What I find particularly strange is that apart from JDM imports we didn’t get the Blazer in Australia and New Zealand. Given that we are a RHD market and at the time Holden could have done with a decent mid-sized SUV. They had the horrible Holden(Isuzu/Vauxhall) Frontera and the dated but OK Holden (Isuzu/Vauxhall)…

Seriously. The grille IS the problem. I honestly hadn’t even noticed the headlights and even looking at them now, they’re fine. That grille on the other hand...

It’s not handling people complain about it’s the feeling of the handling.  You can’t sense what the car is doing anymore.  The feedback isn’t right with the electric power steering.

Alfa Romeo kindly disagree and would like to suggest you a test drive of the Giulia...

The handling is related to the size, the current 3 handles like an older 5 because it is the same size. BMW still gets handling right, it is just that the cars are in the next size bracket now. The 1 is about the size of an E46 and handles very similarly.

I think a better title would be “The Grille Isn’t the Only Problem”

i disagree with this hot take.

Well, perhaps, but your choice of what sound you like is very subjective. And the feeling of torque is the same regardless of what creates the force.

Yea, the change of vehicle classification has had some unintended consequences.  Full size cars were killed and the double cab, short bed pickup truck became the new full size car.  I don’t have as much vitriol for CUVs as they are basically just the natural evolution of cars and typically get used for what they are…

EV sales always collapse everywhere the bribes and subsidies go away.

They keep their foot down and let the electronics do their magic.

There’s more to performance than 0-60 times.

Dead fucking wrong of course, but why bother knowing anything when you can just assume?

The bigger the government agency, the less accountable they are for spending other people’s money, and the less common sense is involved and the more is wasted. This is almost universally true and not debatable.

Boy, the 7-series design really and truly peaked back then. I don’t know what they were trying to do with the current one.

Are you kidding? The e39 is the best looking sedan ever made. Add the the e46 and e34 that was the peak of BMW design. Before it got all bangled up.

At the very least putting the V12 in it.

I would also add the LC500 to its list of competitors, especially because it would be really close between that and the 911 if I were shopping in this segment. The BMW isn’t even worth going down to the dealer and sitting in compared to the 911 and LC IMO.

Oh right... BMWs used to be attractive.

Probably because it looks like a fucking Mustang.