If you want something special from this RR era you’d be better off with a Bentley Mulsanne Turbo in excellent condition. I’m sure there are collectors of these for simply how ugly/rare it is but you’d have to have a garage full of RRs and Bentleys before you dropped money on this.

I can agree, the heated/vented seat controls awould be nice to have as buttons or on the surface level. You get in the car, and as soon as you go to hit the screen it flashes its health and safety warning and you need to wait. Then you hit reverse and it overrides with the camera. It is quick and Android auto/carplay…

These days, every rest area I have seen is overflowing with trucks, literally out past the no parking signs on the on/off ramps. Granted I am in a heavy shipping corridor (northeast) but in the last couple years since the supply chain pinch I don’t think I’ve gone by one that isn’t overflowing.

You could say the same about the M-sport (or non-bespoke Ms? however you want to put it) and now the caddy V series. I didn’t realize until this article that they were putting the V on their midrange offerings, and trying to elevate their top performance tier with the blackwing line. I’d argue that the S cars are a…

I see -- the CT6 blackwing doesn’t exist but that would have been the M550 competitor I assume. The V and M packages don’t really mean a whole lot these days.

So the CT5-V is chasing BMW by bringing the performance badge downmarket (see: 540i M-sport with all of the badges)? Lame.

I’ll stick to my Kappa convertible thanks. I’ve driven my Sky year round and the convertible top is plenty insulated. It’s not like this gives you any more cargo space (I assume, I’ve never seen a edag top in person) unless you completely remove the trunk and soft top...so other than “style” and a questionable sense…

This entire genre of “econosport” in the early 90s falls into this category. Motorweek did a great comparo in 1992:

Insurance has also skyrocketed across the board

Good lord that interior is offensive. Whiffs of mid-2000s GM economy car, but worse with stick ons.

For 2009 it wasn’t that bad. Maybe not lux-oriented, but design wise, its reasonably laid out and right on par with competition. I recall driving one, this was pre-touchscreen and the color LCD in the head unit had poor color resolution, etc.

The police had to resist looters and thieves, heard repeatedly directing “hey, hands off! It’s nacho cheese!”

I had an R/T for many years. The ES is less of a goldilocks and more of the ugly duckling that never grows up. The R/T (available with the non-turbo DOHC engine and 5 speed, as this is) is the one to have. Looks better, better equipped, and the twin turbo is just awesome. 

Looks like good work and well cared for, so I think a solid NP for someone. 13 grand gets you into some nice MGBs, I’d personally want one in an original color and with the chrome pre-rubber bumpers (or budget for a retrofit). The Gray with no trim just doesn’t really do it for me.

Yes every new car has some orange peel these days. I figured that was given knowledge. This finish looks horrendous in comparison to say, my 2021 grand cherokee which certainly also has orange peel but isn’t going to give such an opaque reflection.

Wow that paint quality is appalling.

ND. The only car I’ve given up on was a 2003 audi with a v6 (3.0, but just next gen from this). Great when running, pretty awful to work on. Every plastic connector will crumble as soon as you touch it. All the wire looms will split and crack. Anticipate losing 3/4 of the skin on your hands working around anything on…

This could have been cool...if it was complete. Put the fuel filler door on for sales pictures at least. And why is the door rail side skirt just a piece of home depot gutter with a few sheet metal self tappers in it? I could see if they were going for that drift-trash riveted look thats been so overplayed the last…

I doubt Mitsu USA would do that, because it would make sense. 

Some kids will do anything to get drunk or high. Not a care in the world, no concern or inkling about their future. Don’t forget, we were all young once — some of us made poor choices and didn’t face consequences, some did not make it much further.