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This should be on a poster. Everybody’s entitled to an opinion and that’s fine - you think a car is boring? Say it, discuss it, that’s sort of the point.

[Insert I can be even faster snark]

Who’s up for rounded edges?

What a fapulous noise.

Trying to attract younger drivers by burying old ones? Could work, you know.

First coherent Cadillac design in ages: The rear has a Citroën vibe to it, the overall package is almost as nifty and well-balanced as the Volvo XC60. It speaks for a design if you want to pick it up with your hands and say: “vrooom”. Still...a GM. Visibility looks restrained, too.

If you think US-marked only, it was seriously under-wagonized for a couple of years. If the V60 is not a huge sales success, it at least gets outsized attention.

Not really sure about the price, but I elected NP anyway because these were go carts from the factory. And I see a lot of fun improvements. On the other hand, I’d rather have an original one for a quarter of the price...is there some kind of voter’s remorse here?

Absolutely agreed! Considering the price one pays, the package is quite good.

11000$ will buy you one new in Germany, before incentives. That’s with all the EU papers in place. Cheaper still in Russia.

Later model years of the 99 were good cars. I’d buy these all day long if I was younger still - being a family man, all courage is drained of my body.

That’s a fishy proposition. Old Volvo’s carrying ability is legendary, even without tarps. Definitely no crapcans...

The Hyundai XG30 - Asian baroque at its best. Very beautiful and weird in its attempt to be classy. It’s a crapcan because it is one of those cars which has the check engine light on constantly. Notoriously complicated wheel suspension design (Was it 8 wishbones?) without being an engaging or otherwisely good driver’s

Just the right delivery vehicle for express orders of roast lamb and sushi.

I figured it was pretty obvious: Cursing, get out of the way!, I take it. Testing the BMW attitude “in the dry” at the dealership.

Can’t you stop posting these degrading images of women?

Other lights are important though. Classic:

I felt like the Volvo V70XC was earlier, like 1996, but that wasn’t true. Built only from 2000, thus beating Audi and Subaru:

Incredible how straight roads like that get totally mindless speed limits.

How were automatic seat belts made less necessary by airbags? Airbags only work as planned if people are buckled up. A lot of people still don’t use seat belts - and they get hurt by airbags.