Don’t you think you were a little harsh on him?

“... hit a set of spike strips going 115 MPH, subsequently barreled off of the road and into a drainage ditch, launched the truck into the air and landed on a car parked at a restaurant” 

Well for one thing it wasn’t 117 deaths, it was 16 worldwide. Second, if you believe the estimates, VW actually killed more people though increased pollution than Takata did with airbags. Third, the fine for VW is spelled out in the law where as the fine for Takata isn’t. Forth, VW intended to break the law from the…

Because Takata is also responsible for saving a large number of people and for a long while there won’t be an alternative manufacturer ramping up to make replacements. You can take all the Takata inflators out of cars today and have almost no cars with airbags and watch the traffic deaths and severe injuries jump, but…

I am having trouble understanding why Takata has to pay $1 billion for being responsible for the death of 117 people and endangering the occupants of 42 million vehicles, while VW pays $4.3 billion (Just to settle the criminal case) for having 500,000 polluting vehicles.  

To answer your lead question, no. Marketers, if you’re paying attention, I’m a millenial who can afford things now, and there are a few things I want out of a new car:

What, you expected me to READ the article? This is still Jalopnik, right?

oh noes! stuck in the mud!

Ladies and gentlemen, the current state of the American driver. I for one welcome our autonomous overlords.

Fabulous Max!

In General, that poor guy is not having a Goodyear.

She did. They arrested her for arson because she lit it up with those hot moves.

Why is there a fucking fram?

Donutgate 2015 — Never forget

The lie in that title was worse than Dieselgate.

First thought: “Donuts in a FWD Fusion? I gotta see this.”

I’m not even a VW owner and think this person can go fuck themselves. Seriously just because VW duped consumers doesn’t mean the consumers are suddenly the bad guys too- and for the love of *insert deity* DON’T MAKE THEM OUT TO BE BAD GUYS they’re victims.

I did Nazi that coming.