You Holden?
Yes, puns galore, as the chance for a rear-wheel-drive, sporty pontiac looms. And this time, it's got four doors, for all your kangaroos and boomerangs. There was a time when fast and RWR was the only way America made cars. Sure, there was the Tornado and the Riviera and the Eldarado to challange the status quo - but, generally, sweet understearing pleasure was yours to have.

The Holden Commadore, set to become a Pontiac next year, looks promising. Though, to be fair, it also looks like an older 3-series BMW. In other words, it's the accoutant's performance sedan and won't get young hip folks like you (you blog reader, you.)

So, rather than buy a worthless Australian car, why not check out this gorgeous AMC Javelin on eBay. Yeah, it's up to 30K right now - which isn't cheap, but this thing's definately cool, car-wise. It's got a system. It's got rims. It's sex on wheels is what it is - and you'll sell it for 30K when you're over it.

The crappy Commadore, above, won't be worth a god damn thing when you want to throw it away. Worst case scenario, it'll come back.

Not Cool, Not Cheap Still Cars.


So, you whine, CCC hasn't posted a damn thing in weeks. Is the blog dead? Should I not bother to subscribe? Why should I care, you ask yourself.

Perhaps that's the point. There aren't exactly 365 cool, cheap cars to post about everyday. You'll even notice that this cool cheap car here, the VeeDub - is about 50 years old, and, when you pimp it out like this - there's nothing cheap about it. Plus, it's from the 2005 SEMA show, so not really fresh news either.

So that's the thing - there really aren't any cool cheap cars at the moment. The Wrangler's always alright, and I don't totally hate the four-banger Fusion, with 5-speed. But at 18K plus TLR, it's not all that cheap. The Focus is too old to matter. The Scions are for a very specific group of people, who, perhaps also like obnoxious music, baseball caps and rice. What's left, you ask? Used car heaven, another VW - for 3 grand, on our best friend - eBay. A cool car with no design, heater or pretense - the Thing. The thing is everything you wand and nothing you don't. Plus, it's got all the appeal of the Wrangler - without the newly-added power windows, which are for lamers anyway. It's basic transportation at its best.

The Cool Cheap Car we can't buy. It's not the Fiat 500 or a Citroen C2.

But, as far as cool, cheap, cars go - what are they really offering to even the most diehard blue oval fans? Not a lot is what. Besides the Mustang, which is one of the coolest, cheapest, car-iest cars of them all - Ford doesn't really treat Americans to too much of anything.

Compare the two, the U.S. version's been virtually unchanged since, what, like 1998. It's available with - an engine - 2.0, 2.3 in the nicest version. This puts out an uninspiring 166 horsepower. The UK/Euro version of the Focus - the cooler-looking one up there - puts out a ricoculous 225! That's with the help of a turbo charged 5 cylinder. The thing's also got twin exhausts. Nothing lame about that. In fact, you don't get two tips with a v6 Mustang. And - you can get a six-speed. I rest my case.

The Euro Focus also comes in a bunch of different diesels. You can see all the choices at: Euro Ford Focus Specs - though it's all in dumb ass newton metres and kilowatts.

So, think about it - at a time when Americans are looking around for any way to save on gas, even making their own biodiesel - Ford is giving you a reworked Expedition instead of treating you to Europe's favo(u)rite, practical car. Tthe here's an ST for the kids and the 5-door diesel for when you have some kids.

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