lol with design by Linksys

Neutral:
Between those two choices I’ll take a Chang Li Nemeca

NP for the right buyer (I’m thinking, like, Sarah Jessica Parker or Stranger Things cosplayers).

Hey David/Jason:

what’s the bet this was the same engineer behind the old Beetle washer jet?

This is the quality journalism I’ve come to expect from Jalopnik.

FASHION

1984 Camry what?
I can’t find an 0-60 time, maybe it’s still making its way through the 40s...

Maybe edit the article or headline to make it clearer that Mike Ballaban is leaving if the amusing graphic isn’t useful enough?

Pickup trucks have beds, in fact, a lot of the world doesn’t use the word “truck” the way Americans use it - but they’d maybe say Pickup Truck. And I’m sure you’d agree that a Wrangler has much more in common with a RAM than a Cherokee does...

What’s wrong with the generic “truck”?

re: Neutral-

If it were a bit cheaper, an excellent candidate for a restomod.

I see the Benz character lines/”wind sculpting”, but it’s more coincidental than copying/homage. Definitely see the Porsche haunches someone else suggested though. Thankful the current Benz grille/headlight treatment (and hideous lower gritted teeth trope) is absent though.

Yeah; the purpose of this thought exercise is - what happens if we remove the “kind of”

Hypothetical, humor me:

Ahh yes, the Krautback. These were going for about the same amount of money when I was looking for my first stateside car back in 2011. Have they gotten more reliable in the intervening years?

100% agree.

I say let the manufacturers try it out - kinda like the way an Apple store works. Maybe you get better service, maybe you get more knowledgeable salespeople - but you also get no discounts, less flexibility, things done “by-the-book”. Alternatively you can buy your iPhone case from Best Buy or Amazon or something and…