… O la la …
I didnt know, but like that old-school vibe.
… like, what 
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Help out some heroes.
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We all know it’s Aprils Fool-time, so when i read
Described as a ‘bolder statement, harnessing unrestrained creativity to deepen the emotional connection’
my mind goes
Looks bokers enough to be true, but … welllllll that’s pushing it a bit, tbh.
Now if I can just scrounge up $30k by the time this goes on sale here
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The rear handles hidden in the pillar making the rear door creases uninterrupted looks really nice.
Kias are such nice regular ass cars. I had a Soul for a minute and I never had to fix it but the attention to detail in invisible areas really impressed me. Like changing the oil for instance: Instead of removing a whole splash shield or working around one awkwardly it had a little hatch in a solid plastic undertray made of like 1 inch thick honey comb. Even the like wires and tubes in the engine bay were very minimalist and purposeful. The car itself was pretty numb and rubbery to drive despite being a manual, the throttle is fucky and laggy but it was really quiet and smooth on bad roads. Really solid road trip car, this looks even better. Nice long wheel base smoothness and storage.
Looking at the non wagon version of the K4…
The turbo option looks interesting. It holds peak torque from 1.7K rpm to 4.5K that must feel meaty. Though 195ftlbs for a 3klbs ain’t bad. The nonturbo 2L gets pretty close but doesn’t have that flat torque curve. Sucks it seems you cant get the hot motor in the base trim.
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They’re doing an electric version of the K4 sedan and I kinda wish they’d do an electric version of the hatch, that might make me bite the bullet, I would like to leave dino-juice behind for my family’s daily drivers
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May … be my favourite gaming month this year!
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We all know and love the 179(?) Japanese domestic market exclusive NB coupes that Mazda built in 2003, but did you know that at the 2002 Tokyo Auto Salon they also displayed another different fully complete one-off concept based around the idea of a 2nd-gen Miata chassis with a fixed roof body? The “Cosmo 21”.
They went ahead and turned an NB into a first-gen Cosmo. Just plopped a pre-production Renesis rotary in there for good measure. What a time to be alive.
And, but also it’s just been in Auto Modelista this whole time…wow. Don’t remember that.
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why … did this not become a star reborn kind of thing? … the older you get, the more you understand that we can’t have nice things, because they just don’t get noticed.
Look at the happy face it is making in the third picture from the top:
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Ok, yes, more of this please, I am fully in support
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No paint seems bad.
“paint your own car!” is such a funny pitch, it’s the kind of thing that makes me realize we have so much lower to go in this country if we really fuck things up
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It would be if it was metal, but it’s a solid color polycarbonate shell
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That does seem literally unsafe tbh
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