justintylerwestbrook
Justin T. Westbrook
justintylerwestbrook
Reviews Editor, Jalopnik

This is good because I know several people I’d like to have shipped to random locations near the middle of the Arizona desert. Read more

I think this is less about long-haul driving and more for using the same driver for all of your daily runabout tasks. Essentially a Zipcar that comes with a driver.  Read more

By my math, there’s a 66 horsepower gulf between the 460 hp base and the 526 hp GT 350. That makes for a 493 horsepower middle ground, which ought not be too hard to hit with a flash tune on a ‘base’ GT.
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The UAW seem to be pretty “real world” about it. Read more

Where is that $12 million going to now? The snack bar in the boardroom where you all try to figure out the Chrysler 200 again?   Read more

Looks like someone finally took away the can of silver spray paint they’ve been using on their interiors for so many years. Plus no silly 2nd screen below the first one. Push button transmission aside, I like it. Read more

The grille is fine.

Reading that is really boring, but living through a rattly engine start/stop becomes very frustrating for me. I almost never leave it turned on if I can help it. Improvement there would do be a lot of good, personally. Read more

I hope K5 works out for them. It’s a great, underrated car unless you want a sometimes race car. It’s a car for 5 over, not 20 over. But those things are comfortable. I’d rather get picked up in an Optima than a BMW 3 series or Mercedes C class.

The Optimas I’ve been in with Uber and Lyft, had HVAC controls in the Read more

If you’re going to change anything, change the logo to something other than block letters in an oval. Read more

I’m not convinced that in the world of stupid car names we live in, Optima is the worst. As someone who had driven one, I find the car a compelling alternative to the Camry. I’d prefer it over the Toyota simple because it does not bore me to death to look at and sit in. However, If they want to change the name, they Read more

Thats why I got a miata, its faster.

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What kind of job do people at the turbocharging department have? Read more