A fucking van? Seriously?

The Ford Five Hundred, in addition to an unrecognizable nameplate, was hampered by some of the blandest, most uninspiring styling ever put on a car. This was mitigated slightly when it became the Taurus again, and finally fixed with the latest gen.

Too bad it suffers from the same ugly, misshapen blob headlamps as the SL.

3rd Gear: From the Bloomberg article:

MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE (EXCERPT)

tinted windows, which are against the law in Michigan

Holy shit, epic post. The W220 S-class is one of my all time favorites. I wish I had the time and garage space to do something like this. Once again you've done a fantastic job it looks great. Glad to hear it's been reliable, too.

My dream...

In other news, Lincoln has a smell now...

This is fucking stupid and a ridiculous waste of money. I can't believe Ford is raking in multi-billion dollar quarterly profits and yet refuses to invest the necessary resources in its luxury brand to make it a serious competitor in today's market. They don't need a scent (seriously?) or a new stupid marketing…

I was thinking about this last night after I read the G63 review, and I decided Range Rover. But for the money I'd rather be creative and have a mix:

I'm glad it didn't.

Ok...

No, the TLX will not save Acura. At its best, the TLX is still a FWD-based 290 hp V6 Accord with an ugly beak and spider eyes headlamps. And nobody wants to pay $45K for that.

Or hide it in the lower front fascia like Audi does. Or maybe integrate it into the windshield somehow. This is Mercedes... I'm sure they can come up with something besides an ugly plastic plate in the grille.

Distronic shield. Becoming quite common on many vehicles with the proliferation of radar-based adaptive cruise in recent years. Mercedes has been doing it for years and is a particularly egregious offender. Here's an example on a W221. Was also an option on the W220.

I love how it looks like a baby Sierra. That may be one of the things I like the most about it. I usually find the GMC to be the more attractive of the pair (that holds especially true for the current full-sizers, as well as the last gen) and I want my small(er) truck to still look like a truck.

Eh, Mercedes is still pretty good at coming up with stuff.

They certainly did.

I'm pretty sure the S350 Bluetec only came with 4matic, at least in the US.

Of all the RVs out there, this would absolutely, 100% be my choice. These things are fucking awesome.