I still think it would be a dream to have a modular EV drivetrain that you could use to retrofit cheap classics. Like, imagine a Silver Shadow finally fulfilling the promise of having its clock be the loudest component of the car.

I feel like the Porsche analogy is a false one. An SUV is anathema to the identity of the former, but an obnoxiously large, cushy people mover is the core of the Cadillac ethos.

The “driving is just one of its apps!” take makes me dieeee.

It definitely needs big wheels to look right and some of the angles are awkward, but I think on the whole it is a success. I can’t wait until therest of the legacy car makers start coming out with actual, viable EV product. (Love the i3 but no one’s checking for that.)

It looks like a 156 that crashed into a barn from the rear.

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Yes, my phrasing is confusing. I meant to say that BMW used to use XDrive to denote AWD (because RWD was assumed) but now they have a badge to indicate the absence of AWD, also. And as I write this, it hit me that they now make FWD cars also so the justification for SDrive exists. Just.

Ha, yes that’s absolutely true.

Also, can we just talk about badges? I like that Volvo treats them like Merit badges.

Peaked in the 80s? Now we boast about the AWD system this particular model doesn’t have.

Yes, and this captured mid-sneeze monstrosity that Fisker has subsequently done kind of corroborates Callum’s account...

The world was introduced to the Henrik Fisker-designed DB9 at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show. 

I have to say, DB9 is nowhere near as pretty as I remember it looking. The most prominent point of the face is oddly high, giving it a kind of amphibious bus look:

The Lagonda was a cool car. But the total commitment to the aesthetic that Aston Martin showed (and the fact that it’s a one-off) are not points the more humorless VW Group can claim to have.

I actually kind of love the way the (non-hot) successor to that Civic looked.

Jade! Three row mini-minivan! Donfeng Honda cosmopolitanism!

Oh, no. I don’t mind that they blocked off the grille but I wish they had kept the shape. It looks a bit blunt nosed now.

Speaking of things that will likely look outdated, the latest generation Audi / Porsche interiors are going to look horrible in no time flat. Every one I see just brings to mind this retro-gauche monstrosity:

Mercedes! I drive a MERCEDES!

Agreed. And the people who buy these things are probably the kind of people who would shy away from a dinner plate sized three pointed star.