Love Doug, mostly his earlier work (he seemed more enthusiastic and had fun with it), but lately his videos are pretty repetitive. I especially can’t stand the 5min intros about his Cars & Bids site - yes, we know Doug.

Absolutely, that M45 has always served Japanese muscular-elegance vibes. I can’t pinpoint the similarities though; could just be the proportions and tapered rear

Maybe I need more coffee, but something about it reminds me of the shortly lived 2nd gen M45 (which IMO is an underappreciated design that still looks great 20 years on)

I’m really curious what’s going to happen to all these infant-tech EVs in a couple years when they’re constantly being replaced by models that go twice as far. Will you be able to grab a low mileage 2019 E-Tron for $15k like the BMW i3?

These do absolutely nothing for me. Bring back the IDx!

Sharing the same architecture doesn’t mean they need to be the same class of vehicle. Volkswagen’s MQB underpins everything from the Golf to the Atlas, and the Golf definitely isn’t a 7 passenger SUV...

Think you forgot 1 or 2 more...

I’m probably a party of 1, but I’m not crazy about the design. At first glance it’s impressive, but the more I look the more I’m turned off. The rear is interesting, but without circular taillights it’s undistinguishable from a Ferrari. The retractable headlights are cool, but wish they closed completely; it looks…

If you build it they will come... (cum?)

Ferdinand Piëch is rolling in his grave

I consider this clever/cheeky engineering more than some hacked together Rube-Goldberg setup (which tbh I would love to see a HVAC Rube-Goldberg machine). And it’s not like the Ford doesn’t also have tried and true steering controls...

VAG has been on a cost-cutting spree and these lack of physical controls, from the touch screen to the window switches to the steering wheel, 100% exist to save them money, not to build a better UX/UI. I don’t blame VAG for cutting corners, Diesel Gate wasn’t cheap, but this isn’t the way to go about it.

The new Ford touchscreens kinda/sorta work this way. The volume knob is literally glued on and under it are tiny strips that interact with the touchscreen as if it was touched by a finger. When the knob is twisted, these strips drag across the screen, tricking the system into thinking a human is controlling it.

Interesting take, I never thought of this but makes total sense. Though I don’t think this is intentional, at least for Mercedes; I thought the letters are just German abbreviations for Sonderklasse (special class), Geländewagen (off-roader), etc?

Vistiq sounds like an erectile dysfunction medication.

I’d hope Dodge is relatively reliable, considering their entire lineup has been more/less the same for over a decade now.

To be fair it does serve a purpose - to have cavernous trunk space

Knowing this is how everyone else currently feels is the only thing that brings me some sense of sanity and peace of mind every day. And I’m only 32.

I’m sure if any manufacturer with a decent suite of active driving systems decided to loosen the systems parameters it’d perform similar to Teslas system.

Pretty soon the electronic industry’s “right to repair” law is going to trickle down to cars...