I read the article on Motor Trend, and it didn’t fill me with confidence for their technique on the dyno. I think they mis-applied the extra 1.459:1 gear if/when they put the gear ratio into the dyno computer (they didn’t even have gear ratios during their initial test, somehow). Anyway, that should have been…

Why not just say what people are thinking David? Seems like GM already has Jalopnik on their shitlist so you won’t get a demo car anyways. Motor Trend almost comes out and says it and they did get the car. I’ll go ahead and say it:

I understand the use of a minivan. I used to own one even, but only briefly as I bought it as an engine donor. But, like SUVs, they are not really fun to drive. Comfy but numb.

The thing with driving in the states, is when you have a Very Nice Car to Drive™, you can’t really use it. Low speed limits, traffic, poorly designed road systems. Sure, you can blast canyons on the weekends or beat that nerd on the onramp, other than that you’re just plodding about so for most people they figure,…

I recently picked up a 5 and I’m a little ashamed at how much I love it. You don’t realize how fantastic sliding doors are until you have to wrangle a two year old into a car seat every day. If I could get something like a ‘96 Accord wagon with sliding rear doors I’d be in heaven!

Sure, but where do you put the (dog sized) dog?

It really must suck to have a kids and a dog in the US, when you like to drive. You have to buy some kind of crossover, minivan or SUV. Or the rare wagon with crossover cladding. Ugh.

Yeah as a wagon nut who also doesn’t own, but very much would like to own a wagon, the choices we have here suck. I don’t want a lifted, cladded model(which sucks because the regular Opel Insignia wagon, the non-lifted TourX we don’t get in the States is downright sexy) and that basically leaves my choices at a Volvo…

2005 6 Sport Wagon MT.

I think BMW said 3-4% of total 3-series production is wagons. :(

The Ford GT is like that 60 y/ o man who all he talks about is that hail mary pass he threw in HS that saved the day. Ford trying to relive the 60s because they beat Ferrari.

I’ll try not to suck any dicks on my way to the parking lot.

So much for Ford’s vetting process, and giving the car to people that are going to drive it.

Saddest part about rolling that car is putting those hideous wheels at eye level.

Because in many cities calling a cab results in a 50% chance they will actually show up. I’m in a city with 1M people and trying to get a cab to our house is one of the more frustrating things in life. Then the cabs are always disgusting and feel like they will fall apart during your ride. 

In my experience:

Ruston Cole in True Detective S1. Why does a cop who presumably covers long distances in Texas drive a gas chugging F250? This was before trucks got comfy in the 2000s. Very cool, tough truck but out of place for the character.

I don’t ever see it being attractive if the device has to be fixed to the car, which drives the requirement that the aperture accommodates driver entry/egress - particularly in an emergency. As others have noted, this means it has to be quite wide at the top which looks bad no matter how you design it. The halo…

Give me a break.  You can drink on the plane.  You know what one of the first things I do when I land?  I GO TO THE BATHROOM.