This is basically where modern truck design is headed.

Alanis King used to always be on this crusade against car shows that consist of three middle aged white dudes doing whatever. I think everyone who is left after the Spanfeller exodus carries the torch just because.

Those seats look great.

Since Jalopnik writers get their positive and negative battery cables confused, I think we can forgive Clarkson for not figuring out the upside-down air cleaner lid.

Why is this article so bitter?

He’s really not that old, only 61. He’s just looked like a fat 85 year old for the last 15 years for some reason.

Their video announcement...so pretentious. Like suffering thru a Dior men’s fragrance commercial:

I think he just doesn’t want it to be his entire life, 24/7/365 the way Top Gear and the first couple of seasons of TGT ended up being. He is quite old, and quite out of shape.

Why is this article so bitter?

It’s a car show and it’s generally entertaining.  I’ll take it.

Still better than a 31HP Golf R.

Consider me interested. Design aside, I have wanted a way to access my Steam library and Steam games on my TV for some time, especially now that my laptop is old. The handheld aspect is less interesting to me, but we’ll see. Who knows if this thing will be even remotely available at launch, which means I should have…

*Power*

27 percent more, 13 horsepower, so... The Mk7 had 48 horsepower?

While the price has only increased 2.9 percent, VW is giving 27 percent more power

It’s just a shame that those beautiful colors are so often seen on trucks whose drivers you wish would drive them over a cliff

I don’t know about “cheap and nasty.” Basic cars like the Honda Civic are really nice these days. There’s not much that can be described as “cheap and nasty” save maybe the Mitsubishi Mirage. 

That’s true for cars, but not for trucks:

This has nothing to do with manufacturers “realizing” anything. It’s simple supply/demand curve analysis. (really not simple as there are so many models and manufacturers) BUT, this is just an adjustment of the supply curve as it is constrained across the whole industry by the parts shortages. So, with high enough…

Automakers Are Leaning In On Their Moneymakers And Raking It In