Collatoral personnel damange is a problem, but the thought of Trump and Musk flying together on a hastily assembled aircraft.... I mean, I see some upside potential. 

Such a stunningly fugly car.

Seriously, what the fuck are y’all trying to do to me? Between this and the $20K Bentley in Vegas earlier this week (not a NP/ND car), I mean you’re telling me I can have a total of 22 combined all luxury cylinders for $35K all-in? $1,600 a cylinder? 1002 combined horsepower? For $35K? I mean, shit, I can use one to…

Owned != managed by or controlled by.  I can let a subsidiary operate 100% independently if I wish.  On top of that, fund it like a PE/VC group - they spin up businesses with separate management.  

Why would I want a crossover in place of a sedan/sportback?

I agree. This is peak T-Bird in my opinion. It has the mechanical headaches of a BMW 6-series from that era, but it has cache for those who lived through this era. This is an excellent example.

Next week on Youtube: VINWiki’s “How I obtained this super car from Syria during a war”

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY:

NISSAN, BRING BACK THE XTERRA.

Found the second incel living in his mom’s basement.

Found the incel that wants Musk to take his virginity.

Cool, but do they have frequently failing nylon fasteners holding the wiring harness together at the firewall and do they start to rust within minutes of purchase?

Looks like a Kia.

Watch that school traffic after Christmas break for the new Lucid Gravity SUV. I’m no SUV guy but that thing is pretty cool. It ticks a lot of boxes.

The E39 is the obvious answer so I’ll go with something a bit newer but also German- the 2008 Audi RS4 sedan. 420hp at 7800 rpm from an NA 4.2L V8 mated to a 6 speed manual trans. 8 piston Lambo brakes in the front. As long as you have money for the absurd maintenance its great.

Recency bias and all that, but damn if this 6MT V8 supercharged V8 is not one of the best sedans of all time.

There’s no other answer. Shortest slideshow in Jalopnik history. 

I honestly didn’t know that Hoonigan was anything other than a slogan or name. I associated it with Ken Block but that’s as far as it went for me. To discover it’s an actual business with $1.2 billion in debt blows my mind as much as those gymkhana videos. This might be part of their business problem.

There’s no article on it, I had the body shop do it. They filled in the holes with fiberglass and shaped it to the contours of the existing decklid. Beyond my skill, but it turned out wonderfully. 

They made the best kids seats. Putting a Recaro next to a Britax in the 00-10s was night and day, actual side impact protection, snug fit, buckles that snapped firmly to let you know they were secured. Watching the design of Graco and Britax seats shift after Recaro went global for child seats was hilarious, but also…

Find a Jaguar XF Sportbrake or even the old X-type wagon. Then be the cool person at the garden center in between the typical crossovers and Outbacks.