I guess I now have to get used to freaking out whenever I see one of these in all black or white on the highway. And I had just gotten good at picking out cop-spec Explorers of the previous generation.

I’m not sure what’s tripping you up. Both the selections you cite draw to one conclusion: ST has steering feel. Other trims do not. 

But the dealer didn’t give you a better deal, Mazda gave you a rebate. If you bought one of those Mazdas from a different store you would have still gotten the same rebate.

Warning: Hot Take incoming

When did Jalopnik commenters become so pedantic? It’s an old camera, people, move on.

I will do what little I can here to help with a suggested travel destination: Malta. While I am not a member of the LGBTQ community, my wife and I recently returned from vacationing there and honestly we could not speak more highly of the country from a tourist standpoint for all peoples. I do know it is ranked 1st in…

Because this thread is replete with corrections, and corrections of corrections: “fewer”.

Agreed. I’m really hoping we’re in the 2010s equivalent of the baroque malaise era and we will soon swing back to cleaner designs.

Volkswagen and Mazda are still doing pretty clean stuff. And I would argue the soon to be dead Impala is pretty smartly styled. But the crossover/SUV segment is a dumpster fire.

Was it intent or just luck of the draw in the database that put this clean and understated sedan immediately under that “I wanna grow up and be a choo-choo train” 2020 GX 460?

i can tell i am turning into a cantankerous old bastard because i hate virtually every single new car out on the road... especially if they have a three pointed star or a propeller and sky insignia on them. why do all modern cars feel so... disposable?

Competition? Who’s competing in those?

I never noticed the shape of the wheel arches, that’s terrible.  Does the X3 have the same shape?  Otherwise the X3 looks much much better.

This is the dealer equivalent of “I KNOW WHAT IVE GOT!”

I’m surprised their top shelf marketing has failed to move the metal. 

Hot Take Alert:

Needs yellow splitter guards.

What’s going on here? These are all genuinely helpful suggestions and it makes me uncomfortable.

One man’s half-inflated balloon is another ass’s toy

So, the vehicles are built just as well as that Home-Depot-lookin’ retaining wall sign out front? Shocking.

“de-skeeterization”