The upgraded interior is gonna be great for a certain subset of buyers — people who don’t necessarily need to show off luxury (it’s still a 30k car) but who want more comforts, amenities, and higher-quality interior touchpoints. Making it a liftback, too, adds a definite value proposition. 

For the record, I accidentally wrote “Oil Fitler” in my initial draft, and I’m not sure why I changed it given how badly this filter wants to ruin lives.

Oh, I know the difference, and I know what I saw. This was the old-school incandescent bulb-type of projector with the big fold-up arm with the lens assembly and the fresnel lens base. The image she had was printed on a transparency. This was not some modern LCD projector. It was huge, and you could hear the fan…

Yes, but I’m covering its implications to the greater realm of taillight communications, which wasn’t properly addressed before. That’s the part that REALLY matters.

There must be dozens of you! DOZENS!

These comments always make me laugh. Every time I get the itch for a new car I drive just about anything that looks interesting. Price point only applies to those I can’t afford. Twice in the past I’ve replaced an existing car with one that cost significantly less because I just liked it more. If you’re shopping for a…

Better than the Miata? I found the ND1 better than the 1st gen BRZ, and the ND2 was just a further improvement. I’m mostly interested in his the 2nd gen stacks up against the ND2. 

Get ready to take that yard-shit!

Torch is a tresure and we humanity don’t deserve him.

I love the Changli updates because I have never seen someone so enamored with a machine as you are with it. The pure joy on display here is delightful.

Underneath all that pretty sheet metal, the Tacoma is just as outdated as the Frontier.

The Nissan Frontier: Dignity for the credit challenged buyers who really wanted a Tacoma.

10 years ago a GMC Vandura was sent to auction by a charitable for a crime they didn’t commit. This van promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the winning buyer, it survives a #vanlife of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if…

I suspect like this combo makes a lot more sense in other markets; you’d expect there to be a manual available on a big saloon in Europe for example. Sure it’s not going to feel like a sports car, it’s going to feel like a regular luxury car with a stick shift like the other 5 options on the market.

Hey guys,

Damn it Audi. Just sell the freakin’ hatchback in the US already. I would buy that S3 hatch right now if I could.

Counterpoint: Miatas are low volume and have less vehicles to spread development costs across on their unique platform. Mazda is not exactly swimming in cash. Miatas have no direct competition in the small RWD convertible department.

driving it is as engaging as a tour of a long-term records storage facility

Kirk, this is easily the best game review I’ve ever read, but also the best writing of any kind that I’ve read on this website. I enjoyed your creative narrative prose over the the technical trappings of FPS and other “data.”

Amarock and Jalad at Tanagra