We’re also working on a system to bring in little blips from around the auto industry of stories that we think are interesting but we don’t have anything we can add.

While I would love to see a true high speed rail system in this country, I don’t think it will ever happen in my lifetime, and not just because of the massive cost (which I’ve seen estimated to be in the $500 billion - $1 trillion range). Additionally:

For fuck’s sake, Ford, if you’re going to build cars like this could you please put them on a proper RWD platform? You’re breaking my heart.

Wow. Until now I never realized how freaking huge those things are. Seeing one next to those people and trucks really puts things in perspective. That's a big bird.

I too have come to like the second-gen RX. A buddy of mine had one that I drove around for a while, it’s a nice ride. But Lexus has always had such clean, conservative styling (which I usually like) that can age remarkably well. Look at a 2000 LS...

No, it’s the styling.

1st gear: Goldman Motors has a better ring to it anyway.

I really hope they are, particularly the parts about the new RWD platform and V8 option...

This. So much, this. Mercedes has been a particularly egregious offender going back to the W220 S-class. I’d expect them to engineer a better solution than that. I don’t want an ugly plastic plate stuck on the grille of my $100,000 car.

Personally I think the one preceding it was the best looking of the whole lot.

Hadn't heard that... has it been confirmed anywhere? If true, that's awesome.

That would be fucking amazeballs.

Truth be told, I was really hoping for something more along the lines of this:

I really hope not.

Please, Lincoln, let it be!

But that goofy Spongebob Squarepants front end, though...

Sadly it looks like the front end of that Malibu will still have an ugly body colored bar slapped across a gaping grille. I was really hoping for more Impala-like styling.

I generally like the squinty look. I actually think the new Mustang could go a bit squinty-er. I can see it in the headlights, sure (which I'm ok with), but the hood is too high and that grille has a bit too much bass mouth gape going on for my tastes ("pedestrian safety" at work):

19 feet long and 7 feet wide? More than 8 1/2 feet tall?

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