This is standard industry practice. Every new car review you’ve read happens this way, only we disclose it up front.

In my experience the only journalist I’ve seen on a press trip who paid for airfare and lodging was WSJ. We don’t have WSJ money, so we accept Audi’s invitation and disclose it up front.

I didn’t love…

Sorry, I didn’t test that. 

I have yet to see a new Z, and I live in FL where retirees come to spend their children’s’ inheritance the money they saved during their career on playthings.

There are almost 350 million people, and only 20k were murdered last year, or about 0.005%. Seems like a big waste of taxpayer money and resources investigating these crimes.

“When we say do something you fucking do it.”

My point was that the iPhone was NOT an innovation. It was a flashy repackaging of existing stuff. Same as the iPod, or anything else Apple did after the Apple II.

Tesla, no contest.

Counterpoint: He is smart in exactly zero ways, he is a conman and a snake oil salesman who got rich marketing the ingenuity of others.

No shit.

Not that it matters because I’d never be able to afford it. But the M5 touring is the last thing in the world I’d buy if I had $125k sitting around. Just no interest in that thing. I’m sure it’s hilariously fast in a straight line. But I just can’t wrap my ahead around that weight - and price. The list of vehicles I’d…

OMG, do not try to introduce common sense observations to this crowd. That left our planet long ago.

It has a giant empty box. No hybrid system, or twin turbo V8.

I suppose N could simply stand for negro which used to be perfectly acceptable term. Then again  this is the era of people freaking out over Spanish Crayola labels.  

all the other passengers got off the plane in solidarity with the woman who was pulled off

No.

Sadly buying a $100K look-at-me vehicle and then intentionally damaging by walking on it and throwing stuff at it has become “the most American” thing to do these days. I long for the days when people tried to cover up their stupidity.

Some people are in love with spiting their own face. I like the ones who come out against LS swaps because “it’s been done.”

I can’t imagine not buying a fantastic, bang for your buck, sports car just because of stereotypes.

As long as they keep a base model attainable I feel like they can grow the top end as much as they want.  If anything the Z06 and ZR1 help keep Corvette as a whole more affordable.

Show us on the doll where the bad Toyota touched you.