Does making the G-wagen electric make it more douchey, or less?

The price isn’t what it used to be. It’s now costs nearly 2x what it did when it first came out, so it’s playing it a much bigger sandbox now. And that’s before you look at the Nismo version which now starts at $210k. That’s 911 Turbo S money.

Agreed. All they really need to do is a refresh on the interior, add Carplay/Android Auto and maybe a new front fascia.

For most people, a car is an appliance, and if they can buy a car the same way they can buy a washing machine, then they will. It’s not like people do a test wash before they do.

It’s a good thing Aston is spending all that savior money on racing and a new crib rather than product improvements. I was worried they might actually manage to compete with the Italians and Germans.

This could be kinda cool. Just go out and nail the tightest parallel parking job possible and you’d be able to use that move for every spot you can fit in forever. I dig it.

That’s probably why he looks so sad in the render too. It gets worse the longer you look at it.

Even so, having to stop twice is not great.

It’s an interesting idea, but is the Phoenix area really the best place for this? Weak public transit, massive urban sprawl, and extreme summer temps are big obstacles to people staying out of their cars.

Never underestimate the interweb’s ability to make any comment section political.

LOL! And you thought the understeer was bad before...

The lead photo is the right answer. Grab a Golf Alltrack and start swapping out Golf R bits. You could over time build yourself a Golf R Variant with mostly OEM parts!

I know right? One of the many project ideas I;ve had (but will likely never do) is to grab a Golf Alltrak and turn it into a Golf R Variant.

Not a big aftermarket base for modding it though.

The problem is that it gets all this praise because it runs on electrons instead of dino juice. All other things being equal, if the Model 3 performed in every way that it currently does but burned fuel, it would be considered mediocre at best. Sure, it’s fast, but a lot of cars are fast. And yeah, FSD Autopilot is…

I’m just gonna say it, this is the best group of vehicles yet on this segment.

Fair point to you there. As much as I love the TT v6 in my Q5, it redlines at 4500 rpm so I’d never want it in a proper sports car.

Agreed on the Santa Cruz but it remains to be seen for the Maverick. They’re so cheap that I suspect we will see a lot of Mavericks doing fleet work for industries that don’t need full-size trucks.

Now that there are options for midsize picks, I would agree; however, 10 years ago it was really your only decent option.

IDK man, I have a Q5 tdi and I fuckin’ love it. Quicker off the line than the SQ5 30mpg (obviously slower at highway speeds though), and 120k miles later it still hasn’t been the maintenance nightmare I was expecting. Even after they re-tuned it due to the Dieselgate fiasco it still has the power and the efficiency it…