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Justin T. Westbrook
justintylerwestbrook
Reviews Editor, Jalopnik

The Golf gets a new generation, with a manual transmission on the top spec and performance-oriented electrification, while the slow, somehow even more pedestrian stuff is reserved for a new brand that can take more risks without actively _losing_ as many customers if it flops on sale alongside the alternate Golf Read more

Well the Micra cup wasn’t even a thing in 2005 so I’m not sure what your point here is. They should corner the market on used 2005 Sentras? Read more

I think there’s already clear motion that the rest of Europe will be there to at least bail out major industries. The increasing partnership between Aston Martin and Mercedes, for example, could be an effort to throw weight behind any movement to get supply chain deals sorted etc. with a little more urgency and Read more

Maybe I meant savor. Like a glass of wine you’re pretending to like for somebody that’s just taking forever to go down. I don’t know. But also we should keep in mind this guy probably logged many more miles in Ford GTs that weren’t his personal car before 2017.  Read more

Previously of the New York Times autos section! Please welcome him and call him Norman. He does a lot of the behind the scenes stuff, unlike Mike ever did. Read more

For those who may have spotted it above...

I’ve been told they’re working on the trunk opening on the production model. It should raise a little higher. A hatchback would be better. Read more

I like it because its greenhouse presents it as a big honkin wagon. Long and skinny (seeming). Looks like a BMW. Read more

I heard there are a lot of secret fun stories about the months where all the German Alpina guys were training the Spartanburg teams.  Read more

literally what the CEO said to me at last year’s test fest when he basically told the group of journalists this thing was happening at the bar Read more