This is why populations decline. We reach a level of prosperity where all the handbrakes disappear, girls stop being impressed with sweet handbrake turns, and pretty soon we go extinct as a species.

The King of “using old popular vehicle names to create a shittier modern version.”

Hotness. But obviously what the really need to do next is like three CUVs, stat. Then they’ll have the sales volume to justify stand-alone Genesis stores.

Last week in Los Angeles Raphael and I tried to buy a $500 Craigslist Nissan Pulsar (non-Sportback, I am afraid) to drive around for the week of the auto show. The seller never got back to us. I want you to know that we tried, though.