Yeah, this thing would lease out at somewhere around $2200-2600/month, depending on the terms. I don’t think they’ll even write that lease unless you have income verification over $150k / year, and it’s really not prudent unless you’re making over $300k/year and you’re pretty sure your income is secure over the entire…

But then you forfeit probably all but 20 pounds of the weight reduction. So...erm...you’ve paid $50k extra for a diffuser and a bit more boost.

Yeah, you called it right. The S65 sorta-kinda made sense when it would pull away from the S63 above 100 MPH. But now the S63 is the faster car under nearly all circumstances, and the interiors are the same. The V-12 sounds cool, but it doesn’t sound a whole 50% cooler than the V-8.

If we had any sense we wouldn’t be on Jalopnik. But what fun is that?

Naw, I like to be the new money and make my friends laugh with my hood-rich tendencies. Old money friends in my circle have a level of relaxed anxiety-free mental health that I will never have, no matter how big my E*Trade account balance...but also they know that I’m a feral street cat and they’ll always be soft…

I’m probably not the average S-Class owner. And my experience is it’s a lot easier in a sedan with a lot of legroom than in a wagon. (There’s something about folding down the back seat that kind of interrupts the foreplay.)

The S-Class has a bigger back seat than the E-class. That’s important if you like napping / having sex in / carrying your long-legged homies in your car.

Oh, but you can! You have to ring up MBUSA’s office in Atlanta to do it, but any M-B model assembled in Sindelfingen can be done interior-to-sample, paint-to-sample, and if you’re feeling spendy, wood-to-sample. Go wild!

The Eclipse. Tyrese was just trying to get dat money.

I’ve had the weird fortune to have test driven both an Alfa SZ (from the same dealer that is selling the featured one, actually) and a “Handling By Lotus” Impulse (as a newly-licensed 16-year old). I remember the Impulse being more flingable and fun.

It’s just a matter of time before there’s an S58 Supra.

It’s the first time they’ve sold the global Ranger chassis with the 2.7L EB motor, though, no? I’d be concerned about electronics calibrations and fiddly things like that.

SUV’s like these have the party trick of monster acceleration. But a Tesla (or for that matter a Jag i-Pace) can always do that better. If Tesla were making a small crossover, they’d be outselling BMW the same way that the Tesla 3 is outselling the 3-series sedan.

And also: The value of family.

Just the tip. Just for a second.

Truck nuts are stupid on trucks, but hilarious on Priuses / Leafs / Subarus.

Blood wrap is worse than bullet hole sticker. It’s “punching up” vs. “punching down.” But of course neither of these types of owners should be trusted with any responsibility.

I gotta admit, this story is part of the reason why I own a 928.

This is incredibly interesting. It does not lend itself well to background viewing - I need to wait for lunchtime to watch the rest of it with rapt attention.

At some point there’s going to be a Super Supra with the M3's engine tune, and I presume they’ll make the vents functional on that version.