It’s funny how much the CT5 looks like a Saturn ION without those cheater panels on the rear daylight opening (2:18 on the video).

I had no idea either of these existed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one. Did Ford neglect to do any real advertising, and that’s why no one went for the NBX SUVs?

Right. All else being equal, I’d much rather buy an EV from, say, General Motors—a company that’s been around for a long time and has hard-won expertise in quality control and vehicular design—than from Rivian or Lucid.

Colin mentions Morgan several times in the article. But yes, these Morgan Aeros are far prettier looking. Earlier ones are like what you posted, and had New Beetle headlights, with a somewhat myopic arrangement.

Funnily enough, the 2004-2017/18 Bentley Continental GT/C and Flying Spur also had both a key and a start button.

I don’t want to talk about it:

Definitely. But I bet you the classifications haven’t changed, either.

Within the context of the US market, that’s what they are. We don’t have the Alphard or Elysion here, so they’re not relevant. I’m thinking the grading scale is something like:

Haha, glad my X5 is on the list of lowest deaths. It seems like the best of both worlds. It’s large enough to be reasonably safe, has all the latest safety tech (adaptive cruise, automatic emergency braking, all manner of sensors), and still handles well enough to maneuver its way out of sticky situations.

Not to mention smaller cars are better at maneuvering around would-be accidents, in the first place. Try changing lanes in a snap to avoid a sudden deer in a lifted F-350, and see what happens.

After the issues we had getting the engine replaced (at 66,000 miles, just last year) and after the way Kia treated us, another Kia isn’t going to happen. Hyundai wasn’t much better, with my mom’s Sonata.

What a complete dumbass.

Extra row? It’s just one seat in the rear. But that is fascinating.

Sounds like a great candidate to replace my sister’s 2014 Soul, which we will be doing soon.

That’s hilariously tragic.

I also have big feet and have trouble with heel-to-toeing in some cars. I was just plain unable to do it in a friend’s Honda CRX convertible I once drove; the footwell is too small.

I would like to master electrical diagnostics. You know, tracing CANBUS issues and ground faults. Those tend to be fairly common on the sorts of cars I buy (depreciated high-end Euro stuff).

My grandmother had a few Camaro Berlinettas, all with V8s. Apparently, my grandfather kept wrecking them.

That he did, but since one of the Jalopnik staff mentioned an X6 M, I thought I’d suggest a German car as well.

Honestly, for a reasonably reliable German SUV with presence for around $20K, an early gen. 2 Cayenne (2011-2013) is a good bet. It’s got the cachet of a Porsche (which is definitely above that of BMW and, in some cases, Range Rover), and Porsche’s styling is so evolutionary that it looks close enough to the current…