Agreed. There’s a bad status quo based around paid certification for skills, rather than practical demonstration. Having a degree matters more than being good at a job, and that makes adaptation extremely difficult for most people. It’s all wrapped up in the baby boomer ideal of a career life that was established in…

And even if it was, killing jobs isn’t a bad thing.

No idea, but I’m willing to wager on the fact that they cared a lot less about fuel economy and weight, and that their designs at the time lent themselves to big brutish front ends already, so adding a bumper didn’t mess things up too much.

The SD455 already was getting compromised with 5mph bumper requirements and was a special case, as they only made a few thousand, unlike the Chevelle SS 454 which was a mainstream model. They made 8000 454 SS models (and 50,000 SS 396) Chevelles.

It was the end of the spirit of these cars. The RX-8 was a low cost consumer sports car. The RX-7 was the limit of performance and design that Mazda was capable of.

Well, it is a 1981 design.

Specifically THIS Era:

I have no doubt in my mind that they filmed the ladies against a white screen and then photoshopped them into stock airbrushed photos afterward.

So much photoshop.

Audi knows their customers.

Do people really care if he’s a misogynist when they purchase tickets?

I learned to drive on a 2002 Maxima Anniversary. They really are awesome cars.

For fucks sake stop doing this for all the cars I like before the prices skyrocket.

Not free healthcare, but certainly less risky healthcare.

It’s like watching people play Gran Turismo for the first time.

But he who dies inside the best toy dies best.

Same?

These titles are getting out of control.

Going to echo this: Replace door numbers with weight. We can see the damn picture and tell how many doors it has, weight is a far more useful number and one that most journalists ignore.

I completely agree. If you’re going for ideal luxury here, 5 years of technological improvement is a chasm.