It’s possible to eat lobster somewhere not called Red Lobster.

Yes, he would never take action that would run counter to his and the national interest in pursuit of a symbolic victory. This does not at all describe the Republican policy making process of the past ten years. So very true, indeed.

That is a fair point. However, I was referring to the pre-production version, which Jaguar is heavily publicizing.

Lord this is a stupid conversation.

You explicitly conflate sleekness with “tackiness.” I use it to refer to something that is “trim and graceful; finely contoured; and streamlined,” in accordance to the definition of the word.

Für Königin und Land!

Doesn’t Mini have plants in India and Malaysia? The sun never sets, etc.

And anyway, we’re talking about assembly quality (“crappily built”) and the thing is made in Oxford.

The thing looks like a jack o’lantern on Thanksgiving day from the rear. Like, the rear is not the LC’s best angle but that is a terribly unflattering comparison.

I don’t understand why the price should feature more prominently in this comparison than a performance metric like power output or 0-60 time.

In principle I agree. However, I think the demands of the commercial market differ from those of the consumer.

Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but there are companies that have very successfully monetized the idea that different is cool.

I don’t think anybody buys a Murano with the belief that the thing is itself fundamentally sleek, they just want a crossover that has sleek styling. And I obviously don’t believe any manufacturer goes into it hoping to maintain the status quo ante, but they surely must make the calculation that the market is still in…

I get that point and I address it, but EVs are still aspirational at this point. They’re still “cool.”

I don’t understand why this or the original Niro are crossovers. Like, yes crossovers are booming, but people like EVs because they’re sleek and futuristic, not because they’re the natural conclusion to a pragmatic choice. Seems like they’re trying to appeal to a very narrow cross-section of that particular Venn…

Right? Like, the country is barely a couple centuries old. Do they really think racism is something that is contained in that tiny pocket of recent history? This is absurd.

Being “too progressive” to notice the monkey shirt on the black kid is no kind of progress. Like, even if we were to accept your premise as fact.

The hatchback Mazda2 looks infinitely better still so really the point stands. Perhaps the terribleness of the front is a strategic choice to fool the eye into accepting the trunk.

I distinctly remember a one “Stef Schrader” commenting that the Yaris iA has a “stupid dinky trunk” that is its “unforgivable sin.”

It’s a little light that comes on to inform the driver of their Delusional Manual Elitism. D for short.