This is a tough question because, Luxury cars SHOULD be expensive/privilaged, but at the same time, not overpriced.

Roll back safety standards????

VW made the Phaeton specifically to get some of Mercedes’ expensive car territory as revenge for Mercedes making cheap cars like the A-class.

Wait, so diluting your brand by selling cheaper cars is a bad thing?

I kind of hope they help break the cycle of needing a new version and body style every year personally.  Design it right the first time and iterative improvements as you go seems fine to me.

I think this comment forgets that the European market is much more important to VW than the US. While a RAV4 killer would sell in Europe (and sell like hotcakes here in the US), this is the car that VW needs to make for their home market.

ID.3 will do just fine in Europe, it’s only not gonna do well in the US. But yeah, if VW wants to move these in the US, they need to plop a Tiguan body on this thing pronto. 

“...and added bonus if you glanced in your rear view mirror you might even notice that you’ve been driving with the blinker on.”

At least I now know why the Torch didn’t put up any frontal photos of the car. This is the most boring design of the year. It’s a mix of all the most anonymous + spiritless styling elements of the last twenty years. Good grief.

While many think that this odd location was chosen because of extensive studies about visibility and safety, it was actually the result of designer Flamino Bertoni needing an effective way to make his rear-end design work.

I have nothing against I6 engines. now let’s move on.

GTA has some great ideas.

I’d go with plaid, but yeah, pretty much anything before matte black.

I actually love the qualifying format as it is now. It is the only motorsport where I religiously watch quali before the race. If a few tracks here and there have crappy showings, its not the end of the world. I love watching the final laps tick in and seeing everyone going all out at the line to see where they end…

Netflix should finance his return for season 3 of the F1 docu-series.

Shocking. I always figured guys who bought Dodge Demons were totally zen and would only go to tracks after journaling their feelings and embracing their inner children, and then only to help others there self-actualize their potential. This comes as a great surprise.

Like this but an Alfa you say?

I'm not wild about some of the things he's done, but he's always been interesting. Get well soon, Sergio.