Good point. I haven’t laid hands on one yet. If Lincoln is to succeed, they must either (a) not compromise; or (b) shoot for being cross-shopped with a base model Accord. For (a), they can’t do cost cutting. I rode in a newer Hundyai genesis recently. You cannot compromise if you want to beat that car in a…

Sure, I agree, but riddle me this. Seriously, who is going to buy a 2017 Lincoln Continental? I’m not being contrarian. I am seriously asking. I think it’s going to be a hard sell anywhere in the bay area. Anyone with enough money for a garage there could easily purchase any car they want, and likely also believes…

I’m not in advertising, and I think I could sell this car. Print. Weekly news magazines. Pic of an older gentleman’s thumb pushing a CD into a dashboard CD slot (I know !, right?). Copy: “The quietest room in your house is out in your driveway.”

Well, the population density and the population are a shit-ton higher in the Portland Metro area than anywhere in central Oregon, so regardless of driving skill, a snow storm will go a lot further in clogging the roads around Portland.

Interestingly, Lincoln may be able to successfully present itself as more refined than Cadillac via understatement. In my impressionable brain, that’s where Lincoln has an edge (as long as no one brings up the Blackwood). If Lincoln use a print campaign to compare this Continental to the Escalade, that might really…

Serious question here. Does creating an ad campaign involve factoring in who the likely buyer is? Because it seems that’s one way Lincoln missed the mark here (no pun intended). I mean, everybody, please, take a moment—who, realistically, is going to buy a 2017 Lincoln Continental?

Seriously, worst road trip ever. I didn’t see a single cheeseburger in the entire article. I didn’t see any motels that in Wyoming that cost $25 per night for a reason. I didn’t see a single jug of Carlo Rossi wine. Do not want that road trip. Oh, I also didn’t see any good shots of a car I feel I should be interested…

I don’t ever ask specifically to be bumped up a class, but I fly a lot for work, and I do essentially what RayKen said: I go to the desk and ask for whatever it is that I want. It is surprising how often I get it. My most common request is simply to sit closer to the front of the plane (to get off quicker). About 50%…

Oh look, they made a Corolla...

Yeah, good point. I should have been more precise with my language. What I was getting at was that there’s plenty of room for any given manufacturer to hoard and manipulate tons of data that is not shared, while still letting the cars talk to each other. I’m suggesting that the talking to each other part should be…

And if a manufacturer lives by that understanding, then they will die by that understanding. If a company wants to go premium, they’ll have to make sure that customers’ dealership experiences (phone and in-person) are equal to the brands’ aspirations.

Seriously? There is only one winter driving tip. Get the best snow tires available. Do nothing else. You can put Bridgestone Blizzaks on any car and drive that car in any conditions. The only rate-limiting step still possible would be snow so deep that your car effectively plows it with the front bumper until it can’t…

Interesting shift in word choice, from cars that “talk to each other” to “data sharing”. I think the insight that cars will need to talk to each other is correct, but that they will NOT need to share data. I think a new standard may emerge that embodies that.

I’m confused, what’s the model name? Is GT a trim level of some existing Kia model name? Or will it just be the Kia GT (until they release m330GTss4doorCoupe-sport variant)?

I can tell you exactly, legally whose fault it is. Somebody provide me an NSX just like that one, but not smashed. Once I’ve studied it, I will share my answer. Oh, and we’ll probably have to smash a few Lexus suvs, because science.

This upcoming Sunday, you need to go practice that in your local Target parking lot. Fly down the lane, see the cuv turning into the main lane, hit it with enough speed to turn your own car out on the main road of the plaza parking lot, and I swear kid, I promise KBABZ, you will go pro! I’m like 60% through Forza…

That’s exactly what I was just trying to describe in my other comment. Yup. Fark your million dollar Ford GT—if I plow into the side of it from the inside, you’ll turn me in the right direction while you go off lord knows where. Surely that’s how people race Ferrari 458s and Ford GTs in real like, right?

I try to pass on the inside, a little to fast, in a tight curve, and get some momentum transfer from the AI car to get me pointed out of the turn. Thank you fake physics, thank you lord, and thank you forza for getting me around road atlanta in one piece and out in front.

I’ve done this, in a certain way. It was as an adult over 40 that I first began playing racing video games (now I know they’re called “racing sims”). I got Gran Turismo 5 for my ps3. My first race, and second, and first 50 or so, I got out on the track, mashed the go fast button and didn’t let go, and wondered why I…

I agree wholeheartedly with your article, except I think your car is cooler than you give it credit for. I’ve always thought that that generation of TL was a design hit, looks really good. My old lady drives a 2013 TL, and her car is about the best all-’rounder I’ve experienced. My old lady doesn’t drive stick, and…