Christian von Koenigsegg, is such a wonderfully mad/humble/fascinating genius that I tend to take his word as fact as soon as it exits his mouth. I bet he isn’t even exaggerating about this, 200 years from now there are going to be Koenigsegg engines that are still milking around without any major work. I’m going to…

I know, when I left school they were still calling them “STD’s”, but no longer is that the case, ask any highschool student and all they know is “STI”.

Without those crappy SUV’s and CUV’s, Jeep would have lost the ability to justify the Wrangler a long time ago. So let them build their silly SUV’s so everyone can keep on offroading their Wranglers.

If we are worried about acronyms any Subaru STi model has it just as bad, or worse, and they seem to be just fine. I’m sure KIA can make it past the very narrow slice of the population that “KIA” had a predefined meaning.

I’m sure I’m not the first or only to suggest it, but I think there should be a follow up to these and see what people ended up buying. Sure, it might be boring sometimes, but it would be fascinating to know where people ended up putting their dollars down.

I would love to agree with you, as I was the very proud owner of a second gen Prelude, but the cheap Preludes you speak of are also the same Preludes that lack the reliability you mentioned because they have been beat to hell by teenaged kids (and let’s be honest, some older than teenager) with Fast and Furious…

I guess Trump must have peaked in the 1970's because he’s trying to make the whole of USA live out some malaise era fantasy.

You, my friend, underestimate the amount of rich rednecks that populate this world.

Let’s also take a moment to recognize all the hard work Cerberus Capital Management put in to destroy Chrysler...

Yeah, I think you are right honestly. Vehicles are beginning to become to pricy for many average consumers to justify as a new purchase. Automakers are going to have to trim the fat and get rid of what people think they want and focus on what they need to keep profit margins intact.

It is more of a publicity stunt. That and research and development for their mainstream NIO models. In the article it says that they won’t be offering the autonomous tech in the production EP9, because people want to drive supercars.

After all the dust is settled on dieselgate I bet it will be another 4-5 years before they completely forget about it and try something illegal on this level again.

It’s really not all that ballsy anymore. Basically every sub-compact on the market has a hatch variant now: Carolla, Civic, Cruze, Elantra, Forte, Golf, Mazda3, Focus... It’s pretty mainstream now. I suspect that you are exactly right that mid-sizers will be next. Look at the first gen Mazda6 wagons/hatches have kept…

Agreed. The whole auto industry is basically sliced and subdivided niches at this point anyhow. Mitsubishi needs to find theirs and chase it down. It’s probably their only chance.

Trust me, those kind of people are in a shrinking minority. I personally enjoy Stef, Kristen and your articles immensely, you ladies bring something to the Jalopnik table that wouldn’t be there without you! Just remember that there are plenty of us that appreciate you for what you do for Jalopnik, and we’ve got your…

I’m the early 2000's a mid six second 0-60 time meant you had a serious car, maybe not a super car fast, but a fast car. 6 seconds in any car is not slow, never has been.

Yeah, I can get behind that. My wife was recently involved in TWO, zero percent at-fault accidents within SIX days of having a new vehicle. There are a ton of idiots out there that shouldn’t be on the road. I hope he has more sense to not do this again.

Trust me, nobody, and I mean nobody walks away from an accident like that without a little pause and reflection. Also, it is part of our brains wiring to do so.

A car that was $500, and not as fast could have done much the same thing. So why would you pursue the parents? It is likely not the parents that taught him to Street race, so the fault shouldn’t lie within them. I think we would all agree that teenagers often act with a fair degree of autonomy from their parents,…

Why is that?