It sounds like the time is prime for me to become a Jalopnik writer and cover the world of terrible vans and where to buy them.

Duh.  My brain and fingers don’t work well together.  Sorry, Justin.  I will miss YOU!
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Justin - I will always remember during the pandemic trivia nights that there was a question about the first car James Bond ever drove. I had recently watched the movie and remembered it was a Sunbeam Alpine. But NO, you were quick to point out that he drove a 1957 Chevy before that, even though it wasn’t technically a… Read more

I am doing my best to find more interesting conversions and get more driving impressions to help keep the series fresh and engaging! I’m currently stranded in the Bay Area (broke my van off-roading) so I’m hitting up some people out here with EVs so I can do some car reviews, like the Maserati! Read more

Why couldn’t this have been the new face of the GTI?!? Definitely more in line with the Mk7 and it looks both cute and menacing. The rear looks nice too. Read more

Just the name of the car implies the seats suck.

“Can you hear the drums, Lamando. I remember long ago, another starry night like this in the firelight Lamando...." Read more

Now I can’t unsee it.
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I’m surprised that VW isn’t selling this here to fill in the void of the Beetle Convertible. Read more

One is basically a Golf, which is good. The other is a Murano, which is bad. Read more

Audi concept from 2007:

It’s like a modern day Suzuki Sidekick, not against it. Read more

After a few months, I bet both the driver and passenger door, where the white plastic surrounds the speakers sitting in the footwell, are scuffed to hell with little black shoe marks. Read more

Two tone interior. I like it.
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I have a lowly Ford in an interior color they call “Medium Light Stone”, which could also be described as “griege.” This includes the door cars, kick panels, console, etc. The car is 11 years old now, and frankly it still looks great. Because I never eat in my car, and I clean it and put on (p)leather cleaner and… Read more

We had an MB with their very light gray “oyster” interior(and it was the entire interior, cloth seats, cloth door inserts, dash, foot wells, steering wheel, shifter, carpet, etc...), got it for a chunk off as was used and the interior was pretty grungy. One Saturday of elbow grease had it looking almost new and after…

Also, note the touch-sensitive climate control buttons below the vents, seems super difficult to use.
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It’s fine, it’ll blend right in once enough denim dye wears its way into those seats.

Serious though, the Kia and Hyundai/Genesis have been absolutely killing the design game over the past few years. Even if they aren’t the most objectively attractive cars, they’re doing a good job of defining their own design… Read more

As someone who currently owns a 2018 BMW 5 and had a terrible buying experience being nickled and dimed for every little thing that comes standard on Toyota Corollas let me just say I’m all about this Genesis. Read more

Looks like a chain-link fence. 4 wheel steering just looks like something I’ll have to delete when I can afford a used one. Read more