“Each of these cars was completely distinct- the way the drove, the feeling and sound of their engine, the throttle response, their gearbox, their exhaust note, even their particular quirks.”

“Define what you mean by soul.”

He’s 100% right about them being soulless. I’ve driven 6 or 7 EVs, all of which felt like roughly the same car with different interiors and varying levels of power. 

Well, I don’t know if Rowan Atkinson is an expert on electric vehicles, but he does at least have a master’s degree in electrical engineering.

Dealers: +$2k Online Convenience Adjustment 

As cynical as it sounds, I have doubts a relationship started this way will last. One of the biggest factors in maintaining a relationship is putting in the effort and NOT just letting it pilot itself.

“You’ve heard the narrative time and time again: Car culture is doomed and young enthusiasts have been robbed of the opportunity to engage in any sort of meaningful way.”

That last point is a big/interesting question to me. If MS & Sony are no longer console or storefront competitors and MS is just a (very big) publisher that also offers Game Pass, would Sony be willing to allow Game Pass on their console? If they did, they would obviously get a cut of the subscriptions, so I think it…

I think Xbox will cease to exist as a console within 5 years.

Chaos Gate came out almost two years ago.

yea from 6.2" to 8" the actual viewing size of the screen is like 100" bigger.  That qualifies as a whole bunch bigger at least.

Thanks for the recommendation I didn’t know about The Autopian.

Look I’m as center left as the next guy but the amount of virtue signaling and just perceived nastiness and hostility in your writing...in almost every single article...makes me question who runs the joint at Jalopnik. They really need to fire you so you can go write for Huffington Post.  I’ll just read The Autopian. …

Right? Jalopnik has become just as insufferable and unapologetically progressive (in the worst way possible) as the rest of the former Gawker properties have been for a while. Shame, this was once such a top notch, car enthusiast-oriented blog.

“You don’t need to go on a cruise. And you especially don’t need to go on this cruise.”

“This is all despite the cruise industry’s per-passenger carbon emissions more than double that of airlines.”

Using this ship to attack the industry seems unfair if you’re not posting the difference in output of this ship vs. others, preferably on a per passenger basis. 

Makes me wonder the average age of the Kotaku writing staff and if they even played GameCube during its era. 

She’snot a piece of shit. Stop with the childish NONSENSE. 

Add credit-challenged consumers to that list. Nissan and HyunKia were notorious for landing the consumers who couldn’t afford a ToyoHonda.