Question of the Week

Question of the Week

Question of the Week: What’s Your Most Unlikely Car Sighting?—WINNER’S UPDATE You Should Know
Byjustpastevehicles August 28, 2026

WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT:
We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.
Our question this week: What’s your most unlikely car sighting?
Thanks to everyone who chimed in! After reading all 100+ of your neck-snapping stories from this week’s discussion thread, we’re exercising our Editorial Privilege by awarding the prize to the comment that stood out the most to us. The prize goes to BaT member @Fantod13, who nominated a particular 1928 Bentley 4.5-Liter:

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Question of the Week

Question of the Week: What’s Your Favorite Piece of Automaker Lore? — Explained
Byjustpastevehicles August 28, 2026

Welcome to the BaT Question of the Week! For those unfamiliar, here are the rules: we ask an automotive-themed question, and the author of our favorite answer from the comments is awarded a $25 credit to the BaT Gear Store.
This week’s question is: What’s your favorite piece of automaker lore?
The more interesting parts of automotive industry history contain countless obscure tidbits, stories of legendary rivalries, wild urban legends, and even a particular tale involving some illicit contraband. This week’s question focuses on these stories of yore, apocryphal or otherwise. Here are two examples to kick off the discussion:

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