So is it just me or is that the Needler from Halo?

Used to work for major car brand, can confirm they purposefully cover cars with extra padding, panels, or stickers to make it harder to see the new car’s design before its official release. Even after, you’ll still see camo because it’s often too much of a pain to take off when the car can keep testing with it on befor…

More buyers started to want more space to put their crap, leading to larger and roomier center consoles.

But getting the entire cast of adventuring trainers together at the eleventh hour underlined just how special those characters were, while reminding us that they’d unfortunately only shared minimal screentime. Pokémon X and Y tried to maintain a consistent cast dynamic throughout gameplay, but it feels like Game…

I wouldn’t mind more ways to save outfits - it was super annoying in both DLCs that they completely overwrite your customization and you have to manually go back and change things the way you wanted it

On raids - I cannot stress how much longer it took for me to catch Iron Leaves simply because the game’s turn-taking loop doesn’t get interrupted when the raid Pokemon faints.

A dealer tried to convince me to buy a new Jetta when I came looking for a used Alltrack, and if I wanted a sedan, I was amazed that you could get heated AND ventilated seats for so cheap now. It seemed like it would be a decent drive too, like the base Golf (also RIP)

I mean, have you seen the distances we spread shit out over in this country? Not having a car caps your ability to work, have a social life, get food, etc. in something like 98% of the US. For most people they have to be appliances - means to an end

VW says it will also be able to answer general knowledge questions.

Offering a single model in the U.S. seems like sales suicide

I don’t know what to say to the fact that I keep making it into these slideshows, but thanks.

I maintain that with only a grille tweak, the Karma Revero would fit in super well with the Mazda Kodo design language of the 2010s. It could have been their Mazda 9 full size sedan, a modern 929.

Almost all the coverage I’ve seen mentions both their existence and the tracking that MS is using to “personalize” the experience:

As for you buyers out there, keep buying this thing so Miata keeps it alive. It’s one of the last affordable roadsters on sale today, and Mazda seems to want to keep the ND around for as long as they can

Public chargers are typically best used for road trips, and most daily-use charging should be done at home, if possible.

What car has long overstayed its welcome?
What car are you just sick of seeing?

Well good news - it seems even mildly used ones depreciate like crazy. You can find decent trim levels in the mid 30s and the base ones in the mid 20s now.

TBH I forgot the Telluride existed. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen one.

And yet in just the last few years, Kia has also had multiple recalls for the Theta engine failure/reliability issues, not to mention the ongoing debacle from not installing immobilizers that’s led them to represent the lion’s share of stolen vehicles in cities across the US.

To be fair, many of the engine options Europe will offer would have no chance of acceptance in the US. For example, I think one of the lowest versions of the Skoda Scala (the budget VW Golf) has only ~90HP. Other than the Mitsubishi Mirage, you’d be hard pressed to find anything under 120 for sale these days