Wow. That’s quite impressive, for a Windsor mansion on wheels. And Rolls-Royce owners typically have other vehicles that they would take on a longer drive.

I love the TopGear “You went into sixth gear, didn’t you?” clip, with the FF.

So, then, I imagine you’re not enamored with Porsche’s decision to run the front axle through the engine block (not the oil pan; the actual block) on the Panamera?

There’s probably RTV sealant, in addition to the bolts. But, yes, it seems like a straightforward job.

Sadly, not a lot of people would buy that, so I see why they don’t bring it.

Yes, it’s a Land Cruiser Prado. But, as I said elsewhere, Toyota has already been calling the Prado simply “Land Cruiser” in markets where the proper full-size J300 Land Cruiser isn’t sold. The UK is one such market. This is not new.

That’s fair, although they messed up the naming scheme a long time ago. It’s already been the case that in markets where the full-size Land Cruiser isn’t sold, the Prado drops that suffix and just becomes the Land Cruiser. Such is the case for the UK market, which simply calls the outgoing (J120) Land Cruiser Prado…

This is interesting, and I had never heard of it before. Now, you said it’s both RWD and on the LH platform, and both of those things appear to be true.

All the people I’ve talked to say the DB9 isn’t that bad. A lot of the components come from the Ford, Jaguar or Volvo parts catalogs. And it’s certainly less complicated and esoteric than, say, a contemporary Bentley Continental GT or BMW M6.

And that’s fair, but there is a profound difference between baked-in engineering and supplier component issues that are difficult to detect (as in the case of Toyota) and flagrant, easily identified assembly defects and inconsistencies (as in the case of Tesla). There’s no reason Tesla couldn’t do a little extra QC on…

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

That’s fair. But I’m one of those people who often has two or more adults in my backseat, and most of my friends (as well as my partner) are 6 feet or over. So it’s important that I have at least one car in my stable that’s capable of it.

Interesting. Are you sure you’re not talking about hill-hold? Because:

That sounds about right. My current Jaguar (a 1996 XJ12) was produced before Jaguar and Land Rover were reunited, and has plenty of engineering that dates back to before Ford took over Jaguar. It’s a lovely piece of machinery, but certain aspects of it are quite flimsy.

Oh. Well, that would have been useful. I don’t believe the dryer was replaced.

1. Who developed the WK2 (2011-2020/1) Grand Cherokee platform? — This platform was also used by the gen. 3 Durango (still in production), the 2012-2019 Mercedes-Benz M/GLE-Class, and the 2013-2019 Mercedes-Benz GL/GLS-Class. It’s probably the final DaimlerChrysler collaboration, and didn’t even debut until a couple…

At 5'10, I cannot fit in the backseat of the CT4. It seems Cadillac benchmarked the E46 3 Series, which is good from a handling and feedback perspective, but customer expectations for this class have evolved, with many people expecting essentially midsize space. The newer entrants in this class (3 Series, A4, C-Class,…

Those are often called Altezza tail lights, because the Toyota Altezza (aka gen. 1 Lexus IS 300) famously had them.

Not that I can see. The bore and stroke were not carried over to the modern HEMI.

Correct.