Not sure I would go with “neatly incorporated” to describe the Z4's lines. Nor “subtle” for anything to do with Mini Coopers.

No one is trying to diminish the fact that people died. That’s horrible. But this conversation exists within the broader context of: “building cars is difficult.” So yes, I think it is a distinction worth mentioning that it wasn’t anything Toyota did, but rather its dealers and owners.

We can stop pretending like this is a pretty car. Question mark?

The DOT dispatched NASA (fucking NASA!) to study the issue and they fully exonerated the throttle control systems. It really was the floor mat and user error.

M6 perhaps? They killed off their V10 program with this if I recall. And there probably won’t be another any time soon. (I would say M5 but they are probably a bit too common.)

$ucce$$ happened.

It’s very... shiny.

I’m very drawn to the overlarge third tail light. It looks almost Phaeton-esque in that photo, which is a Good Omen.

And strangely it seems Civics multiply like rabbits. Maybe it’s also a case of the Civic being a quite nice car now, also.

Oh wow this is excellent. The face is slightly Kia Soul-esque, though.

Why does that dashboard look like I upholstered it? And the leather covered bin lid omg.

And if they were Japanese they’d be drinking (legally) for a year now!

Because their only access to photography at the time was at auto shows?

For disabling a conflicting system? No, they do not deserve blame. For allowing their system to be tested on public roads at all in spite of its clear inadequacy all for the purpose of masturbatory self-promotion? I think that’s pretty unforgivable.

It’s not as if she’s out there belting notes. I don’t think she would need to prerecord anything to achieve that effect. And yes I skimmed through the video.

You can say a great many things about her live performances but “lip synced” is decidedly not one of them.

I’m really excited about this car. The looks are somewhere between handsome and dowdy -fine by me- and the fuel economy is pretty great.

A sustain pedal on a CVT equipped car to cut the droning.

I feel like Toyota is a company that is unduly driven by market research so it makes total sense to me that they would bust out their most subdued, restrained, “proper” design for a car aimed primarily at the European market.

Don’t you work for them?