I live in Germany and I rarely miss turning right on red. A lot of times a 3 or more-way intersection here has a separate turning lane for those turning right that’s on a yield sign rather than a light.  Also, it makes traffic flow more predictable.

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A totally oversized, overweight, overpowered, poor-ground clearance, ridiculous gas-guzzler that will have one driver and zero cargo items in the back, say, about 90% percent of the time.

Extra long back doors just in case your privileged children tend to miss banging the door into less desirable vehicles 

Eww that looks groß!

“240k on the body and still going strong”

So many great things to say about this, obviously brilliant father with good judgment:

Sometimes, I wish people could all drive a convertable. It makes you realise how fast 60 really is, and shows the forces involved. It also makes you feel more exposed, less cocooned.

You mean if you hang back from that semi, you can accelerate to 20-over before you merge into the oncoming lane? Somebody call Lifehacker!

So true. And yet 5 minutes on the road anywhere and you’ll see people failing at everyone of these.

I would say is never good to remove the perception of something important as speed while you are driving a 1.5+ tons thing on public roads...

They used to be the most enthusiast-focused mainstream brand. I’d say Mazda is much more enthusiast-focused now.

The part where BMW makes a shitload of money selling cars that aren’t “decent”.

I don’t agree that this is a good thing at all for a sports-oriented car. For a luxury car, I get it. This is the opposite of what makes a car exciting.

Unfortunately, we need all the above. A lot less meat farming, electric transportation, and renewable energy generation.

Sure I will be switching to an EV when the lease is up on my daily but lets not pretend that EVs don’t have a large number of environmental impacts which would be magnified if every car on the road switched to battery electric power.

This article confirms two of my long held beliefs.

These are great cars. If I were to get an Abarth, I would totally get the cabrio version. Best compromise between a total drop-top and a solid roof, despite how awkward it looks with the canvas all the way closed.

This makes me wonder why more manufacturers don't put more care into tuning their exhaust sound. That is a huge part of the car's personality. I got an SLK55 largely because of the angry V8 growl. Hopefully the Alfa 4C will also have that trademark Italian exhaust note like this Fiat.

I test drove a '13 Abarth about 3 months ago, and was NOT impressed. Yes, the exhaust note is glorious. And the handling is quick. But here's all of the other stuff that's not so great (some of this is hinted at in the article):