I mean, you’re going to argue with the Honda Beat?

I’m just going to keep posting the Disappointed Husky comparison.

...there’s no denying that the aluminum-bodied 2020 Land Rover Defender looks cool.

Won’t sell in big enough numbers? The Golf isn’t a big seller there as the Jetta is preferred.

People will. 

I’m sure there have been situations before in which I’ve wanted to see marketing people tarred and feathered, but there’s a special place in hell for the one unable to come up with an electrical synonym for Turbo. 

Hah. I do the same thing. I rent from national every week. Been picking a ton of Challenger RTs lately which is fun (I’d never buy one but it’s hard to resist a hemi in a rental). When my wife went to buy a new car I talked her out of certain cars because they were too readily available as rentals. Obviously it didn’t…

I’m all for more minivans, but I could do without the phony macho ‘toughness’, expensive and uncomfortable tall wheels and tires and excessive ride height. But if that’s what it takes to get more minivans on the road I guess I’ll have to accept it. Once they make the version for the insecure they could use that as a…

I do, too. Been driving the larger Ford version since 2012 myself. :)

Nothing can stop it, except for VW delaying it until it loses all relevancy and diluting the style until it looks like any other mini-van.

So Toyota basically wants to make a modern version of the 1st generation Mazda MPV, which could be equipped with part-time 4WD system with a locking center differential and a 4 corner load leveling suspension that would raise ground clearance in 4WD.

That is a gorgeous sight.

You people are morons. Steve McQueen. Steve fucking McQueen: 2d OA at Sebring 1970 1964 ISDT

Okay I’m not going to fight you because you are clearly insane

I have a Volvo S40 and never having to take the fob out of my pocket to open the door or start the car is convenient, I have to say.

Yeah but this was a test performed in Europe where just about everyone knows how to drive a manual. 

Is this a joke that I don’t get or have you completely lost it?

Uhm. Isn’t the Type R the top trim now? And it comes only with a stick?

The Si is the next trim down and it also comes only with a stick if i’m not mistaken.

You know what? I don’t hate it.