I’ve had a few BMW dealer loaners in the past year. Normal mode made me wonder why anyone would pay more for a new-ish BMW when they could buy something else for less. Eco and auto start/stop drove me insane. I daily a E70 diesel and the mode selector is my foot.

Hmm...

The flaw in your argument is that you assume the buyers to be logical. They’re not. They want this for the BMW badge.

Went through that dance with my previous daily (Honda Element). Makes me wonder how Lincoln is going to pull it off with the Continental... hidden B-pillar?

The most memorable cars are the ones you have a solid love-hate relationship with.

This was when the big three were doing Gotham-styled art deco design (because Detroit). Only Chrysler stuck with it.

Whichever Jalopnik staffer that has driven Mazda’s Skyactiv-X should drive this thing and tell us how the two compares.

I wish they would just bring the Transporter and all variants of it. P/U version would definitely offer something unique to the US marketplace and set the brand apart from even the Ridgeline. And the vans? Have you seen how prices for Vanagons and Westfalias have skyrocketed over the years? VW claims they don’t…

I kind of lost it at this:

I doubt it was done for aero. It’s just a more organic design. Look at the overall design of the car. It’s all leaning towards being organic.

It’s more organic that way. Like eyes se just behind a skin. Look at yourself in the mirror. Are the surface of your eyeballs flush with your eyelids? How strange (horrific) would you look if your eyeballs and eyelids created a continuous?

I think it’s you that’s making it a bigger deal than it is; i.e., reading too much into what is said. They are simply expressing their displeasure.

It’s not just that guy, but also the guy who switched on the green light and released the cars.

Ugh. What the Haas?!

I don’t think they were wrong. Sky’s coverage is good in itself. It’s what ESPN did on top of it that is messed up. Another example, I watch F1 via DVR and when I go to play the practice session all I get is some annoying sports talk show with only 5 minutes or so fo the FP session intro at the very end of the…

F1's web stream is not live yet and no telling when, just like the ManicDan says. If you pay $$$ for the F1 app, there is probably live timing and streaming from the on-board of some (if not all) of the cars.

It’s worth remembering that this was a project product of the Bubble Era

The difference between a blog and a professional news outlet/publication.

It is said that of the entire industry, they spend the least amount of time per car on the production line.

Is that even racing?