Why? What about a loud, dirty, maintenance-needing engine screams “luxury”? 

You do that. I think drinking enough to get drunk is more effort than this generic luxury crossover deserves. This is a great article, with no pretense of pretending some crossover shaped lump of “it’s fine” with a shiny badge deserves special thought or effort. If you want a jag and think a crossover is the right…

First of all, this isn’t a review. It’s a “first drive.” So just quick impressions.

Always wanted to get one of these manual LSes and the shockingly cheap 400hp supercharged V8 from a Ford-era Jaguar (same block so I just imagine the swap will be doable, this was an idle daydream) to make the ultimate Lincoln LS. This one is manual and cheap plus already needs work, so for my purposes, it’s Nice…

There’s a major difference between the scenarios I listed and the ones you did.

As an owner of one. It’s not. They suck. Great in 2010-2015, sure. And for the last 5 or so years there’s been an annoying dearth of non musk-mobile decent EV options. But for the 2022 model year EVs are the real deal.

Why would you buy a car that is worse 355 days a year just for the 10 days you need the capacity when rentals exist and are (usually, thanks covid!) cheaper than dirt? That’s just insane. Should we all buy box trucks because we need them to move every couple years? How about a 737 for everyone because we want to fly…

What car do you own? I regularly can get longer than the rated epa range in decent conditions in both our ELR and 500e. Not in January or at 80mph, but around town at 70-85 degrees out with a little bit of caution? It’s easy to beat the official range even on a 7 year old battery. 

Yeah, this isn’t for you. There’s just as many people who only ever tow things a couple miles (if at all), or use their truck for commuting, or in town business. For those people a gas truck is a bad buy, just like for you an electric one is a bad buy.

I know it’s a weird hill to die on, but it annoys the crap out of me when someone says the 2019 and earlier Ferrari engine was ‘illegal’ or ‘cheating’ when that has never been stated. There was a rule clarification and a private settlement.

The Prius Prime is lucky to do 25 miles in EV mode. My Mom+Sister bought one together a couple years ago. It’s basically useless, and I say that as the owner of a Cadillac ELR (at least I get more EV range and the car looks impressive, but it’s useless too. We’re smart consumers for sure)

True, but I assume this will be the bigger seller in the Taycan line as soon as they get stocked. After all it’s more like an SUV, which is all the idiots who buy cars these days seem to want. And, as you rightly said, most of what Porsche makes these days, sadly. I can still wander into a dealer and not even notice…

It’s one of the few knocks I see against these cars, why do I want a glass roof? Most cars aren’t tall enough for me to wear a hat, but I will get a scalp sunburn if I’m exposed to extended overhead sunlight, so theres literally zero appeal to me for the panoramic roof, just let me skip it! I’ve had many sun/moonroofs…

Check inventory around you again. By my count it seems to me there are plenty of Taycans at most dealers, not surprising since they expect to sell more of them than 911s this year

Damn, your Porsche dealer has all three greys? Fancy! Anything other than White, black or maybe Silver I assume was custom around here. The fancier a car is the more unbearably boring it gets, sadly. (until you reach the supercar realm, even the crazy 911 trims are commonly orange and green and such, thank god!)

Yeah, the original text is just trying to convey that it is a very large rear seat while still employing that annoying trope where slightly larger than average people complain that no seat is ever large enough because they are SIX FEET TALL GOD DAMMIT!

Nope. It’s built on a version of the Giorgio platform developed for the Alfa Giulia and Stelvio, not even a little related to the durango

Many EVs have short ranges, and many drivers plan carefully around those ranges. Someone could absolutely need the spot on campus to charge during class to be able to get to work or home or whatever, something that they may miss out on because someone with a new ass Jeep was too cheap for a yearly permit that costs…

The sequels are so much worse than the prequels. This isn’t a debate. Sure the sequels are “better looking” and “more technically competent” but that’s what being nearly 20 years newer gets you, it doesn’t give them any credit, or we’d have to say the prequels are better than the original trilogy because filmmaking…

Agreed. I’ll probably go. Indy is only 2 hours away and I’ve had both my shots. I’ll wear a mask in the stands and feel more safe than my average day at work in my restaurants over the last year. A lucky few have been able to actually isolate the last year, my staying alive has depended on braving rooms full of…