That and an Acura that’s notorious for transmission failures, and a Chevy with a V8 hooked to a transaxle with even lower transmission longevity than the Acura lmao. Throw in a GM product with a timing-chain-shredding 3.6L V6 while we’re at it.

Competitive? Isn’t this thing priced like 10% more than an Ioniq 5 for similar performance? I could be wrong, but the only thing I’ve noticed about this that its better than an Ioniq, is that it isn’t sold by Hyundai dealers; is that enough to justify the ~10% premium?

It’s not hearsay at all. BMW has been pretty open about their design direction being heavily influenced by their pursuit of market share in Asia. With sedan sales plummeting in the EU and USA, BMW is shifting its focus towards China; which accounted for almost 40% of BMW sales in 2021. Their design team in Shanghai is…

Are you Sirius?

I’m just surprised it’s not closer to the MX-5. It’s more like a mid-sized 4WD CUV or station wagon. I guess there is a mpg penalty for the MT vs the Auto, too:

God, can you imagine how humiliating it would be if all your other billionaire friends found out that your Bugatti was actually ‘certified pre-owned’. I mean. Say good bye to all the yacht club invitations and swanky parties in Monaco.

And the crazy Brazilians even built a transition type car after all this happened, the VW Gol had a fwd Audi chassis and air cooled VW motor.

It stuck around in Mexico until ‘03, long enough for the New Beetle to be sold concurrently.

I believe VW also sold a Cabrio based on the mk1 well into the mk2 Golf run...

Perhaps the most significant and starkest contrast in car development, the VW Beetle was sold alongside the Rabbit in te United States from 1975-1977.   I realize not the same model name, but the Rabbit was definitely the replacement for the Beetle, and a huge change for VW.

VW actually did City versions of both the MkIV Golf and Jetta, although the facelift took a year or two (initially both were regular MkIV's with City badging). It's got nothing on the South African Golf Citi though (a MkI built well into the 2000's).

Also, what the hell is going on here?

The spoiler is not the factory spoiler, which would be body colored and also have the third brake light, which this seems to lack. I agree re the smoked lenses and price of the dash fix. Also Rob’s description of the car is a bit off, the shifter is not the traditional “J” gate, it’s more of a reverse-L and has…

Let’s see if I can count the red flags:

It’s also the likely recipient of all of Subaru’s would-be WRX STI sales, now that Subaru has given up on the STI for reasons the world’s greatest minds will never understand.

This is actually completely unrelated to the A6/A7. The Audis have longitudinal engine, this has it mounted tranversally.

What’s a hot rod but piecing together whatever you can get your hands on in the pursuit of going faster? And what is possibly the ultimate example of a company throwing assorted parts together in the singular pursuit of speed? Take one obsolete British sports car, one massive American V8, and the Cobra is peak hot rod.

I vote for the Boss 429 Mustang.

Keeping with my theme, the ‘69 Charger Daytona:

Nope thats not the case. You’re kind of close though. That model you’re referring to is the Rogue Select, which was based on the first gen Rogue that was introduced back in 2007. That thing sold so well they kept it around when the second gen rolled around and called it select. Just like, as you mentioned, Chevy did…