Congratulations, you have made it another week! In spite of the meetings, the discussions, the commutes, the phone calls, the emails that won’t stop, and everything else that you deal with on a day-to-day basis, you made it to the weekend. How should you celebrate? By sliding up to the table for a heaping helping of that flash-fried leftover goodness we call Scrapple! Throw some cheese and hot sauce on top, and it just might become edible…
1. Did Land Rover not learn anything from the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet?!
Considering that these pictures were released by Land Rover themselves, we’re comfortable showing them to you. This is the Range Rover Evoque convertible, a four door droptop utility vehicle that is destined to appear at the Los Angeles Auto Show. We aren’t doubting the Evoque’s off road credibility one bit…it is the one thing Land Rover products excel at…but a droptop SUV? We’re not saying it’s an impossible sell, but once you get past the more money than brains crowd, who will buy one, really?
2. So long, Evo. We’re sad to see you go.
After clinging to live as long as possible, the Mitsubishi Evo X will finally be euthanized later this year, but not before a Final Edition package is sold. 1,000 Final Editions will be made, and then the car that was the natural rival to the Subaru STi will be no more, though Mitsubishi has said in the past that the name will return on a smaller, electric or hybrid vehicle.
3. American Motors’ Plymouth Road headquarters is up for auction
Up for sale as part of a tax foreclosure auction is the 1.4 million square foot office complex that that, at one point in time, was the headquarters of American Motors Corporation and more recently, DaimlerChrysler. When the pre-Fiat bankruptcy happened, the building was sold off to a guy who not only didn’t bother paying taxes, but started demolishing parts of the complex. Potential buyers would be facing a tax bill of $160,631 on top of the purchase price. Any takers?
4. Bugatti might not survive the Volkswagen scandal
Volkswagen Group CEO Matthias Müller wound up in one of the most unenviable positions in recent memory as the guy who has to helm the company that is currently in the middle of one of the worst public downfalls in recent memory. At least he’s taking the job seriously, noting that in order for the company to scrape by, every last car produced needed to be evaluated for their contribution to the bottom line. Bugatti, VW Group’s boutique brand, was specifically name-checked, since development eats money and the profit margin is questionable. Case in point: the rumored Chiron (the Bugatti GranTurismo concept, pictured, is suggested to be a preview) might not see the light of day.
5. Oh, yeah…Just in time for Halloween!
As Volkswagen’s top leadership sweats profusely day and night, wondering if there will ever be an end to the rolling ball of bad news the media refers to as “Dieselgate”, we look on the bright side: there’s now a solid choice for a Halloween costume design! HalloweenCostumes.com offered up this kit-bashed Halloween costume idea that would go over just a slight bit better than that Caitlyn Jenner outfit you were originally looking forward to wearing.
Wow…BMT…you’ve lost a few pounds, good going!
HEY! I haven’t looked like that since 8th grade! That guy needs a good meal.
well at least he’s not goose stepping…..
I was wondering if the Chiron might be affected by VW’s upcoming fines; whether they might shelf the program or cut some corners. I was kind of hoping for the latter, since it would be funny to have it stepped seriously down from the promised unicorn-blood-and-gold-leaf powered Chiron VW was hinting at two months ago.
As far as the Crosscabriolet, I’m not opposed to convertible utilities; but instead of some automated pup tent that hogs up all your storage space, why not just make a removable hard-top? Oh! And instead of unibody garbage, how about a frame and real axles with the engine facing the right way?
In fact, just kill off the Evoque and just make more Defenders.
That Bugatti Chiron makes the Nissan Puke look like the most beautiful car ever made!
Maybe the guy who designed this movable monstrosity should have stayed away from that brown acid…..So let’s hope it never sees the light of day!
A convertible Land Rover could be awesome… if it had removable doors and a fold down windshield. (Hmmm… can you still get a Defender that way?)