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I’ve never had snow fall into my car’s hatchback, but side hinged doors always let the rain in, plus they have to be approached from one specific direction.

They provide a path of entry to the back seat that isn’t blocked by a door from either direction, and they can open with less side clearance than side-hinged doors. Sliding doors do most of this, but the falcon wing door does it better, and sliding doors are heavily stigmatized while top-hinged doors are pimp.

Do they fly that level at highway speeds?

Beechcraft Staggerwing

Lovely Beechcraft Model 18 (or a TC-45J if you want to be picky)!

Actually, Mazda does it because a car doesn't look light and sporty when it has a big fat dashboard housing a nav screen.

A retracting/deploying screen is a needless point of failure. Mazda and Mercedes have proven that you can incorporate a fixed nav screen without making the whole dashboard look like a cabinet for that screen.

How much time did I squander between trying to register the Porsche, buying and selling it back, and taking it to the shop? Please don’t tell me. I’m fine spending some money on cars because you can always earn more, sell something, etc… But my time? That is a limited, decreasing asset and, as a car guy, I’d rather…

I like the tacked on look, too. It looks like a modern living room with a flat screen TV on the wall, rather than a hulking wood 90s entertainment cabinet surrounded by DVD racks.

I like this display trend. The dashboard is furniture, and touch screen infotainment slabs are transient technologies.

God damn, reign it in or just link us to your Flickr album.

2002 Mazda Protege5

1981 Dodge Ramcharger!

A 2-door sedan with the utility of wagon space, vs. a coupe with the luxury of wagon space.

Mmmm, V8s love them some heat-soaked air.

Does that have a lip spoiler on its lip spoiler?

My god, they’re all the same car! How can we just now be noticing this?!

*heavy breathing*