No, not that Carmen, this Karmann: The Forgotten Karmann Ghia. You know, that is a sweet-looking ride.
We drove a 1979 Fiat X1/9 many, many, sigh, many years ago and we always liked the shape of it. We didn't like our ability to roll backwards into cars, stall at lights, buck and shake in front of Sue Sherba as we pulled out of a level parking spot. Crap, what the hell is wrong with us? Can't we just pull out of the spot without having Sue point and laugh? Then lean over to her girlfriends and laugh some more while drawing really insulting caricatures? And, really, was the wedgie necessary?... Why did we like this car again? It was a mid-engine, targa-topped box of coolness. It was the only car we've owned that was cooler than we were (which really goes to show what beaters we've driven since we're about as far from cool as Alison is close to sweetdamnhotness).
So, which car is too cool to be forgotten?
That's a snap of a '78 Fiat X1/9. Ours was white and therefore cooler.
Autoblog reports: Fiat posts another profitable quarter, raises forecast. We figured Fiat would be better off without GM around, but what we can't figure out is, if Fiat is somewhat close to profitability, why would GM pay 'em $2 billion and split? If that $2 billion GM gave Fiat helped Fiat make some moolah, why wouldn't GM hang around to get some for itself? Or at least to say, "See? We knew we could help Fiat rock!"
Yes, that headline is to be sung to the old Letterman song, "We Get Letters." We also have no idea what's up with our money pictures today.... A theme?
