The 2020 VW Harlequin Golf.

Generally speaking, the people who write articles like this don’t really understand finance.

I really don’t think the average Jalop writer knows a lot about commerce nor the auto business these days. They do however know that their job depends on clicks.

Baby steps people. Progress. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

Let’s not forget the car’s most exciting feature:

Standing at a traffic light when it goes green and listening to all the grey/black/white blobs have their 4cly engines sputter back to life is the saddest experience I’ve had in a while.

We get it. You don’t like trucks. In a little over a month, you have posted three articles implying trucks are terrible. Don’t buy one.

In the midwest (which exists even though it’s not New York or Los Angeles), people drive trucks instead of SUVs and sedans. They can be just as luxurious as either of those, ride…

You have obviously not seen a C8 in person...it is not an attractive car.  At all.  The C7 is much better looking and frankly, all of the performance you could need or handle.  

I am so sick of socialized risk. I am in a tax bracket that gets soaked to pay for those above and below me. I can handle helping the less fortunate, but subsidizing the hyper wealthy makes me want to smash things.

If he wanted the real experience, he would’ve used “Larry” and learned something.

This is a very interesting piece, thank you for sharing it!  I especially appreciate the lack of snarky, petulant commentary about today’s Bugatti, Winkelmann or the VAG.  Thanks for sticking to the high road.  

This. I really wish David or Andrew were writing all the content here. They seem to be the only balanced automotive viewpoints of the writing staff. Its like everyone else hates cars or car culture. I have always loved Jalopnik for its irreverence and counter culture attitude, but it seems like most of the writers…

Actually somebody did paint the car this way...

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I love this car precisely because it’s weird looking, not in spite of it. The only way it could be better is if it were painted British racing green or one of the John Player Specials. As for the panel gaps and general fit of the car, it’s a Lotus. They were not exactly known for that. If that’s something that bothers…

Judging by all of the terrible drivers here, I’m not convinced that the driving test is actually beneficial. Unless things have changed, it all takes place in a parking lot anyway.  I swear they’ll give a driver’s license to anyone with a pulse. I don’t know why we’re trying to become the new Florida, but here we are.

Not every car needs to be over-styled to death. Sometimes plain and clean design is good.

If you are making new lines anyway, a ‘67 mustang dual resivour Master Cylinder is a direct bolt in safety upgrade. You can also ditch the pressure switch for the brake lights and use a ‘76 F150 mechanical brake light switch in place of the rubber snubber for the brake pedal.

Pretty much everything that everyone gripes about today’s car styling—all cars are covered with unnecessary streaks, creases, and fake vents—are present on this old Mustang

I think old-style high-end cars would feature a lot of lead loading to hide panel joins. I’m pretty sure that even the Karman Ghia featured lead loading to conceal the gaps where panels met (apart from where you had an opening panel).