Like lots of high-end fashion brands, BMW went to the mass market to increase sales volume, and are now making their cars to mass-market standards. Fashion brands that go this route lose their credibility at the high-end, where the tastemakers and influencers typically buy. And then, eventually, they lose their…

135i is fun, yes. 2-series has some disappointing steering feel and I hate the suspension tuning of the M240.

Steering feel is my #1 question as well. That was the #1 disappointment of the F30.

Ello. Time for us all to reactivate those Ello accounts we’ve been too busy to delete.

Rule 34: Both Kawaii and Kauai are subgenres of BDSM on Tumblr.

Yeah, this is exactly why we hate the Aztek so much. It could have been so awesome. GM’s culture made it searingly ugly and a lackluster performer.

I know guys like that, and yes, you’re 100% right.

Kinda makes me rethink the whole Katy Perry vs. Taylor Swift beef. I always assumed Swift was the Mean Girl in that one.

At this point eBay Motors is best as a marketing tool. Sellers can post their car there with intentionally bizarre prices and buyers can call them directly.

A gender-segregated racing series is hella stupid. But looking at this list, there is a fascinating diversity in the prior racing that these drivers have done. It reminds me of the old IROC series, a battle royal of FIA F3 racers vs. NASCAR vs. karts vs. oddball stuff like Lamborghini Super Trofeo.

This article is awesome and inspiring. Tip of the hat to you, sir!

Look up the De Haviland Comet. In aircraft, pressure and thermal cycling cause expansion/contraction that accelerates metal fatigue. It’s an issue for cars, too, but car bodies don’t explosively decompress when they fail.

I love the way it looks. I think it’s a nice Italianate update of the original Mazda GLC.

W215, I mean. Morning dyslexia.

True, but 800 horsepower isn’t going to be cheap.

It *is* eye-searingly ugly. Hennessey’s website says the HPE800 kit by itself it $55k. So, I guess at this price you get the rest of the car for free.

Yeah, they’ve completely lost touch with their “evangelist” customers and are simply milking the brand image. The X5 is pretty much literally the 1977 Lincoln Town Car or Buick LeSabre in terms of what it means for their respective makers. I don’t know when this catches up with BMW in a big way - it took 20 years of…

This is the correct take.

This deserves many more stars.

Ah, you are correct. For some reason my memory was that the MSRP was $95k with the option packages. I also recall they wanted $950/month for a lease.