Newborn babies have legs but cannot walk. They are still feature complete! Read more

Feature complete? To say the Tesla software can navigate its self through streets and maybe not fuck it all up, is to say that the car cannot safely drive its self. Wouldn’t the feature have to be safe to be complete? Read more

Well, shit.  Read more

Just wait a year and say “Honda Fit”. Read more

That’s easy- the Honda Element. It was and still remains the perfect adventure vehicle for 99% of the population. It’s also the prefect counterpoint to gigantic brodozers, the jeep gladiator and all the other giant 4wd nightmares that never actually go off road. Because the thing is, people actually took the element…

3rd Gear: So I guess the only thing Detroit learned from the ‘00s was that frosted tips were not a good look? Read more

Carole Ghosn may be an American citizen, and the US may have an extradition treaty with Japan. But if she’s in Lebanon with Carlos, and Lebanon has no such treaty with either Japan or the US, then Carole will not be caught, unless she happens to show up in the US by chance.  And she probably has enough powerful US… Read more

It’s gotta be the Fiesta ST. I drove a lot of them for testing / development purposes at work and really enjoyed them thoroughly on private test tracks. Ended up with an MK7 GTI, but totally would appreciate it If Ford brought back their fun pocket rockets. I just feel like the Fiesta ST and Focus ST / RS were taken…

Does anyone still work at Jalopnik? Since Patrick and Andrew have already left and Alanis is on her way out, seems like the office (or slack) is getting quieter every day. Read more

2nd- seems like there are more luxury or quasi luxury brands than mainstream brands, which I think is a new development. What is the value proposition of 1 $200K SUV over any of the others? Read more

For the crossover coupe haters, don’t think of the X6 as a compromised X5. Think of it as a way more versatile 5 series. If practicality was so crucial then we should all be buying station wagons, and sedans would make no sense. Read more

My wife made it 10 months with a baby and Regular cab Pickup truck. It was fine until I got home and we needed the sedan Read more

It’s a square v rectangle situation. Not all compact cars can baby, whilst all SUVs had better be able to baby, but the causal link goes from SUV to a capability to baby, not a baby leading to a need for SUV.
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Oh, i dont think having a baby and being a wimp are in any way correlated. I think being a parent is an insanely tough job unless you are crazy rich enough to have nannies and whatnot. Read more

I don’t have a kid but I love these articles, your style of writing is very entertaining!  Keep it up! Read more

I build these things and everyday I'm like, "why?!" As I hit my head on the sloping roofline........ugh Read more

This car always struck me as bland. Would have liked to see more interesting cars like the R90C run the Mulsanne without the chicane. Read more

I had a Scalextric model of one of these and the Silk Cut Jaguar XJR from the same year. Aaaaah the memories...  Read more

Imagine you run Nissan for a second. You know the whole lineup needs a refresh. What do you focus on first? Read more