Troglodyte. Nice.

BMW made one boring M5 and all of a sudden all M5s are boring? Get real.

I don’t think anyone in the market for an M5 or E63 would cross shop a Caddy, but a person considering a CT6-V might be considering an M5.

They’re getting dangerously close to the price of an M5 which only costs $10k more at this point. At a $20k price differential, I can see how the CT6-V had some market. At only a $10k price differential, why not just get an M5? Of course, they’re basically just pandering to the “American, RV, 60+ muscle car asshole…

Over the years, I’ve always found German cupholders to be so interesting. They’re usually needlessly complicated to avoid having a dedicated space in the center console, which admittedly makes the car just look cheap. A Dodge style double cupholder integrated into the plastic mold of the console is really the most…

The easiest way to tell is if it had a leather boot or just a solid articulating ball.

I mean, this is civil forfeiture. I think you mean that this is justified, right? I think cannabis should be legalized and I think civil forfeiture is unconstitutional, but this guy broke the law. It’s not like he broke the law because his kid was sick or something. He engaged in illegal activity for personal…

Did the shifter look like the left or the right? The left one comes with cars with standard transmission (comfort) programming while the right comes with sport transmission programming. The only difference is the shifter and the programming. The actual tranny is identical.

Is this a unique car for the Middle Eastern market? That exterior looks like a Caprice PPV but has the dashboard and center console of a Chevy SS. I would buy the hell out of this car but I already have an SS. I think I actually like the conservative styling on this car better.

If it wasn’t a potential hazard, I’d be fine with it. I guess the only other problem is possibly delaying the train at the stop. Seriously though, what if the train has to come to an emergency stop and that thing plows into some kid’s face?

I like the new duckbill look of the Teslas. I hated the fake glossy black grille the old Model S had. It was like a “throwback” to ICE cars that needed open grilles. I think the solid front of the new Teslas all look great. It’s DIFFERENT. I can see how some people who are used to having grilles don’t like them.…

Most cars with a ZF 8HP keep the torque converter locked above first gear virtually all the time. When you downshift to 2nd gear, there is no torque converter slip and you can rocket out with the short second gear.

Have you driven a BMW with the sport automatic tuning? My wife has one and it is very precise-feeling when it shifts. Many people complain that it’s “clunky” but it’s very quick and hard-shifting when it the sportiest modes. And it’s surprising how little lag there is between pulling the paddle and the car COMPLETING…

It would make no sense to still use the displacement though. Most BMW engines are either 2.0, 3.0, or 4.4 liters. But performance varies greatly even within the same displacement. Just wouldn’t make sense.

At the time, the S54 engine had an unusually high power output per liter.

You’re confused. G35/G37 used to mean G class 3.5 or 3.7 liter engine. Now, Q50 means Q50-series car. The engine displacement isn’t there at all. It’s not meant to signify relative performance. All Infiniti cars are “Q” and the 50 means it’s the compact/mid-sized sedan. 60 means it’s the coupe version. 70 means it’s…

They do not “literally mean nothing.” They indicate relative performance. It’s not exact, but showing an engine displacement wasn’t always exact either. Historically, there have been BMWs where the last two numbers didn’t mean the engine displacement. Like the 328i or the 740i. Or the 850CSi. It has always been a…

But the last two numbers on a BMW model don’t mean displacement. V8 explicitly means an 8 cylinder engine in a V configuration. The last two numbers of a BMW model didn’t always mean engine displacement and now it doesn’t at all. That’s pretty clear. Just because you grew up with something, doesn’t mean that can’t be…

It doesn’t anymore though. So what’s the big deal? Displacement simply is not nearly as important as it used to be. Also, they need to create unique names for cars. In modern times, using engine displacement as a marker of relative performance is pretty pointless. So they’re just using relative power. They changed the…

We want to celebrate achievements and milestones. A lot of things are purely arbitrary, but we have to celebrate things at some point, right? We could say 73 is a milestone and 86 is a milestone, but why? We might as well pick numbers that are patterned on the fact that we use decimal numbers, right? It’s not that…