It’s not just that it’s an auto, but this lever looks straight out of every crappy rental car from the era- couldn’t they have made it a bit more..cool?

Yo, NASCAR- are you paying attention?

“Even though Baku’s new Hermann Tilke-designed street course promises to be slightly less entertaining than watching paint dry” = the sentence that almost wrote itself. Seriously, thanks for posting this. Intentionally spiteful or stupid?- with F1, either answer is equally plausible.

Not really terrible news; there are enough of them out there to keep the remaining fans of the original happy. The car is not “modern” at a time when even the 911 has been updated..

I have a silver (VW calls it “white gold”) TDI wagon. All cars are now some non-color. Metallic Grey, Onyx, Off White, goldish tan, beige beige beige losing my will to live why can’t I have a car with a color?

I took this photo in July at the Road America Concours. This is the whole thing with these cars: either you luuuuv that movie enough to do, um, this, or this, or you don’t- the car itself is kind of a prop. CP

Also, the 86 just looks so “meh” next to the 2000GT

Dat kink

A ghastly thing at any price- needs to be purchased one of those guys that makes the videos Jalopnik keeps showing- you know, where some guy drives an old (Volvo, Land Rover..) over a hump made of mud in some hillbilly’s back yard.

Jason- A glorious, high-water mark for Jalopnik vids- Thanks!

I don’t go out of my way to do recalls, unless it’s safety related. I am a 2010 TDI owner and this will be a tough call- It runs great and my experience with VWs is “if it aint broke..” Since I will likely sell/trade it soon, I’ll likely get the work done.

This. This.This.

I’m done with the “insane” label on everything from yogurt flavors to skydiving. Insane is the new Awesome? Some things are just “unusually stupid” or “pointlessly entertaining”, but are not, in fact, evidence of mental illness. Still this video is at the extreme end of the “Hold-my-beer-and-watch-this” end of the…

Also, I should point out I am not hard to impress; I read your column while on hold for VW “advocate” relating to my Jetta TDI. Really.

Another fine bit of nouns and verbs. One question: Why do I want a luxury SUV? I mean yeah, if your other car is a Hummer it must feel sporty and economical, but still. Will I be instantly converted if I drive one? (OK, that was 2 questions)

Hmmm the most I would EVER spend? What if I live another 20 years? Is it adjusted for inflation? Even a Honda Fit (the all-electric hover version) will be six figures.

The Mammoth Car, of course- from Speed Racer!

I drive a 2010 TDI wagon. If VW made me an awesome offer to trade it for a new GTI, I’d do it. That said, my better half says NO VW EVER AGAIN (we’ve had 3, all have been more trouble than they were worth). I may have finally seen the light; I’m pretty pissed.

iSAVE SC-1, because external airbags

The perception of luxury is at issue here. I can remember when car folk would derisively refer to a Lexus as a “Toyota with leather seats (haha)”. Volkswagen has stubbornly clung to “leatherette” to describe its vinyl seats. Having suede seats is akin to having a matte finish on the exterior: it tells the world you…