Just a picture to remind everyone that BMW used to make beautiful automobiles.

The “Disappointed Husky” design trend strikes again. The rest of the car looks very 500.

This image is simply a homage to Hajime Sorayama. Seems a lot of people forgot about his stunning airbrush work from the 80s onward.

And before people start hand-wringing about all the car dealers who stand to lose their jobs, maybe consider this:

How many health care systems in the world are prepared to handle 5-10% of the population all coming down with pneumonia at the same time? That’s the worry. 

ICE improvements have been incremental across the industry, but Subaru hasn’t made any improvements to the EJ25 since, like, fire was invented.

2021 STI is really going to get more than 400hp, the Supra’s coming with a manual, the next gen Toyobaru will have 300hp, the Bronco will be perfectly designed, Lexus will tone down their grilles, Acura will start building fun cars again,

“According to our source, the reworked FA24 in STI spec will employ a reinforced crankshaft and pistons, optimized timing balance, fine-tuned valves and intake ports, boost pressure will be tweaked and brake capacity will be enhanced, among other modifications. “

why ruin the rear visibility by ending the rear window so high up?

This is a cool idea, and one I’ve batted around in my head for a while. But as someone who has spent a lot of time at boat ramps, I don’t think most Americans are capable of driving around a trailer, even one this tiny. So my idea was an aerodynamic Thule type roof rack filled with batteries.

Mercedes, BMW and other companies have had GPS-based gear selector for about 8 years:

My comment was going to be along those lines: so if this works as it’s supposed to, it might be an automatic that can finally beat a well-driven manual for efficiency in the real world rather than just on paper by gaming a test. Of course, it’s still heavier and very unlikely to beat it in durability, but I guess it’s…

The system uses cameras and radar to observe the road and traffic ahead. The data is analyzed to map elevation, curves, gradient, and traffic conditions, and then shoved into an “artificial intelligent algorithm” which will help the transmission choose the appropriate gear before it is needed.

A number of those things are done based on time, not mileage (and I can assure you those Escorts went to the grave with the factory brake fluid and coolant in them - most of them never even got a new clutch, never mind a head gasket). $30 for wiper blades, yeah, right, try more like $5, once a year at best, and I can…

All the items after the first two are shared by EVs.

What nobody seems to be looking at is how often the tires were replaced, and at $700-1100/set of 4 (sometimes they only replaced 2 at a time).

If your tires are on a highway commuter car and are not lasting 30k miles, uhhh, i’m not too sure what to tell you. It isn’t like they were putting on 200TW track day specials on this thing. All highway miles like this I would expect any decent tire to get me, 40-50k miles easy. I just find it weird that they replaced…

I’m not impressed. You can put a zillion miles on anything if you do it in short order by running the thing around the clock. I worked for a courier company in college that routinely got 500K+ (750K+ for the diesels) out of shittastik ‘80s Ford Escorts - and with MUCH less expense than exhibited here for repairs. You…

“The first like 200,000 were super low cost,” he said, but things went up dramatically from there, especially after 200,000 miles.