Given that we can’t even see manmade structures from orbit I don’t understand how anyone can reach the conclusion that the universe isn’t teeming with life.

Good headlights don’t just come on luxury cars. Plenty of inexpensive cars, and the IIHS has acknowledged this, come with good, advanced headlights. It’s just that they don’t necessarily come standard.

This concept feels unfinished; like it was designed by students who are too impatient and inexperienced to refine and iterate, having gone with the first idea that popped into their heads. The lighting design feels like an afterthought and the roundel brake lights and grille pattern are especially cheesy.

I’m not sure where you have the idea that the G80 and G90 are doing well. They’re both selling poorly and sales haven’t gone above the hundreds since April of 2018. If I’m not mistaken Hyundai has been offering significant discounts in an attempt to move some cars.

This looks like one of those Facebook shitposts that everyone shares because they’re not critical enough to notice how unrealistic it is. In the end it turns out to be a self-promotion piece for a student or an effects agency.

When I first saw the BX as a kid I fell in love with the car. It wasn’t just the styling that looked futuristic, but the hydropneumatic suspension raising and lowing the car... If I had known this variant existed I don’t know what I’d have done with myself.

There are a ton of reasons, ranging from an this being an engineering exercise to higher displacement, larger motors being heavily taxed. Even 2 liters is on the big side for Europe, so this engine is more akin to a V8 for Americans.

Turbo engines have trouble meeting their estimates in the real world. Not that the problem is unique to turbos, they’re just more likely to see a big drop.

For the most part machines already build machines. In a lot of cases humans are still used simply because it’s cheaper and more flexible to set up than investing in an automated assembly line. I’m reminded of when Motorola set up a warehouse in Texas where workers were doing final assembly on smartphones. While it was…

Most cars would fare better if the headlights were adjusted beforehand but the IIHS tests cars as they come from automakers. Their rationale, which is fair, is that most consumers aren’t calibrating headlights.

Now that even plebs can get displays in their cars, the luxury automakers are desperate to up their game.

I think these fucking filters are revolting. They turn everyone into a horrid, blurry mess with oddly distorted facial features. Are people really so vain that they think this shit looks good?

I feel sorry for Acura. This was really the wrong car at the wrong time. It always makes me think of the Audi R8 in that it seems like it represented something similar to the brand but was executed in completely the wrong way.

Same here... It’s a day long barrage of complete nonsense and the frustrating thing is that they’re starting to leave voicemails.

It’s a neat design and I like that the car isn’t overly aggressive. That said, from some angles those LEDs look like eyelashes and it gives the car a bit of a cutesy aesthetic.

A good reason to get the Civic Sport is to avoid the oil dilution issues of the 1.5L turbo. Crazy to think that this is normally the kind of thing you worry about with VW.

Your typical consumer doesn’t know what Retina Display means because it’s marketing wank. Although it does include higher pixel densities, Retina is equivalent to any base-tier smartphone.

Does this mean that when some tool is tailgating, forgets his brakes are set to sport, and panic brakes he’s going cause an accident?

Other than the odd mismatched rear glass panel the Subaru looks far better than that Golf wagon. The Levorg is conservative but interesting. The Golf is the epitome of blandness. This is one of those odd designs that, while inoffensive, is going to look cheaper the older it gets.

Automation and outsourcing buys a lot of nice stuff.