It’s because here in the US the dealers are the car manufacturer’s true customers. Add to that the fact that they have to finance their inventory, and you end up with cars that are all spec’ed the same, few or no cool colors, no manual transmissions, etc., because the dealers want inventory that moves quickly, because…

Some cars do count, like M cars.

Re: passing: your GTI just didn’t have enough of the uberholt prestige.

DCT is not a no cost option, it’s $2,900. Also, the M2 with just 6MT and the executive package is an amazing value.

Did one of the sections of the paper start: “Assume a spherical giraffe”?

I really liked Chris Bangle’s designs, and I think if he had stayed on, they would have evolved and matured into something better looking than these weird looking buck toothed grilled monstrosities that BMW is coming out with.

Yeah, it’s basically a 440i Gran Coupe competitor.

LOL I often ask for a price break (even something as simple as “can you do a little better on the price?”) and more often than not I get something off. For something as expensive as a car heck yeah I’m gonna haggle

Every time I see one of these ugly vans I’m reminded of the van from “Dumb and Dumber”

It’s so Yakuza. I love it, it’s one of my favorite Japanese car designs. Distinctly Japanese, without veering into weird or baroque.

Wouldn’t the ugliest car on sale today be the Prius? It’s like Toyota went out of its way to make it painful to look at from all angles.

I would think so. If Porsche can turn a Q5 into a Macan, they’d have no problem making use of the new platform, even if MSB would be preferable from a weight distribution standpoint.

Touareg, Cayenne, Bentayga, and the first gen Q7 were/are all platform mates, and the body shells at least all came from the same plant in Hungary. The new second gen Q7 is is based on the Audi MLB platform (think jacked up lengthened A6 wagon) and is no longer related to these vehicles.

As an NRA life member, the NRA is chock full of old fat white guys who have no idea of what goes on outside of the suburban/exurban/rural confines.

At least you can tell the nomenclature difference between these “M sport” models vs true Ms. Not like Mercedes, with “C43", “GLC43" and “E43" type models, which is the more bullshit naming convention. The E43, for example, even was originally named the more honest E400 AMG sport.

Yeah the concept had all those sexy voluptuous curves, it was a real letdown when the real thing came out and looked kinda slab-sided. The side intake was terrible looking, it looked cheap and too small, and it seems like Porsche knew it because they’ve changed it in every iteration of the Boxster/Cayman/718 since.

I bet the team walked the shot in. At that distance, even a .50BMG is subsonic, so the target would no idea he was being shot at unless he was looking at exactly the right place at the right time when the bullet impacted.

Curious as to its dimensions, the old 5GT felt really spacious inside because it was really a 7 series hatchback more than a 5 series hatchback. Likewise, the 3GT fees much more spacious than a 3 because it has the longer wheelbase of some Chinese market 3s.

To be honest I’d rather have a bunch of buttons than have to dig through 5 layers of menus. Once you get used to it it’s a lot faster. Same reason you pay extra for a second command dial and more buttons on a DSLR.

The picture reprsents the three nations that (now) are not parties to the Paris accords