There will be a Gray Time where both types coexist in metro areas. Cue massive traffic jams because of overly safe autonomous programming. Then someone will outright ban drivable cars. And that, folks, will be the end of it. It was good while it lasted.

I side with you. Fakery annoys me to no end. It's particularly shameless on the Civic and the Zupra. If it doesn't work, just don't put it in!!!

All due respect to Mr. Tada...

This. One could say the GTR is a poster child (And I loved it to bits) about a decade ago it was 65-70k and beat everyone. It’s pretty much the same car now, everyone has caught up and it’s 100some thousand. Not ideal.

Many moons ago, brand-new RS6. Blue, with the floating multi-pot exotic brakes and the 450hp V8. It was at the time the fastest car I’d driven (had tested a manual V8 S4 and wasn’t very smitten at that one). This was hilariously capable: it felt akin to pulling a rug on everything in front of you, like rewinding a…

You sure have spoken the truth. Shameful foray by MB.

Not a Tesla Fanboy but this is compromised design at best. At some point they’ll be forced to really do it properly (What is the large faux grille for in an electric car? To see how an EV packaging is properly done please turn to Jaguar and yes, Tesla.) C'mon Mercedes, you are much better than this.