So, they have mostly gotten longer. For reference the Honda civic has grown in width by 5 in from the fourth gen in the early 90 to today and by about 15 in in length according to Google

Good talk, glad we could do this. 

I had a whole spiel written up, but I’m not changing any minds here. These broad sweeping shit takes are just exhausting at this point. 

This is so incredibly satisfying.

I hate it.  But I’ll get used to it.  In fact, it’s sort of an improvement.  Actually I prefer it.  The next one after this will be terrible, surely.

These die cast people signed up for this. No one made them glide around that plastic track without any way to steer their car. They chose to. They signed the wavers. They welcomed the fame.  Besides, as far as I can tell, no one has died... yet. 

You know, I enjoy the motorsport for what it is. But I really hate that they glamorize the wrecks in this. They show them in the previews. They highlight them in the marketing. The announcers even say “if you’re looking for big wrecks, you’re in the right spot.”

VW has a sort of history with appending “cross” to car names

Because it’s tiresome. The doomsayers gravely intone that it is a deathtrap, as if merely owning the vehicle somehow guarantees that Fate will come flying around some corner and flatten you.

Plymouth Fire Arrow with fussy Trans Am inspired hood graphic for the win.

206hp out of 2.5 liters isn’t bad. Subaru only managed to get 172 hp out of the same displacement. I’m curious how much the “coupler” to the rear diff can take. They always claim 50% but if you watch any tests on FWD based AWD where they put the front wheels on ice and the rear has traction, you often find the rear…

I get that the old face had similarities to the 200, but in what world is the new look a “major improvement”? I guess it has kind of a Subaru look, which is ok I suppose... but I’m not sure it looks better. I’d give it a solid “eh”.

I just wanna get in ahead of the shitposting:

I despise, as much as the next guy, those assholes who drive around with their light bars on all the time, blinding everyone. Those people suck.

Having said that, a light bar (or any auxiliary light) can be a fantastic tool on a dark, unlit road at night when used properly…

Duh, anybody with an F-body with T-tops could tell them all about GM and leaks.

I found them, they are from the Alfa Giulia’s bigger sister, called the Berlina.

Let me restore it, Andrew. I’m okay.

“This is a perfect case of Ferrari ass-showing: create an SUV nobody wants”

This would be a good companion car to that Saabaru. 

Haha ok. I stand corrected.  He’s right about expensive....

I feel the same way. Jalopnik lost its heart when Patrick George finally stepped aside.