justintylerwestbrook
Justin T. Westbrook
justintylerwestbrook
Reviews Editor, Jalopnik

Yeah I edited it. They didn’t actually announce them until after the regular de-tune V series models. All they said was to “stay tuned” for more at those cars’ reveal. That’s it. If they put these cars into product planning, it was entirely because they knew there would be backlash to the regular V models being so Read more

throwaway from work slack while david was yelling about this yesterday, which he said was “definitely better”:

I like the look overall (it’s amazing what the slightest hint of fender flare can do) but this trim (with the dark accent package) should be the standard Q7 makeup, because they’re leaving a lot on the table. They almost admitted that it’s to, you know, strategically space out their lineup, or whatever. So you’re Read more

Yeah we’ll definitely circle back for a full review when we have an opportunity to test the vehicle for more than a single work day. Until that, you get my initial impressions in a safe environment to test the vehicle features that I could. The all-wheel steering is standard on the SQ7 (and only avail. on the Q7), so Read more

To be fair, it does not feel like it when you’re driving. But maybe that’s why the 500 horsepower doesn’t exactly feel tuned to excite, rather than abide. Read more

this car will fly you to the moon before anybody figures out how this website is supposed to function Read more

Yes I’m sure the 2022-2023 debut of this Cadillac will go off with zero hiccups or kinks to work out, which every other automaker will have already established and confronted and accounted for in their upcoming designs. Cadillac’s only chance there is feedback from the Chevy and Hummer EV programs, and when I talked Read more

when it does... the cruiser’s been sunk already and the enemy sub is now lining back up? Read more

they’ve already fucked up by boxing themselves out of offering a “coupe” version later unless they’re doing it in reverse Read more

Jaguar had an electric crossover on the market in 2018. Jaguar. Here is a frankly astonishing sentence from the wiki: Read more

This was some super cool glitch in the Kinja code that made me think a robot had taken my job all of a sudden but it has since been kind of fixed. Sorry. Read more