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I think anything outside of Caprice in the Chevy line in the 70s is questionable as a luxury car. Yeah, you could option up a Monte Carlo, but it would still have the base model dash materials, base model switchgear etc.

A very "Lucid" front end, which is not really a bad thing in this case.

Who would like a donut? This 1936 Packard 120B Convertible Coupe was simply stunning at the Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio over the weekend. It has a 232 c.i. inline 8 cylinder that makes 120 hp @ 3800 rpm and 225 lb-ft at 2,000 rpm. In spite of its size, it only weighs in at 3,535 lbs, less than a base Ford Maverick (3,550)

I will miss this car a lot ... not the Hellcat or other tricked out versions, but the basic car and what it represents. I'm perfectly fine with 292 hp to the 717 hp of the car shown here! At about 3:30 in the video, it hits that 298 kmh. That is ~185 mph! While watching this, I was hoping no one would change lanes on this guy. Not only that, with the evergreen tree cover on both sides of the autobahn, I was hoping no deer would come jumping across the roadway. When he's transitioning from one roadway to another, I like how nimbly this 4,000 pound car appears to handle. I guess my love of this car will have to be relegated to 5 to 10 rentals of one as opposed to actual ownership. @oldshurst442 It indeed has some German DNA. The transmission is sourced in Germany, the engine is American, and final assembly takes place in Brampton, ON, Canada. But it sounds like you know that. This car has more than enough German DNA to outrun Irma Bunt and her evil cronies with ease.

Hyundai today released images of their latest Hyundai Sonata refresh for 2024. This is a rather quick turnaround as the current Hyundai Sonata was released in 2019 as a 2020 model. This could be the last hurrah for the Sonata because it is rumored that Hyundai will ax the Sonata nameplate at the end of this run. While the current Sonata is one of the more handsome designs in the dwindling sedan market, Hyundai felt the refresh was necessary to bring the Sonata in line with their EV lineup. The visual similarities between the 2024 Sonata and the recently released Hyundai Ioniq 6 aren't by accident. While riding on the same platform, externally, the 2024 Sonata adopts the wide front-end styling of the Ioniq 6, including a full-width and seamless LED bar. Headlamps are camouflaged low into the bumper area, leaving viewers with the expectation that headlights should pop up from somewhere. The tail light bar gets a similar treatment with obvious edges in the new H-lights. The interior of the Sonata has also been refreshed with this horizontal theme similar to the Ioniq 6. A first the any Hyundai model, the panoramic curved display combines both the 12.3-inch driver cluster and a 12.3-inch infotainment unit. Hyundai must have noticed the recent pushback on all-touch controls at competitors because they left physical buttons for climate control and some entertainment functions. Similar to the drive selector in the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6, the gear selector in the Sonata has become a stalk on the steering column. This opens up the center console space to the driver. Standard and N-Line variants will be available. Powertrain details will be released later, but we expect much to carry over from the existing car. The 2024 Sonata officially debuts at the Seoul Mobility Show on March 30th and will go on sale in the U.S. later this year. View full article

Saw this rusty ‘63 Imperial in a parking lot this afternoon.

I know have to say that the EQ series is truly ugly in person. No style or personality.

Lots of old parking lots like that here in the land of snow, ice and salt..

Ya sure that is a parking lot? Never seen so much broken up asphalt before.