What if I told you they were all scripted and always had been...

This tribute to Saab was pretty damn good too, especially given it came later on.

The Ford Fiesta

My ‘13 Xterra got just about what the EPA said it would. My ‘15 Golf Sportwagen TDI got far better than what the EPA said it would (cheating emissions will do that). My ‘18 Outback can’t get within 10% of what the EPA says it should get, no matter how smooth/flat the highway is and how far between any slowdowns or…

My diesel easily beat EPA estimates... it turned out that it was cheating on emissions, but it beat the gas mileage estimates by leaps and bounds.

Exactly.  Why is the burden of a reliable grid/power source being put onto vehicle owners (vehicles are normally the second largest purchase a person will make in their lifetime) rather than just requiring power companies to build and maintain the grid they agreed to when they were given a (rightful) monopoly.

$48,490 in 2021 is $54,013 today.  Let’s not just ignore inflation is a thing.

Didn’t Mythbusters show that the best course of action was to try to get out ASAP by opening the door before the pressure became too great to overcome?

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“This is like arguing that raping an adult isn’t as bad as raping a child.

That wasn’t the only article or mention about the looks. It was a unified front at Jalopnik at the time and they openly criticized people who disagreed. Hell, it got bad enough that some commenters thought Hyundai was paying Jalopnik to say such positive things about the styling.

You guys at Jalopnik kept trying to cram it down our throats, saying it was “gorgeous” and beautiful and all sorts of positive claims.

I have a hard time believing you’d be able to snag this for much less than $9.5k.  You might get it for $9k, you certainly aren’t getting it for $8k or $8.5k.

It’s not the most beautiful car in the world, but I generally like it.

I’ve got a decent amount of seat time in a ‘71 911t, and I find it to be downright fantastic.  Especially when you compare it to other vehicles of a similar era.

“Here’s the thing. You say people aren’t ok with luxury being overly complicated.”

Still ugly as hell, and still not available as a hatch.

You are still missing the point. Back in 1960, up-market brands were able to find ways to justify charging more for their products that didn’t result in overly complicated pointless headlights.

No, that is my point. Back in the day, even premium car brands were somewhat affordable to fix. They were made with sealed beam headlights (not that I want to go back to those) steel, and basically the same stuff the lower end things were. So, busting the headlight of your ‘60 DeSoto cost the same to fix as busting…

What is the point of this comment? People still want new, they still want luxury, they just don’t want unnecessarily complicated and expensive to fix. There was a period of time that crunching a Volvo, Porsche or even a Ferrari in a minor fender bender cost relatively the same to fix as a Ford, Chevy or DeSoto. And…