I had the 8 speed in a Charger R/T and it had more common hard shifts and was not very good on the downshift. The only thing that bugs me about the Pacifica is the lack of manual controls.

No joke. The 9 speed in the Pacifica is one of the best transmissions I’ve experienced. No problems with it either. The early nine speeds were junk, but they were also junk in Hondas and Land rovers.

That’s... A lot of money!

I sat in one at an auto show that stickers for 77k. It’s not that far off a Denali or Escalade at this point. I remember having a 90s Suburban as a work truck, and while it was leather, it was still quite the truck.

FYI I’m pretty sure they launched the online configurator last night as well.

Well they just finally launched their new modular platform, the Giorgio, which will eventually underpin everything that is currently rwd based.

The Durango platform is pretty ancient as well.

This is relatively cheap marketing for Dodge. They didn’t need to develop the Hellcats either, but those created an incredible amount of buzz for the brand.

This is not a manufacturing defect, just poor design. While Hyundai should have worded themselves better, I can see why they would reject the repair.

This is one elite question with a definite answer of yes.

I actually prefer the W204 facelift interior. The new one is just too finicky for my taste. I love the simple, yet elegant design of the 2012-2015 model, both inside and out. My dream car is a 2015 507 edition. I got to drive one a few times when I worked at a Mercedes dealer and it was heavenly. Nothing sounded…

They’re using the V6 because a Halo car for Ford is all marketing. Putting a V8 in it doesn’t help them much. Putting a V6 in it makes this car a giant ecoboost advertisement.

A 2016 Mercedes S550, there car he is next to, is 58.7 inches tall. So based on this picture, yes, he’s quite short.

I think the red was given more for the nature of the tackle, rather than the tackle itself. Xhaka went in out of control with the studs up after a careless giveaway, he just happened to miss really making any serious contact with the opposing player. I feel it should have been a yellow, but I’m a bit biased.

But the Patriots had to account for his threat. Bell being out is less to worry about on offense. Williams is a good back up, but Bell is one of the best in the league.

But then how are those rushers doing so well against other teams? It still says something about their run game.

I don’t think the new one is ugly, I just thought the old one was more attractive. That might be the biggest issue with it.

Wait, someone at Ford thought that was an improvement?

It feels like it’s been ages since we got a good NFL game. Bout damn time!

So while it’s nice to be in the same conversation with Range Rover, we all know it’s more competing with the Yukon and Escalade than the Range Rover.