“All cars that are mostly interesting because they somewhat passably do what a more expensive car does much better.”

Honestly I think the E32, 38, and 39 are some of the most beautiful sedan shapes ever penned. Definitely the high water mark for BMW. Everything after that has been pure hot garbage. The last 2 generations of 3 and 5 series, forgettable and anonymous. The worst kind of design of them all.

Tesla Model 3. It has some weird halo effect despite being ugly and having a bargain basement interior... And that's before getting into the quality issues. It drives fine, it's fast, and electric... But since when does that get it a free pass when it also costs $50k?

Most sports cars also suck at being a car on the road.  Noisy, harsh ride, bad fuel economy, and an inability to carry much more than a second person and maybe a few small items.

I will throw the 4 runner in there too. Absurdly ugly, terrible ride quality, underpowered. Only real advantage is lack of depreciation, which is only the case because of the odd cult following.

The Tacoma is a dog ass terrible pickup, the cult following is just that- a cult. Gutless engine, bad transmission tuning, big time dive & squat from the suspension, cramped cabin, awful infotainment.... but at least they’re expensive.

I’d also like to throw all Teslas in the ring. In my experience, they drive just…

Nope. Inside or out, the thing’s ugly as fuck.

If you’re in prison long enough it starts to feel like home. Same thing.

Raph, buddy, you’re doing the wrong kinds of drugs if you think that hideous thing looks remotely good.

Uh, I still don’t think it looks good, and I’m frankly a fan of the damned thing.

Sorry, I can’t agree with you on it looking good. It’s an unattractive vehicle in just about every respect.

What happened?

Counterpoint: it doesn’t

I love the idea of an electric crate engine program, but the motor was never the tricky bit

At least this is the easiest car to add power to. 

Any pre-200 series land cruiser could use more power, but especially the 80 series and ESPECIALLY from 90-92

An old rich person’s sport that horrible for the environment and historically racist!

“Get these amazingly crafted moving works of art out of there so that we can play an old rich person sport”

Lets flip this. What cars should have a manual?

Did you just take an Economics for Kindergarteners class and get outraged over how taxes work? This is how taxation and government programs work...throughout the entire history of human governance