This Just In: New on the Net

Yesterday, our lovely and talented editor thought I slighted his favorite brand of cars that don’t run. John, I want to apologize to you and your beautiful car that I’ve never seen on the road. I love Jags:

• I linked to news on this yesterday, but here’s another article talking about Jaguar being unprofitable: Drive.com.au
• I don’t want to be seen as a Jag-hater, so here’s some good news—Jaguar placed #10 in this year’s automotive dependability survey. A top 10 finish is nothing to sneeze at: Bloomberg
• Mattel has recalled die-cast toys based on cars from the movie Cars. Sounds like an opportunity to hoard recalled toys and resell them on EBay in 10 years. Cha-CHING! Consumer Product Safety Commission 
• Ford is expanding its discount program in what is possibly the worst-named promotion since the "Don’t-Buy-This-Car-athon" of 1973: Freep