I own one of the most obviously badge engineered Oldsmobiles in existence, a 1999 Oldsmobile 88. However, it is a really great vehicle. 17 years later on a set of white wall tires the thing looks like a classic. It is properly comfortable, and has a reliability record that would make most Toyota’s blush. I am quite…

The 4-door concept looks SO good.

I work next to Tesla headquarters, in Palo Alto. There are chargers everywhere around here.

My fiat can do this. I promise.

And having to use exotic materials just to get it under 5000 pounds because you need 1500 pounds of batteries to replace 100 pounds of gas is a big one. So basically we have power generation covered, but need transmission to the car (charging/fill-up) as well as storage (10x energy density increase).

I saw one of those parked in, you guessed it, Florida in the mid 1980s. It was at Disney’s Polynesian Hotel, in orange I think. It was actually kind of cool, I mean, the Aston Martin Rapide is basically a stretched DB9, though done by real designers rather than aftermarket guys. A 4 seater Ferrari was just as…

Is that the Corvette limo from Mystery Men?

Anyone seeing this that can ungray me?

It’s also an an unreasonable assumption, given basic opportunity cost. People who will use Autopilot are probably not the kind of people who find pleasure in driving. The opprtunity cost of driving when they could thumb-away at the shiny apps on their phone instead is high. So why would they pay attention to the road…

Its not

At least use a Valiant that most Aussies are going to recognize:

Yes. That is how it is measured.

Just to head nod to the Caravan status, I remember my father’s ‘92 caravan having a lot of ‘spunk’ at a green light for about it’s first six years or so. 3.0L Mitsubishi engine with the A604 4spd. Recall the torque quite well, despite being grades 2-8 at that time.

Hybrids and electrics with an ecvt get a pass. Otherwise the Jeep Compass CVT is so bad that i tell the fleet manager to find me any other vehicle for field work or else he’ll get a call about a compass in a river.

Honestly if the clutch would have been better it would be a pretty decent ride, and I like the look, but the test drive sealed the deal for me not to get it. There was almost zero feel between when it was all the way in and where the engagement point was. I’ve DD’d a manual something or other for the majority of the…

I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if Captain Slow did the knolling himself. It’s a wonderful technique, if you have the patience for it.

Having spent several months working with production vehicle aerodynamicists, this makes me appreciate what they do even more....

Yeah, the E55s and C55s were straight line rockets, both of them. After the C55 I bought a C63, and maaaan, difference was day and night. AMG learned from ///M on those years (2004-2006), and they started producing cars with much better turn-in, and quick steering.

But I wasn't disappointed - they were/are just as bad as I expected them to be.

And if they make a high performance coupe, I suggest they refer to the book of Judges and call it The Judge... and maybe get some former Pontiac customers as a bonus!