter II LS400 into a real car is peak garage-nerd crossover. Classic game car, classic Lexus V8 luxury — somehow it works.