They do this up in Canyon Country just north of LA during fire season I think.

Will there be any torque vectoring?

The lack of tact is impressive.

520d Touring. As a dad, I love almost everything about this car. The trunk holds my son's crap we have to haul around + other things + it's an awesome diaper-changing station...can't tell you enough about how convenient the Comfort Access trunk thingy is when you're holding a sleeping kid and need to put shit in the…

It's a genius idea, and it's executed brilliantly here. There's also a "behind the scenes" video that goes with it, but sadly for me, it is in Japanese. If anyone speaks that language and can glean some insights into how this was done, feel free to share them in the comments.

Just a very rough summary of the behind the scenes...sorry for the dry translation: The beginning talks about developing the analysis system in 1985, then using it in 1986. As engineers, they wanted to know what was going on while the machine was running. By studying the data in real time and in detail, they could…

My '07 Lexus GS had a Minidisc player.

I always lease every 3 years. No hassle of selling, dealers give good deals on returning customers, shaken (vehicle inspection in Japan) runs out in 3 years and costs a few thousand $ to renew, warranty just about expires, and models are usually up for a facelift or complete model change. We don't usually add a lot of…

Does this work with new cars too? I love that new car smell...for about a minute...then my head starts hurting. I try and drive around with the windows down, but the effect doesn't last.

Scraped the front bumper on the first day coming out of my parking garage.

I prefer the A-class (A45) over the CLA.

What about the Great Wall of China? They used slaves to build the thing, so I guess it wasn't expensive, but if they hadn't...then it probably would have cost a lotta money. No way to find out.

The new A-Class is what MB failed at with the C sportscoupe. An entry-level car that is appealing to a younger audience, which will increase the chances that their next car will also be (and hopefully more upmarket) a Benz.

Tokyo? NYC? Have you used either? Both? If you have, have you used public transportation in any other city? Sounds like you're talking out of your ass.

My 5-Series has this. It was weird at first, but I've gotten used to it and kind of prefer it now. iDrive though, is the most unintuitive thing ever designed.

That's because they need to be super bright during the daytime so that the instrument cluster doesn't get drowned out by sunlight. At night, they need to be dimmed a bit or else they would become a distraction. Sort of like how navigation systems go black at night.

Looks like we got an overzealous law school student practicing his moot court strategies.

Replacing iDrive with MMI would be a dream come true. I still can't wrap my head around the iDrive system...can't even scroll the map without first selecting scroll option...is there any other way? MMI has that nifty lil touchpad and hotkeys.

Most of the newer models from the popular luxury brands (Merc, BMW, Lexus, Audi) all do not have touch screens. They're all WORSE than touch screens.

the royal lounge alphard isn't bad either.