Does it matter whether it’s called “Mazdaspeed”? “Mazda3 Turbo” is pretty straightforward, has worked for many other car makers, and has great numbers.

Never said we should only buy things we need. Just saying a minivan is more than useful for the vast majority of people. And therefore, it’s a bit of a bummer that THAT is not enough to keep it on the road.

I grew up in a minivan. The minivan is 150% of the car that 90% of the people need, at half the money they should be spending.

Anything—a nice bumper sticker—would double the Rodeo’s value. But seriously, I’d keep it just to have a place to escape to out of the house.

Don’t worry, this will never take off; how will they do over-the-air upgrades for fake M badges?

Keep the Camry, since that’s the one his wife drives, and the Rodeo.

It’s got a bit of the old school Galant front “snarl”, which I really dig:

To be fair, I’m not sure that many people can fit a laptop between their belly and the steering wheel...

Does that shifter fold down into the console? I’ve never seen that before.

First thought:

1st: Ford may have an EV F-150 on the way, but it also has a lot of “legacy” ICE vehicles and related businesses (e.g. fleet) that they have to sustain.

There are a bunch of other flags that are used to “politely” nod-nod-wink-wink their anti-BLM sentiments, like the thin blue line flag. This is a part of NASCAR culture; gonna be hard to shake it off.

Ah, here it is: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/nyregion/karsan-from-turkey-is-rejected-as-new-york-taxi.html (behind paywall)

Wasn’t there a big hoopla over the then-new NYC taxi? I thought there was one company trying to build an all-new taxi right in NYC (Brooklyn, IIRC), and maybe one other proposal. Nissan somehow won the bid to build it and there was even a big pushback from cab drivers about how expensive it was to, and NYC was…

I was joking. I don’t have holes in my front bumper either.

That’s too bad.

Just a small correction. In the video, he said the full-size clay model was expected to be done in 6 weeks, not 6 months—which is amazing.

As a Miata owner, I can attest to the fact that it looking like a BUNNY WABBIT with a front license plate is part of the charm of owning a Miata.

Perfect for a rescue first-gen RX-7: 103hp, 106ft-lb of torque.

Not gonna lie; didn’t look like a turtle at first...