Yeah, the soft roader is far more popular now. To be honest, thats not a bad thing at all. Most people don’t need an off-roader, just something that has clearance and traction and most of these fit the bill. The main considerations in this category are

It’s really tough to argue any of those points... I think that’s why they still so much of these type of vehicles.

I feel the same about my ‘04 V70. It’s so *pretty* - but it drives so poorly. Theoretically a competitor to my e91 BMW wagon, but it just isn’t.

Yeah that sounds like GM.

Tiff is awesome, still one of my favorites.

TG with Harris and LeBlanc was actually pretty good.

Even though I could never afford it (obviously) I think this is ridiculously awesome. I feel like Jalopnik currently has the biggest disconnect in terms of how writers see their takes being received, and what their actual reading audience is. Most of us like to see cool stuff, especially if it was repurposed like this.

They wanted to be ballers, shot-callers

That must have required a lot of overnight parts from Japan.

Yeah my reaction was pretty much pacmandeathnoise.wav.

Then I suppose QX would be the extra strength line.

Only one clear answer here:

This is all getting very obnotchious....

Great. Jesse will have to overnight parts from Japan and Germany now.

“Taste”

I have been lusting for a Fiat Barchetta ever since the 90s. Preferably a red one or the limited edition in black with the awesome quilted red leather. Test drove two of those bella macchinas already over the years, lovely car and fun as hell to hoon but both times it wasn’t meant to be. In case I ever have to get rid…

To be fair the current rav4 is still super capable for everything that the original first gen rav4 buyers used them for and infinitely more capable than the first gen at being an everyday car. For example a rav4 with decent tires is just unstoppable on a snowy road.

Ah, takes me back to NFS 2 days

Although the Lagonda had them beat by a good decade...