It was stated in the article they’re an option (but maybe that was a later edit). As for their magic, I can confirm after driving a Z/28 that while road-legal, these tires are magic. They make Pilot Super Sports feel like all-seasons.

Yet there’s still no WRX hatchback...

Like it or not, it’s goddamn fast. Mike Musto did a video on this car for /Drive:

That confused me at first too. It’s hard to notice at first but there are actually two lines being announced here: “AMR” which is street-legal and “AMR Pro” which is not.

I like to think you’re right about the sales of that combo. Even before I got my car I thought that the TL was the best looking sedan of the ‘00s. It’s the peak of Japanese design (for passenger cars, at least) before they all started going towards heavy-handed styling with far too many curves and edges without any…

I honestly didn’t even know about the SH-AWD. I assumed it was just an AWD version of the normal TL. And I definitely didn’t know there was a manual option for that. I live in MN so that sounds like a great option for me, but my 100,000 mile TL is running perfectly so I’m sticking with that for now. And if you don’t…

I’m 100% in agreement on the WRX. Last-gen hatches seem to have a 3-4 thousand dollar premium over sedans, which puts them near used 2015-16 sedans. So basically you have to ask whether you want better everything or whether you want a hatch. It’s infuriating.

I have a black lab mix puppy and it’s a surprisingly good analogy! Like after a really long, stressful day I just want to throw myself on my bed and lie there for a few minutes, but he would never let me get away with that. Same thing for a wiry, fun car when you just want to sink into the seat and not think about…

It’s stupid amounts of fun. It’s always ready to go and it makes every stop sign, corner and highway pass into an event. But the sad truth is that sometimes you (or more likely your wife) don’t want “an event,” but instead just want to relax. And the Focus RS is really, really, really not good at relaxing.

I won’t comment on the Golf R other than to agree with William. As for the Focus RS, it will not solve the issues your wife has with the ST. It has a much stiffer ride than your car, but that’s the trade you make for the RS’s fun. It’s not a relaxing car by any means and managed to fatigue both myself and my dad,…

As a fellow Minnesotan, I’m going to the Subaru. Everybody around here has them, but for good reason. The unexpected upside to this is that they have good resale value locally, especially as they approach “winter beater” age. Check out the Minneapolis Craigslist and you’ll see what I mean.

Reverse lock out on manuals is tricky. The first time I parked a manual VW as a valet it took me a long time to realize that you had to push the whole knob down to get into reverse. And like you said, the Focus gave me trouble too because the boot ring looks so well integrated I couldn’t figure it out.

If they could make them more efficient then yes CVTs would be the ultimate transmission. Also it would take a lot of convincing to get enthusiasts to adopt them.

Why? These new transmissions shift so smoothly and intelligently that you will barely notice the difference from the driver’s seat. All you’ll see is the extra MPG that 2 or 3 overdriven gears will give you.

And the difference between the Focus RS and ST is dramatic in regards to the torque vectoring. I know, AWD vs FWD, but the way the RS pulls the inside of the car in is magic. And because it’s true torque vectoring it doesn’t work until you give it torque to play with, meaning that you have to be on the throttle to get…

I borrowed my dad’s ‘14 WRX for three weeks after my car got intimate with a guard rail, and it was amazingly fun. It was almost useless at first because it came to me with summer rubber on it, but luckily my car’s winter wheels fit well. After that the car was a non-stop riot in the snow. Every single drive was…

It could! But they’re facing extremely tough competition from much larger, older, and more profitable companies, as well as a huge lawsuit from Google about that exact investment.

I think when they say “costs” they’re referring to the entire company’s costs. Because the individual cost of Uber hosting a ride couldn’t be that high. I’d bet Lyft’s cost vs. fare ratio is much better.

As they mentioned in the article, Lyft is propped up by GM. But what they didn’t mention is that Lyft has nowhere near the investment into self-driving cars that Uber has. I haven’t read too much outside of this article, but Mr. Felton seems to be making the case that the autonomous vehicle project is what’s sinking…

One of the first listings I saw was a Dodge Caliber. I didn’t know they sold those in the U.K. so I’d just like to apologize on behalf of all American Jalops for delivering these abominations to your shores.