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Chevrolet brass are reportedly outraged over Toyota’s decision to name it’s upcoming small trucklet the RAValanche.  As you might have guessed, it’s built on the RAV4 platform and comes equipped with a 24-inch bed behind the extended cab.  Toyota claims… Read More

You Read It Here First! Ford To Build Price Leader V-6 Shelby GT 3.50!

Ford has been pretty tight-lipped about the possibility of a more affordable six-cylinder Shelby model — dubbed the GT 3.50 — joining the Mustang lineup. But that was before Parksplug spy photographer Bucky Wedge snapped an admittedly crappy photo of the car at a… Read More

Costco Expresses Buyer’s Remorse After Purchasing GM’s Shuttered Janesville Plant

“We probably should have conducted a property inspection before buying it.”  Costco’s Valrico Ringling It’s only been a month since Costco signed the papers to purchase GM’s idle Janesville, Wisconsin assembly plant, but already the giant membership warehouse retailer is having… Read More

Owners of Old Retired Police Cars Demand Government Pensions

A group of owners of auctioned off police vehicles say they do much the same work as cops and therefore deserve government pensions. “Drivers see a cop car and they slow down and drive more carefully,” said Desi Hutlinger, the owner of… Read More

Tesla Corrects Ludicrous Mode Spelling After Rapper Complains

Rapper Ludacris, whose real name is Dorothy Hendrickson, said he was “shocked and stunned” — which we thought were pretty much the same thing — to learn that Tesla was using his name for an electronics and battery pack upgrade on… Read More

Cops Walk Out After Cash-Strapped City Installs Ads On Patrol Cars

Police officers in the city of Grande Knob are walking the picket line today after city leaders voted to install bus-type advertising on the department’s 14 patrol cars. “It’s really embarrassing,” said Officer Kitten Commiskey, a 6-year veteran of the… Read More

L.A. Auto Show Attendance Plummets After Weatherman Forecasts Party Cloudy Conditions

“Everyone in the Los Angeles area is hunkered down and keeping an eye on the weather.”  Hopes for big crowds for the final weekend of the Los Angeles Auto Show were dashed yesterday after a local television meteorologist issued a… Read More

Happy Thanksgiving from Parksplug

Wealthy People Buying Their Way Onto the Nation’s Railroad Tracks

Add something else to the list that the wealthy can do that we plebeians cannot — ride the rails in an exotic motorcar.  That’s right; According to railroad industry analyst and former Siamese twin Peabo Troglin, thousands of wealthy people have ponied up big bucks… Read More

THE CHEATING SCANDAL DEEPENS: VOLKSWAGEN HAD AN ASHLEY MADISON PROFILE, SOURCE CLAIMS

Or maybe the scandal widened rather than deepening.  Whichever, it turns out Volkswagen was cheating on more than just diesel engine emissions tests. An anonymous source today provided us with a copy of what appears to be VW’s… Read More