Wait....Is this NOT their slogan?

Truth be told, I'm not sure even a Pony would be so bad after just ~60,000 miles. I lived in Beijing for three months this past summer, and there's very little about it that seemed to justify the fear with which some people in Western countries talk about it. It's a mess of a place. I mean, I saw a knock-off of an Isuz…

It's really important to remember that brand status isn't the same in every country. That's why the Phaeton did so well in Korea, where—like in China and Japan—a relatively closed market meant that import cars were given more prestige than domestics. The fact that it's a VW is irrelevant: it's a big, shiny import, and…

The only person who seems to be pleased with the 10 billion dollar deal for that plot in Gangnam is Chung Mong-ku himself; the man must have an enormous ego. He said that the new tower they're going to build is supposed to burnish Hyundai's brand, which tells me he obviously has no idea how prestige works in the auto…

Still seems unusual to me, at least for names that are straight-up Japanese like Honda and Nissan. Korean car brands are a lot simpler in that way; seems like the problem there was getting the Romanization right. Hyundai really should've been written Hyundae. Wasn't the old tagline that it "rhymes with Sunday"?

Do you mean that they write "Mazda", and not "Matsuda", and that they use katakana and not hiragana or kanji? Very strange.

No, that last picture proves that you pronounce Daewoo as Buick in English.

Yeah, sorry, figured, didn't mean to submit that. I'd still be surprised if they didn't eventually, for performance reasons. 503hp is a lot of power to put through two wheels, especially in something with such a short wheelbase

Joke, yes? The only C-classes currently available in the U.S. are AWD models. Or did you mean

Engine configuration with odd-numbered cylinder banks always sound better to my ear—I3's, V6's, I5's, V10's. Just waiting for someone with enough money and nonsense in their head to try an I7 and/or V14.

Can't you tell by the exhaust note? This is definitely an I5, not a four-cylinder.

The Hyundai Genesis Coupe. No convertible version available, sure, but the engine is even better, it looks more aggressive (if too much so in the nose), and you have rear seats (sort of).

Frankly, I think Hyundai should take over. The only thing Lotus really need is more money and advertisement, and all Hyundai need is some engineering chassis expertise and gall, and credibility amongst us gearheds. As long as Hyundai know to keep their hands off of Lotus' day-to-day operation and let them do as they…

Fair point, too, but I think I've defended my imperfect argument pretty well, though I genuinely appreciate people finding holes in thought processes; it's how we become more thoughtful people. Always nice to talk with people willing to engage in conversation.

You're right, correlation is not causation—but I don't think I said that they were synonymous. I did imply (or maybe I stated outright; I don't care to look) that the frequency with which greater levels of technological utilization seems to correlate with improved quality of life suggests that there might be more than…

Well, as I said, the fact that most countries that rank highly on various quality of life indices—like the UN HDI and the Social Progress Index—are also countries that have fairly high, uniform, and consistent levels of technological advancement. It's fair to point out that most of these countries are also materially…

Have to agree with you there; frankly, the Audi 4.2 is the only V8 I care for the sound of, and I really like it. But it's just different engines make different noises, and it's all subjective.

You're comparing a flatplane with a crossplane. Both did and currently do exist. You're allowed a preference, but no need to get in a huff about it.

Not that it matters, but I'm really disappointed in Hyundai. Such a stupid allocation of resources. All the extra money, which could've been given, through taxation, to people in South Korea, or shareholders/stockholders, or developing new product, is instead being spent on Chung's vanity and given to KEPCO.

Well, I didn't say without exception. I said an "almost perfect correlation", implying that, indeed there are some technologies or levels of technological adaptation at particular points in technological development that haven't or at least don't seem to have or be likely to offer improved quality of life, like the…