1) Elantra Musk is a FANTASTIC screen name

One positive thing about it is that, like a Pacer, it’s so bloated that it’ll make anyone look svelte/skinny/thin. And, like, we want that, usually. There! Go buy one!

Totally agree. Just bought a 2016 XC60 with the same dash. It’s a GREAT blend of tech and buttons. The knobs are fuc*ing heaven for quick volume or temperature adjustment, the radio choice is a cinch to adjust and the redundant buttons surrounding are a quick, zero distraction, high-function design. It’s a tight,…

Mask it or CASKET.

That’s a mess. Fools. But at our Volvo dealer in Northern California it was iffy use as well. They’d yank them on when they saw me coming but certainly weren’t using them amongst themselves. :(

Sell a version of this in the US. We can’t seem to get enough of “butched up” stuff for people who don’t need it. Can’t sell a wagon but an Outback has huge sales. Plus, it makes sense. Vans have one of three images: RV, tradesperson or dreary parent’s necessity. Adding some sexy, adventure-ready vibes to the market…

With most hybrids enjoying vastly better reliability than standard cars, I took a hard, long, offer-on-table look at the Pacifica Hybrid. I’ve got an aggregate of about 350-400k on our various Siennas and truly, the Sienna reliablity is par excellence. But at that point Toyota was backtracking on hybridizing and those…

YES! The words “fake” or “faux” are NOT something we should have to be avoiding with German design. Fake shit is the TACKIEST. Designers: Figure out how to design beautiful shapes without the crutch of black plastic fake mesh.

A G R E E. It’s a Mustang with cheap German mustard slathered on it. Shocking that BMW successfully made a shape/ a design that looks cheaper and chintzier than all of its predecsssors.

It is fine that the designer is fullfilling a goal to differentiate the models and experiences. It is not fine that he created a cheap looking coupe that has a Bugs Bunny face, with five front grilles and a profile that could be on a Mustang, Hyundai, Infiniti or Lexus. This design, unlike former BMW coupes, succeeds…

Bummer about the big NV vans. I shopped thoghtfully before I bought our NV 2500 High Roof V8. The Mercedes Sprinters just had SO little equipment vs the horrendous reviews real owners gave them. The Ram Promaster is, I think cool, in an old 50s Citroen van kinda way but the there is no place to put your left foot when…

Very likely. It’s not exactly comforting, from my experience. Quite the opposite.

The sound on the bridge is insanely surreal, loud and horrible, like something a “bad guy” would play to torture a “good guy” in a James Bond movie.

We drove across the Golden Gate on the first windy day after the changes, in our tall, but generally fine-in-winds Nissan NV Highroof. This was before any news reports about the sound. I’ve driven across the Golden Gate, between 7,000-10,000 times, in all conditons. I know that bridge very well. Besides the van being…

YES! This is the sign of incapable designers. It’s that simple. What if Maytag designed a washer with no knobs or buttons, because, eeewm they’re not cute. Or a hair salon with no chairs, because, sitting is so formal. It’s just lame. Figure it out designers, it’s your job. 

“The designers” are incabable of “designing.” If they need six grilles (most of which are probably fake) to avoid the front end from being some other kind of failure, they absolutely are not designers. BMW has lost it. But perhaps the directive was “gauche, in excess,” in which case it’s a rabid success.

The profile looks like a Mustang. The front looks like a “waskully wabbit” with braces. The rear is ok. Aren’t coupes suposed to be beautiful? What a pigpen of fake crapola. Does it really need SIX front grilles and two fake grilles on the back? This. Is. Inept. Design. 

We just sold our 2002 BMW 325it. No rust, 165,000, sport package, leather, heated seats, auto, second owners. Only got $2500. It was pretty much immaculate. Regardless of that price, DAMN was that an impressive car after 18 years on the road. Shockingly reliable, zero rattles (and I’m basically horrified by rattles),…

You sound cool and fun. The secret is out. Van drivers have more fun BECAUSE they’re so versatile.

I know you’re being sarcastic, but a proud moment for me, everytime I’m hauling a TON of stuff in my Sienna is looking over at some dufus in a big macho truck with a 4' bed who can’t fit jack in his bed compared to all the loot INSIDE my van. Yep- van snobbery exists.