The 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer which I owned for four years as my first car. Objectively it was slow and basic and towards the end it was starting to break quite a bit, but it was my first car and I will always love it.

I also ran a Toyota Prius for six months and I loved the sheer effectiveness of it and how it did what…

Yeah, pretty much.

That’s probably fair when the pandemic began, but the signs are looking like this Delta variant is becoming a whole other bitch altogether, and that those early measures might not be as effective this time round.

Look at the countries that have supposedly ‘controlled’ the pandemic. Singapore, Vietnam, New Zealand etc.…

Games as well.

Do you really trust the Chinese figures?

Until the vast majority of the world are vaccinated and can be trusted to be responsible (i.e. probably never), I just don’t think travel is worth all this pain.

I think Suzuki has a system in some of their cars where the adaptive cruise only works in third gear and upwards. If you slow down enough to require first or second gear then the ACC deactivates. I’m not sure exactly how it works though.

This is true. Manufacturers want as little customisation and differentiation as possible to save costs.

He said “sometimes we plan to share some of the displays across vehicle programs”—does this mean that GM is actually considering some international-market diesel car that might use the instrument cluster from a Corvette? Is there going to be a new Indian-market Chevy Sail Diesel that might use this dash? Or a…

If they’re gonna go touchscreen, why not just make it a removable iPad-like thing (but still tethered to the seat to prevent theft)?

Autocar magazine claims to have had a hand in conceptualizing and designing the 340R (as per the link). I distinctly remember reading about it back then, and it felt like a big deal to 12 year old me because I had aspirations to be either a car designer or automotive writer, and it never occured to me that there was…

I came across this today, which I thought seems like quite an appropriate response for this dipshit

The 80s sure were crazy times, huh?

I haven’t cried at a Jalopnik blog post since Mack did the one about his brother a while back.

So, like the Race of Champions?

Mk4 was limp and weak. Mk5 onwards was when things started to really improve.

All the best mate. We nearly met at the Mini Electric drive in Miami over a year ago. That was the last time I travelled before things went to hell with this virus.

That is an excellent break down! Thank you for this! Very well written

I’m not really a gamer, but man is this story blowing up.

Jason, I think you should seriously consider a second career in Hollywood. :D