Because the Focus sedan looks like it fell off the ugly tree into the Ugly River and down the ugly waterfall into Lake Ugly where it decayed for thousands of years into ugly rust which then became ugly dirt which was then trawled up and put on the side of the road where an ugly seed then sprouted another tremendously…

“I will totally buy one.” -Every Jalopnik Focus RS fan a month ago.

“Brake fade,” the new “didn’t use a digital tire pressure gauge.”

I’m not in the Evora 400 income bracket, so grains of salt and all that, but I’d be wary of owning one in the US. Even living in a major metro area that doubtless has several shops with Lotus experience, I just feel like it’d be too much of a maintenance nightmare.

I mean, I get the point here, but who takes their car to an indie that doesn’t allow you to supply your own parts? Is this particularly common these days? Genuine question, I don’t know.

There are a lot of cool new cars at Detroit this year.

Right? This car isn’t just shockingly bland, it flat out looks dated. Like something from Lexus circa 2005. I’m not sure what their target market here is. Disenfranchised geriatric Cadillac buyers? Korean executives with summer homes in Malibu?

This thing is like a modern BMW 8-series and I fucking love it. EVEN THAT STUPID GINORMOUS GRILLE LEXUS I GUESS I CAN LOOK PAST IT.

That’s nuts. My MX-5 had a 600 mile break-in period, and that felt like it took awhile.

2000 miles? What modern manufacturer advocates that level of break-in period? As far as I can tell, it’s only Porsche. That’s ludicrous.

I have it in my ND MX-5, too. I don’t mind having the compass, but the persistent message about upgrading is a bit... demeaning.

Belgium is weird.

Because it’s so much worse than when an ICE car’s gas tank explodes. I swear, it’s a running theme every time there’s a Tesla post: someone makes a vague, underhanded your-uncle-on-Facebook kind of comment that somehow batteries make these cars more “dangerous” in some way. Come on: “cut loose?” You make lithium-ion…

JJ Abrams’ One Cutting-Edge Practical Effect Trick Will Leave You Floored!

In that condition? Exceed. Holy cow I would not want a 90s Benz that has sat. Fuel system issues, wiring corrosion, brittle rubber EVEYRWHERE oh my god I’m getting anxious just thinking about it I have to leave.

Jay the comedian? Take him or leave him. Jay the car guy? Unimpeachable. Seriously, this man is a gift to motoring. Jay does so much to keep interest in automotive history alive, and his efforts at custom fabrication restoration and his YouTube channel are doing wonders for car culture. The man really cannot be…

See, I think the way this went down was different, because getting the block of wood in the store and doing the swap would have been difficult (wearing a backpack in the store is a hell of a red flag).

Sean - their own store says Summer 2016 now: http://www.skully.com/store

The average German auto worker makes twice what the average American one does. While you do have to factor in higher taxes (the rate is 42% above around 52k Euro for single, about 100k Euro household), German auto workers also benefit from universal healthcare and near universal mass transit (no need for expensive…

Elon Musk-speak translation: “Screw George Hotz, I’ll make my own, better self-driving car. And I’ll do it in two years! With blackjack, and hookers! In fact, forget the car!”