At this point, drivers are even skeptical of semi-autonomous features like automatic emergency braking and lane-keeping assistance.

Anything with a crackle/pop tune. The most common offenders by me are BMW 3 series who just endlessly accelerate and slam on the brakes for maximum pop. Good amount of WRXs too. As an old man now, there seems to be a new scene in the WRX world where the ideal is to not have a clean and nice appearing car, but to have…

What I don’t understand is why Ford made the Maverick in the first place. It’s so completely against their need to push for bigger in everything. Did they think it wouldn’t be popular? Then why make it in the first place? And it’s worst than that: it’s popular with fleets. Ford’s real bread and butter, and the reason…

This is the most boring possible use of an illegal cloning operation.

No one is shocked by this, right? We all knew that when cars started having 2 way data modems and sophisticated data collection that this data would be used for profit at our expense. In the event that I get a modern car, one of the first thing I will do will be to install a dummy load where the cell antenna goes. Car…

Imagine the US making competitive cars that’s popular in the US and the rest of the world.

Looks like the White House could potentially be in a flight path, I know its surely restricted, but imagine the hilarity that all the calls come from that particular residence. 

This is like those people in California trying to shut down Leguna Seca.

Nobody else thinks this vehicle looks sorta odd?

It’s the car they* didnt want you** to have.

Looks like Arthur C. Clarke was right all along.

Peak blob generation - and always my go-to example when talking 90s styling - is 3rd gen Taurus

That would be a deal breaker for me, I hate my current touch hvac controls with a passion!

Honda CR-Z - Other cars have this problem too, like the old Audi A3 and to a lesser extend A4: the cupholders are under the protruding dashboard, so you are both limited by how tall of a drink fits AND this requires you to perform a particular maneuver to lift them up, then out towards you every time you want to…

On this version of Earth, recognizing that civilians being killed on a daily basis is probably not ideal doesn’t make one anti-semitic or pro-palestine.

This is stupid ass bait and you should get your star taken away

Counterpoint: if you buy a early 2010s Cadillac you have to use the horrible capacitive buttons and sliders, not to mention CUE. All those silver bits are not rockers or buttons, they’re capacitive plastic chunks.

Puke. I'd rather have the new Accord. 

Good to see Jalopnik revisiting the classic article format. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen a “buy this old ass luxury car for the price of a reliable new staple automobile” article.