bobsorokanich
Bob Sorokanich
bobsorokanich
Journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering the auto industry and car culture.

you are right, and I have fixed my mistake. please give my apologies to the state of Michigan Read more

you have been waiting for YEARS to make this joke, haven’t you (thank you, it’s fixed) Read more

this is unrelated to anything, but I know the reference you’re making with your user name, and if we ever meet in person, I’m giving you a righteous high-five Read more

in the sense that “defund” means “reduce the funding of,” you’re 100% correct Read more

I think the article explains pretty clearly that nobody is showing up to shout “ban cars” in your town with no other transit options. Read more

all true, and most of this is correlated to a problem that goes way beyond the car industry: wage stagnation. to make a long story very short, young unencumbered people (who have traditionally been the target market for enthusiast cars) can’t afford impractical playthings, so automakers move their enthusiast offerings Read more

a lot of times, the dominant term for any movement is coined by its opponents. so you either end up picking a term nobody has heard of, where people don’t associate your chosen term with the shit your opponents are saying about you, or you co-opt the term and stay in the conversation. there are pluses and minuses to Read more

the Camaro is so good and GM refuses to promote it in any way. I still think a two-seat sports car is a slightly different proposition than a muscle car, but I could easily see performance-minded shoppers comparing Z and Camaro/Mustang (less so the Challenger) Read more

Vastly different style of car, but if you’re looking for a two-seat coupe, this is one of very few options. I could see open-minded people cross-shopping them for sure. Read more

I like to imagine the pilot regaining consciousness and immediately yelling at him for that. Read more

It’s an interesting question! Obviously a very different machine, considering it’s got 2 fewer seats and basically double the power. The 2nd-gen Toyobarus are a little more raw (in terms of refinement as well as feedback), but a bit more daily-driver friendly from a space and storage standpoint. It’s gonna be hard to Read more