This x1000. Since V was released we’ve been told that those cars are the top-of-the-line Caddies for performance. Then you release these with the V badge on them and everyone’s natural reaction is “THAT’s your top-of-the-line performance sedan??!!”.

Hey, at least cheap plastic will be expected and not a letdown.

Exactly. The old V cars were meant as the top line, M3 fighting cars, and they largely accomplished that from a performance perspective. These aren’t that, so I’m curious what those cars are going to be branded when they produce them.

If they’re bringing hotter ones, why do these have the V badge on them? I guess they could be going full German (A3/S3/RS3 for example) and trying to have multiple tiers of performance in the same line, but it seems like they should try to win at 1 tier before trying to win all 3.

Jalopnik: The focus on profit is bad, it leads to short-sighted decision making and people getting laid off and we hate that.

Our country would be a measurably better place if we just did what Henry Rollins suggested more often.

Like how Ducati has used exactly 1 oil filter for all models for like the last 3 decades.

You’re doing the lord’s work.

I mean it’s a Boston team, have we considered that the racism and misogyny is a feature and not a bug?

I’m only 32 and I’ve already gotten to the point where I don’t give any fucks about how I look to total strangers. If you get to retirement age without achieving that I feel bad for you. I’m certainly not spending $80k+ on a car for anyone but myself, if some stranger at a gas station thinks I look like an idiot I…

Alternatively, lose the beer gut and drive an actual sports car. All the kids are gone, you finally have an opportunity and the means to own/drive a completely impractical sports car and you buy an SUV because you can’t be bothered to lose a few pounds?

It’s how they got there too, a reworked cylinder head and a different turbo setup means this could have a lot more potential for tuning than the base one. That they changed all that and didn’t get that much power means there’s probably a lot left on the table and they didn’t want to fly too close to V8 performance.

I had my windows tinted a couple weeks ago, and while I was at the shop the guys tried to sell me on an upgraded sound system for my car since they had one that integrates well with my OEM setup.

Ford really ought to come up with a Performance Pack option for the GT that includes the much nicer gearbox from the GT350.

IIRC the “Performance Pack” only existed on the first year or two of the mk7 GTI, after that all non-base models got all those goodies standard.

I demand more chubby sports-people.

They should be glad they didn’t deploy if they didn’t need to. They’re expensive to replace and an “airbags deployed” accident on CarFax really lowers the value of the car.

It’s a naturally aspirated Subaru with no proof the head gaskets have ever been looked at. The mechanicals DO NOT check out.

Try not to lose your cool(ant) over it.

They really should be a slow seller given what most people use their trucks for. The diesel makes sense if you need to tow something heavy for long distances frequently, or as you note you already have diesel infrastructure in place.