Only way they came, haha. Obviously the overall condition and rarity trumped the third pedal.

Occassional Cortex is irrelevant. What she believes or plans has no bearing outside the four walls of her office where reality exists. Inside are where the unicorns and fairy dust and 21 trillion pentagon dollars are just taking up space waiting to be spent.

Between this and a Kia Stinger GT, which would you choose? I’m going with a Stinger, honestly.

Am I the crazy one that think it’s not a very good looking car? 

This is obviously some strange usage of the word “glorious” that I wasn’t previously aware of.

Want to love it. Don’t love it. 

Continuing the Mercedes trend, the 2003-2006 E55 is a beast. 469 HP and 500 ft-lb of torque from the factory, and can be had easily for $10,000-$15,000 or less if you don’t mind a rough high mileage one. The engines are super reliable (only common failure is crankshaft position sensor) and the only unreliable part is…

Damn. When I read the headline, I thought he was considering the purchase of a vehicle with actual crime boss provenance. Something that was once owned by a noted mafioso. I came here to see which Don’s car was for sale.

I’m not sure anyone writing these commentary articles has actually read the books. Ciri’s lineage and physical traits are meticulously documented. Without getting into it too much, to change her ethnicity, for that to even make sense, you’d have to change the ethnicity of the royal family of Cintra or Nilfgard, and…

possibly, or they just want an actress that looks like the character as she was described in the multiple books this show is adapted from.

When talking about a mainstream auto manufacturer, efficiency means leveraging the scale of your manufacturing resources. It’s understandable for MB to not want to build a brand new factory for electric cars. That said, couldn’t they have put at least a little frunk in there? The electric drivetrain is still smaller…

So, the official Jalopnik position of the week is that “spinning” in South Africa is an interesting cultural phenomenon in the automotive community and “side shows” in the US are a menace that any respectable gearhead finds worthy of scorn and derision? 

...statistics aren’t racist...it’s statistically more likely that this is the case than not..stating this does not make anyone racist.  Please take a math class and come to the internet when you’ve grown up. 

Indeed there could be some reasons for that, apart from the fact that it’s quite difficult to imagine the Swedish willingly torching their own cars...

Even German cars are not bad if you do your own wrenching (German engineering schennanigans aside).  The parts are not too expensive when ordered online and making full use of coupons and discounts.

I can see it if you pay dealership prices. Seriously BMW wanted $1600 parts/labor for 6 coils and 6 plugs. Did it myself for $150.

If you’re handy with a wrench and have the space the german cars are straightforward to work on barring hvac/electric. Otherwise prepare to get screwed.

I’d love to pay the mechanic/dealer…

That indignant comment doesn’t even sound like it’s written by someone from Europe. Europe’s Fiesta and Focus, which we won’t get, were just redesigned, and of course there’s the Ka+ series we never had which was also just updated. Ford’s plans for the US don’t apply for Europe. Even in the US, nothing getting yanked…

Tesla is the largest selling luxo car in Europe - or close enough to spit. Besides being the world’s largest weapons dealer, and purveyer of fast food, not sure what else anyone wants from us, except the strong desire for us not to kill them.

What is your address? I’m sending you a mirror...

Mr. Ballaban, what you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever read. At no point in your rambling, incoherent blog were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone here is now dumber for having read it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on…