This:

Night panel was honestly the greatest thing. I wish it had caught on. All the screen heavy bullshit in modern cars is really hard on the eyes. Especially BMWs

That burl is fucking nice.

yep same here. It’s like kinja is saying, “get off this website and get back to work.”

Came here to say the same thing. After watching Monaco this year, “Why does nouvelle chicane even exist?” has been bouncing around my skull since. I just read somewhere that it was initially created to INCREASE passing opportunities, but clearly no longer functions as such with today’s cars. Pull it, and you get a…

How dare you?! Also I violently agree.

Trunk space looks decent, though smaller than current, even though it has a few more cubic feet? (shrug). But at that point aren’t we squinting a little to find the pony in the pile of manure?

The rear end isn’t horrible, but I hate every square inch of the rest of it, inside and out. And I even have questionable taste, having been known to admit to liking the current M3.

9119lbs? Holy what the fuck.

They’re nice but I hate the rake of the rear hatch. I’d take the merc, or x5/x7, or Volvo over this.

Also truth! 

started skimming once I saw the weight figure. 

“I’m listening to you. Shut up.”

This. There were two drivers asleep at the switch in this video.

So hot. Want to touch the hiney. Those targas are terrible though. So much buffeting. I wonder if they did something to address that (doesn’t look like it). 

Trying to make the instant post-apocalypse look a thing. 

The 19 inch wheels that came from the factory on my Golf R. I consider them a mod because all the other golfs come on 18's or smaller. those 19's and the terrible, brittle ride are the R’s biggest flaw. 

Love Tom, but got to disagree with the 2020 Q7 suggestion. $40+K for something that is going to start shitting the bed in less than 4 years / 40,000 miles is a bad idea. If at all considering this, then you’ve got to price in an exclusionary extended warranty, which’ll run you ~ 4 K and put Cal at the top of his…

oh yeah I just noticed those. Saw a YT with the project engineer, who said they worked hard to get a good approach angle (26 degrees) while conforming to crash standards with enough crumple zone, but it doesn’t look great. (will fully admit ‘good’ numbers have been erased from my brain since it’s been 20 years since…

oooh. Thanks for dropping the site name. I was wondering where everyone went. I’ll still come here for NPND, but man this place has been woooof for a long time, and I’m not much of a The Drive fan either.