Yeah, no problem, haha. I am utterly obsessed with all things automotive, and thought for a minute that I was unfamiliar with a (potentially regional) nickname for a particular type of tail light or something, so I had to ask. I even googled it, but that only auto-corrected the results to gaslighting — the definition…

Yeah, you are right about that. Fortunately, both parties seem to be back on the right track since then. Mercedes-Benz has really done a nice job the last few years investing in new technologies and improving their brand image, and quality. Meanwhile, the Chrysler family (and more specifically Jeep and Dodge) seems to…

I’m curious; can you please elaborate on what you mean by ‘gaslights?’

You know, it’s funny you should mention that; I always associated the aforementioned downfall of the Chrysler Corporation with the period in which they were owned by the same group as Mercedes-Benz...

Yes, but there is no appropriate middle-step that would logically fall in between these two vehicles in their family hierarchy, so since he deemed the 4C worthy of the Charizard name, he pretty much had to make the Abarth Charmeleon. If you long for closure, an appropriate Charmander in this analogy would of course be…

All modern cars are over-styled compared to their twenty-year-old counterpart, but compared to its contemporary competitors such as BMW, Lexus, Infiniti, and Mercedes-Benz, modern Audi styling is very restrained and understated. Just look at the sheet metal, and you’ll see what I mean. They may turn heads with their…

Yes! I’m actually considering doing this for both of my cars, because the dark blue and gold just bothers me that much.

Tell me about it. I have the same problem on my gloss black B5 S4. The dark blue and gold clashes with the black horribly!

It was implied that the component in question was created using plastic injection molding. Note how the portion of the article that you quoted is referring to not being able to add material to the already-finished, (and very expensive) tooling for this component. The tooling in this case is the mold that forms the…

My god. That ad (and that less-than-inspired slogan) just gave me an idea for what Yugo should have used as a slogan back in the day!

Thanks Travis! It feels like a rite of passage haha

Haha, yes! That would be informative, helpful, and entertaining, for those of us that have been around a while.

Cue the dozens of tired replies from commentors shouting “I can and have lived without ___! Bahh! This list is dead wrong! Rabble-rabble-rabble.”

It would have made a lot more sense for you to comment on a photo of the Mercedes Pick-up rendering “Hyundai? Is that you?” seeing as the Hyundai concept beat the Mercedes concept to public by months, and looked far more original and creative than the Mercedes concept.

Actually, if you can even believe it, that is how the Audi R8 (as well as many, many, other cars, from a variety of manufacturers) comes from the factory. It's a detail that isn't apparent in most photos, as it very much depends on the angle, and lighting in order to see it, but I once saw three R8's sitting on a…

You too? Haha, I have been reading this website religiously since 2007, but never commented too regularly, so I feel the same. What’s worse, is from what I understand you have to be ‘un-grayed’ on each individual sub-blog, too.

Yes. Nicely done, its an enormous improvement. Frankly, almost anything would be an improvement. Personally, in my mind, I envisioned a set of the nice, angular tails off of a third generation Jeep Grand Cherokee, so that they maintain that overall vertical feel of the original design, just without the roundedness.

Yes. There are literally thousands of examples of things that I would change about the design of automobiles all around me, and almost all of them involve just tweaking something fairly insignificant, and yet, I feel like it would make all the difference in the world to the vehicle’s appearance. The Malibu’s badge is…

Actually, if you can even believe it, they are not. They are just similar looking. This surprises me far, far more than it would have had they actually been shared.

No. I know opinions aren’t supposed to be wrong, but yours is.. The performance does not factor into this, at all. This is about something much bigger, and more permanent than the silly performance numbers. All the performance numbers will be rendered obsolete and won’t matter to anyone in a decade or two anyway.…