The notion of the crossroads as a sacred place is older than Robert Johnson, older than the blues, older than the automobile or the Romans who laid the first large-scale transportation network. The crossroads contains possibilities, changes, choices. It is where the gods live and the demons dwell. Soon, that may be almost literally true.

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KixStart - I looked that up a couple weeks ago and a 3 isn’t a smooth as you might hope, although I think it’s not worse than a 4. I wonder if a...
Opus - I was wondering while reading the article if you hurt your cheek by putting your tongue in there so hard.
morbo - You’ll pry my HEMI from my cold, dead, hands. I truly hope MOPAR makes another generation of LX cars. The real Impala died in ’96. The Town...
jmo - “I have no problem with this, but until larger American cars lose weight, I wouldn’t buy one with a four, the new Impala included.” What does that...
KixStart - We’ve got some kind of arms race going in vehicle size and power. Wants have overcome needs and easy credit makes it possible to satisfy the wants.
danio3834 - I’ve never read so much heresy. The editorial content of this website is out of control. I’m sending complaint e-mails to all...
nine11c2 - Ahh…do not really hear that term. More of a muscle and pony car guy, I know Fox, not Panther..
Summicron - Correct you are, BigOlds. The subordinate clause points straight at Ford, not the engines.
threeer - Panther refers to the platform that spawned the Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis, the Town Car and Continental, to name a few. Introduced late 1978, the platform was...
NMGOM - BigOlds… ….or did the article mean that Ford’s percentage of the 4-cylinder market share here went from 40% to 53%?...