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carmudgeon

um, but...not a wagon. Its a new niche that’s being carved out by various manufactures right now I would call the plump hatch. The Macan is another example

Let's count up what's wrong here..
-oversized Lexus engine in place of a more competent I4 or even I6...
-Automatic transmission. A 4-speed auto at that. Not particularly impressive in the SC400 donor car either.
- Missing those sweet sail panels
- Interior is an absolute cluster fuck. Missing speakers. Generic blue

Is that really as fast as the FR-S will go? 0-60 in 7 seconds? That's pitiful. Then again it makes sense. The car it most looks like- the Celica- was always a sport-ish looking car that was also painfully slow. I owned one and when I traded it in on a bare-bones 4-banger small tacoma pickup I swear the Tacoma would

Afterburners had been in use for a whole. If you mean afterburning turboFANS, then yes. But not afterburners, period.

I have had a lot of experience in dealerships. This has so much to do with the buying experience at American Dealers. I don't want to offend anyone but American car dealerships are fucking trashy, as are the sales people, as are the service departments. I am sure this does not go for ALL of them but most. These

The problem is they are going after the wrong market in terms of competition. Cadillac is NOT equivalent to BMW they never were, they are kind of Mercedes but not any Mercedes since 1985. Cadillac is a mix between Rolls Royce and Lexus. YET they try to make their current cars 3 and 5 series fighters and it shows they

I'm gonna put on my flamesuit, but here it goes:

So, Jalopnik is just a gateway to premium content now?

Good article. You said it all.

As with many things in life...just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

"S&P's reasoning for the rating reduction is Tesla's "vulnerable" portfolio, which includes "narrow product focus, concentrated production footprint, small scale relative to its larger automotive peers, limited visibility on the long-term demand for its products and limited track record in handling execution risks."