I use the HVAC controls far, far more often than the steering controls, so the fact that they replaced one of those and not the other still makes the Mk8 a no-go for me. I’m glad I bought a Mk7.5 when I did.

Isn’t that why they’re in court? To prove responsibility?

“No car accidentally accelerates like this.”

Exactly what Cameron’s father said when he got home.

Counterpoint: brodozers are already commuter queens, and the popularity of low-profile knobbies shows that owners have finally accepted that.

The Arteon R too, there’s nothing like it here.

The Golf R station wagon. Never understood why VW never made the effort. This thing would have sold like hot cakes. I would have definitely bought one

Usually just the opposite. You are going for the passengers who are willing to pay MORE to fly direct, so you use an airplane with a very premium heavy cabin. Good examples are the A350s Singapore flies that ONLY have business and premium economy seats, and the various all-business class configs of 757s - and the all…

Not even remotely true. Brochure range is range with full tanks. You can use the remaining weight capacity (not a lot) however you want. Weight is weight, it doesn’t matter if it is self-loading cargo upstairs or the cargo you put in the holds. At max fuel load, the A330-800 neo only has about 17Klbs of pax/cargo…

It’s not just removing 10 seats that give it the extra range, it has a shorter fuselage by 15', a lower max takeoff weight and a notably smaller cargo hold. They are not just identical airplanes with fewer seats, they have fewer seats because they are rather shorter.

Or just leave it plugged in and time the charging so it charges overnight and pre-warms the cabin before you need the car. 

I didn’t bother to read all the comments but I do hope you know that Jason Cammissa did the same thing previously with a Model X towing an Alfa 4C racing against another 4C and the Tesla won that too.

Honestly, the bizarre obsession with just bashing Tesla relentlessly is so over the top on this site it’s just weird. It just reeks of unhealthy insecurity, or some weird fixed ideology. Jalopnik needs to give it a rest, it really doesn’t look good for the site. It’s just fucking bizarre.

Predictable shitty, humorless Jalopnik article. You could set your watch by it. The obvious anti-Tesla slant has gotten really boring, guys.

It’s not a new idea or something that originated from Tesla first. Motor Trend did the same stunt before with the Model X and Alfa Romeo 4C. Obviously the car picked would be in the ballpark of something that can be beat while being towed, or the stunt is pointless. It just shows the vehicle is still ridiculously…

This is one of the dumbest takes I’ve read on Jalopnik all year (and that’s saying a lot). The “extremely lopsided on paper” comment completely OMITS what was admitted in the very first paragraph: the Cybertruck is towing a copy of the car it’s racing!

Agreed - I think this brief opinion seems to go out of its way to downplay what is not just a legit marketing spectacle, but truly noteworthy performance. Whether the 911 was the slowest model or not, it got smoked by a pickup pulling another car on a trailer. I’m not a Tesla owner or even a fan, but I think it’s OK…

I have no idea what is more obnoxious and nauseating these days:

Yeah, what I thought of. Philly does everything like this better.

The guy who was behind that brilliant bit of police work, Mike Chitwood, became the Police Chief of Portland Maine for a long time.

Came here for this. No Laughing Clown, no deal.