I’ve driven right-hand-drive cars (in the US,) all with manual transmissions. You get used to it pretty quickly. the thing I kept forgetting was where to look for the rear-view mirror. although the balky shifter in the Mustang had me running into the stops between gates a few times.

I keep telling myself, “If you trade your GTI in for this you will probably lose your licence.”

Nah; that’s way different. Readers and Jalop writers endorse similar brands like Roush all the time. This is still buying a new car, that you know is covered by warranty and was put together by a reputable company. Tuning a car yourself, while inexpensive, is way riskier, which is why it’s cheaper.

Theres more to the M2 than badges and a tune. The M2 has wider fenders, it has the option of the DCT trans, M3 brakes, suspension, //M Active diff which can vary lock up, the crank and rods from the M3/M4s S55, has a special oil pump pickup, M3 wheels and rubber (rear I rhink is one size narrower than the M3).

This is an interesting article. Everytime I’ve ever made the tuner argument (or seen others make the same argument) you’d get lambasted for saying like “well, I could just tune a WRX to be better than a stock STI” and now it’s being recommended by a Jalop writer.

It’s because they have no competition. A 918 won’t keep with a Regera(Please don’t bring up the fanboy 12 year old Salomondrin video) and the Chiron is just way too heavy to be a decent handling car. Koenigsegg also doesn’t have a stock market controlling them(Ferrari, VAG) and unlike McLaren, they are not trying to…

Him and Elon really need to hang out more. I have to imagine that they would just feed of each other’s crazy ideas and some truly epic shit would happen.

I’ve stopped doubting anything Christian says at this point. Somehow 100 employees with an autoclave in a repurposed hanger are able to consistently do what no other car company is attempting.

To be fair, there’s a LOT we don’t know about gravity now. There’s 3-6x more gravity in the universe than mass to exert it. Maybe the Koenis are running some dark matter witchcraft..

I love wheels as close the front as possible. That’s actually my favorite thing about E46 M3's. Overhang makes me think of malaise era cars.

I have to say, smalleyxb122's ‘Shopped redesign looks quite nice. Just bring the ridge down a bit:

I myself was hoping to start an aftermarket vinyl face sticker business for Model 3 customers... you know, to fund my Model S. >:)

STOP IT, JUST STOP! why do you guys keep trying to convince us the Renegade is cool and trail worthy? Both Jeep and Chryslers reliability ratings are in the toilet and their new offerings look like the guys from the AMC days are back drawing stuff up. I don’t care how much they paid you, knock it off. The King has no…

I understand, we nitpick about cars, but let’s take a moment and think about how this is a fully-electric car for 35k.

They got rid of the grille, great, that makes sense, but they kept this sort of outline of where a grille would go. It would’ve looked a whole lot better had they not included that edge that cut across the front and arcs down on both sides. It just looks like someone stretched a piece of silk across a Focus ST’s…

IMO the car would be better served with a faux grille; it just seems like the blank space is missing something

No way that car ships with that interior (or lack thereof).

I find the lack of front grill deeply unsettling. I understand that it isn’t needed, but if so then why does it look like they had it designed for a grill but then just didn’t cut it out of the plastic or whatever. It has the outline of a grill, but no grill. I think it would look better with a more sloped nose…

It’s a $1,000 refundable deposit and they’re securing a $7,500 tax credit which will run out. What you’re saying makes sense in general but these people are waiting for something that’s scarce.

woah woah wait... a 35K car WITH 7500$ tax incentive... thats only 27.5K... For a 300 miles (aprox) electric car... damn... if i wasnt a college student id be doing the same.