Fifth Gear did the same thing a few years ago with a big Volvo wagon and a newer Renault Modus. Granted, that was about age- new economy compact or older big Volvo. And still, the little Renault was much better off

Mining, oil, things under the ground.

Thanks OBAMA. You Socialist. We should be able to build strip malls and drill for oil wherever that hell damn well we please to do so! It’s our first amendment right to rape the earth how we see fit for a short term profit.

Exactly. I understand why people hated the Banglefied E63 - it was simply hideous, had an atrocious transmission and terrible reliability. But the new one is excellent. It’s a great looking (especially in GC form) grand tourer that handles well, offers a TT V8 WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Try to find another German car…

The team owner and his wife gave me a lift on their golf cart at Daytona yesterday just because they were headed my way. Good for them, really nice people.

Chrysler deserves to die. They never learn. I’m sick of hearing about their dumbass, shortsighted decisions. Over and over again. Why did they almost go bankrupt a few years ago? They ran on the exact same assumption Marchionne is proposing now. Instead of making decent products, developing new technology or working…

I’ve lived in Indiana my whole life so snow is just part of life. My 2001 M5 is perhaps the worst vehicle for the snow possible, so on my limited budget, I bought snow tires for the front (stopping is more important than going, was my logic). As hard as it was to accelerate with all seasons on the rear, it worked…

What makes quality such a difficult goal is not engineering - it’s processing. If hiring better engineers to design better products was all it took, they would’ve solved this decades ago. But the real source of quality comes down to the manufacturing process. The Toyota Way (Lean & Six Sigma) was so successful because…

My mom also had a 2012 Overland Summit Hemi Grand Cherokee. God, what a piece of shit that thing was. It had it’s whole air suspension fail literally the day after the basic warranty. It was in the shop more than on the road. Piece of junk, but a very beautiful piece of junk in Metallic brown and saddle leather. She…

Very cool. Imagine if the laid flat when you walked away, a la Tesla Model S. That’d be a phenomenal touch, but would probably look sloppy in execution.

The press release definitely screams “Aspen” more than “Telluride”.

In recent years it seems that Cadillac has been attempting to “adopt” the BMW demographic as its own; releasing products and a marketing message obviously targeting BMW buyers.

Mein Karpf

That’s not a very good idea. If the city did that then every person would own and commute with a car. Sounds like a pretty bad idea for an already super congested, polluted city with a crumbling highway system. Plus it would require more waaaaay more parking garages, driving property prices up even higher. Some cities…

Pretty sure that’s second gen

I rented a 2014 X1 xDrive18d Msport with the 2.0 diesel and a manual for a month when I roadtripped across Europe. God, I loved that car. Would buy it in a heartbeat if they sold it here. Just a phenomenal all-round car, even if the diesel wasn’t too quick.

Yeah it’s definitely meant to be used with a harness, not a collar.

Yeah it’s definitely meant to be used with a harness, not a collar.

I have an utter disdain for the RX and its drivers, but this new one looks damn good. Especially that interior! It’s not going to drive like a BMW, but should a crossover really focus on handling over comfort? I don’t think so.

Luckily this Texan was on vacation in Oklahoma. If he was at home in Texas, he would’ve just shot that place up like Waco

My dad is 62 and mom is 59. I wouldn’t really consider them old. Mom does crossfit and dad works out. Both are tech savvy. They’re still active, go traveling, go out drinking with friends... they just seem decidedly middle aged to me.