I’m not sure if any Bugatti is “beautiful” (I’m not even certain they need to be), but it is all about that pristine execution. These things exist in a totally different plane to ours. I think it’s right that it’s a little challenging.

Yes, I’ve started to gather. Still, designing the hatch in such a way as to require secondary lights is a pretty inexplicable decision in itself.

Clubman! That’s one. I’m not sure Cascadia counts, as the secondary light is only visible when the hatch is up.

No, but I mean most crossovers have tailights integrated into the body, not the hatch, as in the Q7. Can you give me an example?

I’m not aware of this rule, but it doesn’t force other makers into this peculiar light arrangement. Most have reflectors, at most, and a design that allows (some portion of?) the lights to be visible regardless of gate status.

Ooh, that last detail seems very salient. I seem to remember reading somewhere that Lexus had a bear of a job doing the front suspension geometry for the LC because the designers wanted the hood so low.

It’s sweet! Like a sly fox.

At least it’s done for style reasons on a heavily stylized design. No excuses for Audi, who splits the tailights on the Q7 for No Reason.

The “trouble” is that both the Mercedes and the BMW can be had with turbocharged eights.

Okay, I kind of love that they’re doubling down and reaffirming their vision for the purpose of this car.

Like a baleen whale in the sky. Totally cool, though.

Nah, dude, the chemtrails get people buying. The subsidies just make it look official.

It’s coming on the Pilot, apparently.

Plug-in capability is pretty huge, though. It opens you up to tax credits, utility incentives, carpool access, the possibility of EV only commuting. All dependent on your state and circumstances, of course.

I am 5'5" and can say with some authority that German and British cars are designed seemingly for the exclusive use of arachnids and ballerinas, in that order.

I’ve always assumed there was some kind of regulatory benefit to having those perfunctory “seats.” TT is another example:

True. But that says more of our susceptibility to corporate marketing than of her powers of perception. 

In her overgenerous defense:

Raising the profile of American athletes everywhere! what a donkey honky.

I think their designs were more... carefully considered, I suppose, in the mid 2000s, but any company willing to put plaid fabric seats in a mid-range model would seem to have a pretty good sense of their identity.