The way things are going? Give it a few weeks.

This is sadly the most likely explanation - even as take rates on manuals are starting to tick up slightly, it’s way easier cheaper to hit emissions targets around the globe with a modified version of the same CVT used across an entire lineup than trying to make a manual work. So all in goes Subaru.

They’re so close to getting it so right...I’d replace my 2015 6MT Mazda3 with one tomorrow if they did.

With a title like “LA tech entrepreneur” I’m going to guess they’re more of a businessperson than anything else, perhaps an MBA, and thus not the brightest bulb in the hardware store’s distribution center.

It might be a bit of a stretch on the budget, but there are multiple 2022 and 2023 Lucid Airs listed between 50 and 60 on Autotrader at the moment. Seems like an awful lot of EV for the money.

That just makes me even more sad they aren’t bringing the K3 / Cee’d over here as a Rio replacement - even if the materials are cheap, the designs are chic enough (and well-engineered enough to pass EuroNCAP with strong ratings) that I can’t imagine they would be failures financially, even starting as high as $20K out…

Yeah they’re not great, but I can at least make a case for the Wrangler. Not so with the rest of the lineup.

Pretty much any Jeep product that isn’t Wrangler-based. If you’re not driving a Jeep for the iconic look or decent offroad prowess, their whole SUV+CUV lineup is gussied-up, questionably reliable FCA products with steer-and-pray chassis tuning at eyewatering prices.

A getaway car.

That’s way too big of a violin. You can see it with the naked eye!

The tiny tracker’s rise to prominence seems like a missed opportunity for airlines. Major carriers could have designed their own in-house GPS bag tracking system and charged passengers for the privilege of using it.

As a local who’s dealt with Best Ford multiple times before...couldn’t have happened to a more deserving dealer.

Seconding Bluesky. It was a nice unplug and dropped me down to checking social media more like once, maybe twice a day if I’m bored instead of frequently.

Hyundai N cars and the Kia Stinger. I have a sneaking suspicion we’re going to look back on these as Korea’s equivalent of Japanese bubble era offerings, and well-maintained examples are going to be exceedingly rare in an alternative fuels era.

How exactly is having motorcycles legal in the US a good idea??? In an accident they are probably the deadliest vehicle you can purchase under any rule. This is why most nations with a national health system shouldn’t allow you to purchase a motorcycle and ride it on public roads. As everyone else will end up paying…

As a teenager I gave my first car a sponge bath in my parents’ garage with some sort of kitchen countertop cleaner, and used the scouring side of the sponge to get out the tough stuff.

Seconded. I’ve always considered the Chevrolet SS to be what an American M5 would look like - a value-priced sport sedan that punches orders of magnitude above its weight, all packed around one of the most globally-revered V8 engines that showed natural aspiration wasn’t dead.

Every attempt at registering a Cybertruck should require a vision test, because people this blind to what’s right in front of their faces shouldn’t be driving.

I’d hate to recommend a crossover, but the Mazda CX-30 might be worth considering. I’m of similar height and build and fit in my Mazda3 with room to spare, and the non-turbo, FWD models are right around your budget used/CPO and get as near as makes no difference 30 MPG.

The Goodyear RV tire story was the pinnacle of Jalopnik investigative, independent reporting that rattled a giant and held them accountable instead of letting it get swept under a rug. Incredible work by Felton and a high water mark for Jalopnik as an outlet. https://jalopnik.com/how-goodyear-hid-evidence-of-the-worst-…