Ellen Degeneres and Bill Pullman were in a movie, "Mr. Wrong", in 1996. Funniest part, to me, was that when she meets him, he's driving a beautiful Jaguar convertible, and she falls hard. They have a couple of dates, getting to know each other, professing how love is more important than money etc etc. After a few dates, he pulls up to her curb in one of these K-car Maseratis with the top down, completely self-satisfied, and her jaw drops in horror. He professes to be thrilled about he doesn't have to drive a car to impress anymore, and he just loves, loves loves this K-car. Alas, these cars have never gotten any respect, at least in popular culture, which I guess intersects with car culture.
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