While AMG complete vehicles aren't exactly Jalopnik darlings, one thing you never hear is someone complaining about their motors. I'm all for this.

Here is said charger in action. As you can see, it's totally safe.

Shifting a 915 gearbox is definitely an occasion. They're like grumpy German mistresses.

:secret hand shake:

That's about the weight of a Smart ForTwo, so it technically still can be done to meet modern crash standards.

Very well put. It's not that it's a terrible car - it's totally competent. The problem is that the bar is so high, and the competition so fierce in the class, that competent just isn't enough. The Sonata looked like a class killer just a couple of years ago, now it looks barely above the Altima and Galant.

What's wrong with non-backdated ones?

Every time I poke fun of the Chrysler 200 on this site someone replies and tries to tell me it's a good car. WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE NOW?

The 911 is nuts in the HVAC department too. Three completely separate systems. The two top sliders on the upper dash control fresh air fan & direction.

Sorry, recycled image. The porker bit was a h/t to another Jalopnik user, who is not a 911 fan.

Porsche 911 dash. It was the same from 1964-1998. So when things like power mirrors, sunroof, and intermittent wipers were added, switches were wedged in wherever the hell Hans felt like that day. And almost none of them are labeled.

I've never used one, but the first gen iDrive button baffled every single automotive journalist on the planet. And we all know that journos are the cream of the intellectual crop.

All of these.

I have an R53. It's up to about 150k now. It's seen a lot of autocross time and some track laps, and I hit the rev limiter on my commute daily. It hasn't been issue free, but it's been pretty good. Here's what I have replaced outside of standard maintenance:

That’s like saying all food is good if you put enough hot sauce on it. What’s underneath still counts.

Jalopnik did Detroit's Cobo Hall.

Sorry about your luck, hopefully the next owner will love it more than you did.

Race of Champions!

Sorry about your luck, hopefully the next owner will love it more than you did.