I think he’s objecting to trim pieces made of real carbon fiber, but approves of exposed structural elements composed of carbon fiber. Eg:

Plastic facsimiles painted body color after the fact?

Look at the quality of the stitching, though. Yikes. Good call on their part not to make that a contrast stitch.

It’s somehow both modest and ostentatious at the same time. Probably an excellent airport limo / UberBLACK, though.

Shoutouts or callouts? Because if it’s the latter I nominate this ecofeminist banger:

East of Toyota:

I happen to love the i3, but BMW as a whole is in a truly bizarre place. It’s like they’re building exactly the same kinds of cars they were building a decade ago, just slightly softer for no added benefit. I would understand more if there were some kind of compromise being made, but ???

I happen to love the i3, but BMW as a whole is in a truly bizarre place. It’s like they’re building exactly the same kinds of cars they were building a decade ago, just slightly softer for no added benefit. I would understand more if there were some kind of compromise being made, but ???

After talks with Toyota on co-development of a new small car platform that could underpin the next-gen Mini foundered... BMW is turning eastwards to save Mini from extinction.

I am totally in love with the idea of a two door Range Rover. Makes me wonder what might have been had Land Rover taken a similar tack to Mercedes and just pushed and prodded the 70s Range Rover into quasi-modernity.

This is an eminently charming story. Just

Were they not the segment leaders? As I say, I do not dispute that they lost market share. I take issue with the notion that there is a direct causal relationship between degree of grille spindleness and lost market share.

There was a piece on one just like it! The likelihood is high that it’s the same one lol.

2011 was also kind of a bad year for their supply chain.

This is a futile discussion without sales figures.

But so are PSA.

The C6 was a gorgeous car. ...That’s all I’ve got.

The post yesterday got me thinking, but the new one simply doesn’t exude luxury the way this generation did.

Maybe you’re thinking RC F? I was referring to the F version of this:

The LC F hasn’t come out yet.