One minor complaint, though: see those three dots under the e-Käfer decal? That’s where the old VOLKSWAGEN badge would have been mounted. After all this work, they couldn’t have filled in those holes? It seems like a weirdly minor thing they could have done instead of just plugging them with what looks like black…

“Why not waste a bunch of materials making a whole new car you probably won’t like as much instead of just converting the car you already love to be better for the environment?” 

The easiest and best fix is giant faux sidepipes, which would add another amazing layer of incorrectness.

See you’re looking at it the wrong way. They didn’t ruin the Beetle, they created a source for more spare engines and transaxles for the Beetle!

I never really “got” Car Talk as a kid, much to the surprise of the adults in my life. I was a little car nut from Massachusetts, after all. And my dad loved it. But this story closes a lot of loops for me.

Get your gas at Costco. They don’t even have a bucket to wash your windows with to help keep the line going.

I don’t even know anymore, I just know there is too much pain.

Maybe the auto makers should deal with Melania instead?

I think she is a fine actress, not outstanding but perfectly good. The internet community just seems to periodically decide that certain actors or (more frequently) actresses are unable to act, despite the fact that the average mouthbreather making comments couldn’t act their way out of a paper bag.

16/23 is dismal these days, but there are plenty of lowering kits for these hoopties. 

Can’t un-see!

I’m pretty sure this is where the “Why not both?” meme goes.

Then getting passed again by both of them because it’s done more than 500 yards and needs a full service because the water pump shit the bed.

A Small Crossover That Doesn’t Suck

“lede” #themoreyouknow

Jalopnik averages somewhere around 10-11 million readers a month. A good chunk of them are enthusiasts, and those tend to be the folks that comment the most. But we have a large portion of readers who get these articles via newsfeeds, Facebook, etc... that aren’t “car people.”

240Z is best Z.

Sadly, every ship’s mate has sailed.