It's a Bavaria. That car's other option in life was likely to be sitting and rotting in a pick & pull in Reseda.

It's a Bavaria dude. Too big for the '02 guys with none of the sporting premise, not nearly as pretty as its coupe cousins, and no match for the big Benzes of that era that it was meant to compete with.

In this article, we learn that a web site run by a bunch of twenty-something alleged "enthusiast" millennials is more out of touch with car culture than a bunch of 30-something white guys.

It didn't "ruin her day", it did throw her off mentally for a bit though.

Does this feature Blast Processing®?

Hate to break it to you, but BMW STEP is pretty much licensed and run through UTI. Drop your 5 series off for warranty work and you're getting the same tatted-up twenty-something that changed your oil in your Santa Fe last week.

You've got an overly romanticized view of it. I drive plenty of manual-gearbox pickups, they're *garbage*.

You're missing a key component here. You can't simply "not fill the urea tank". It's tied to the primary ECU in the vehicle, and an empty tank will put the vehicle into limp mode. This isn't "beat your state's emissions laws", it's "truck won't run".

15-20 years ago when these trucks came with an anemic 110 hp 4 banger? Sure. You'd need a manual gearbox to at least try to keep it in the powerband. They may have driven like ass and had a horrid clutch, but it was a necessity. Today, when you've got a 300 hp V6 or a 200+ hp motor as the base with a buttery smooth 6…

Given the previous Colorado pricing, and the average cost of a diesel option in the US, and you might want to add about 10k to your figure.

Why?

Psst, there's your fleet option.

So, you want them to build a stripped down fleet truck with a manual gearbox that none of the techs/employees know how to drive and equip it with the most expensive and maintenance-intensive engine option.

Why?

Since pretty much always?

Bingo.

Seriously, toss on the added cost for the diesel engine, the costs of the emissions equipment, the extra buck a gallon for fuel and you've got yourself a 36k "small" truck that's a hair under the size of a 24k half ton, tows less and gets the same mileage.

Yeeeea, that'll sell.

You'll need to, since you'll probably get 20k out of each before they pop.

Truthfully, no clue with regards to legality. I know a number of states require even the smallest of screens acting as a "windshield" (seen this with caterham/Lotus 7 kit cars), so I'd be willing to bet there would be issues if a cop decided he wanted to bust your balls.

All the two-door soft top models can, not sure about the "unlimiteds" or hard top equipped ones.