So it’s the Rolls Royce take on a British Empire-era train car with rubber tires?

The lighting effects of the exterior pictures, and the lower body cladding are both working really hard to hide exactly how much visual mass the Cayenne actually has. Might look okay here, but that judgement probably won’t hold up under the sunlight in the streets.

Since Nissan has no interest in creating a brand new model line unless it has the vaguest hint of crossover (Juke, and now a Rogue Sport?), is it time to start lobbying Infiniti to rebody this into the halo car that it has sorely lacked for awhile? It probably wouldn’t be 2,300-2,400 lb., but no one expects it to stay…

*Edit: Citroen C6

Someone must have thought that dramatic roofline sweep down in the rear would look more sleek here like it does (in more conservative guises) in SUVs and wagons. It does not. Instead we have a dung beetle with euro pedestrian regulation compliant bumpers and mirrors and a kidney grille at the nose.

Neutral: It’s easy to imagine that, in a few years, Marchionne might let Waymo/Google/Alphabet, or Apple buy the skeleton of the rest of FCA since they have a need for automotive mass manufacturing expertise. I’m assuming the only reason why that hasn’t happened yet is because the SV firms know the autonomous tech…

I like that it’s a decent hatchback that, due to model bloat, is probably the size of the ‘90s Accord wagon, but the body kit in these pictures make me more thankful that the Mazda3 hatchback exists. Is there a toned down exterior fascia in the other model specs?

One night when I was 21 and headed back home from night classes, I had a complete and total electrical failure in a car that weighed 4100lbs while rolling steady at 60 in rush traffic on a curving parkway with a narrow grass patch for shoulders. Engine fell dead, headlights cut out, instrument panels went limp, power…

Please tell me someone (Mazda or Fiat or any willing metal fabricator down the block from the LA show) is eventually going to announce a coupe version.

Hello Shiro,

And here comes the estranged father?

Have they managed to fix the cooling issues with the brakes fitted to these Zs?

This whole place would be up in arms if that roofline, beltline, and the awkward haunches were placed on an Italian design.

Would crossovers like the Renegade perform any better with more aggressive tire treads? I was surprised with how surefooted an ‘11 RAV4 V6 was over rutted paths with Scorpion ATVs on.

Is the in-dash Victrola optional or part of a special package?

If they could produce the Civic in this body then why did the Crosstour ever have to happen?

Nissan’s current identity= vaguely sporty+ subtle French quirks + better than French reliability

So will it get a standard 360-degree periscope next year, or is it going to be a dealer-installed option?

Don’t sell your Acura short. It’s from a time when Honda still equipped consumer cars with subtle special bits that made the car more than what it seemed at first glance. Not that it’s as easy to have fun as a RWD 3 Series of the era, but who else offered an LSD and a manual in a sedan at it’s price when it was…