Could the VW Group unload one or more of their brands to pay for the scandal? If so, Jalopnik would be interested in purchasing Skoda. Have your people call our people, VW.

Previously in large windscreen/windshield/receding hairline news:

Shopping with my wife for moto gear is difficult. Everything is as you described. Everything that appears to be shaped for a woman has a floral print or pink accents. Flat black is easy to find, but how boring is that? Just make a protective jacket that comes in various colors without a stupid flower pattern.

Short? That .gif alone was enough for me to squeeze out a few ;)!!

DAMN YOU PETROLICIOUS AND YOUR SHORT FILMS OF CAR PORN!

I don’t know. I can be suede either way.

One time I drove a Ford Focus ST really hard. I decided—even though I consider myself a good driver—that it was too much for me and I was going to get in trouble. The Carrera GT is too much for nearly all mortals. If you get into one, you better not have any delusions or it will quickly notify you of your error.…

I’m so very disappointed that no one is referring to it as a ‘Fiata’.

(One question, though — did no one ever dyno these cars just to check the HP? Because it would seem it would kick into the ‘clean’ mode, with less power, whenever it was on a dyno of any kind. We’ll have to look into that.)

Motley Crüe would like a word with you.

In the book of Acts, a guy named Matthias was chosen to replace Judas — you know, the guy who turned in Jesus...and later fell down in his field, spilling his guts everywhere.

Porsche owns VAG, so yeah

Absolutely the funniest fuckin' thing I have EVER read here. Not only is this thread GOLD, the above Papal Rally model should be deployed to choose the next Holy See. Make it the Papal World Rally.

Last car I purchased I told them if they were going to put their brand on it they were going to pay me to advertise. They did not put their brand on it.

high-volume dealers are the worst about this, because they don’t care they’ve lost you for life. there’s plenty more customers out there.

So, this is just like baseball. “They all do it” sounds too much like what my teenager would say when I caught him at something he knew was wrong. Somebody needs to start holding these huge corporations responsible for the indirect costs of what they consider to be ‘acceptable business practices’. I’m starting to see…

Shift Up > Shift Up > Shift Down > Shift Down > Steer Left > Steer Right > Steer Left > Steer Right > Brake > Accelerate > Start Engine

Obvious answer is obvious.