SUVs Rammed Down our Throats

Another horror story for Halloween...

RAM are going to launch an SUV.

Here's the Car+Driver story.

RAM make trucks and big things.  Unusually for a Brit, I have driven one.  It looked like this one:

Only wasn't missing a hubcap.

I suppose if Ferrari can do an SUV and Rolls Royce can do an SUV then everyone will want to cash in.

This will just be a rebadged other Stellantis model.

And it won't be infesting our shores.

I hope.

It'll just be America.

And they've already got their own horror story.

Cyclepathology

A psychopath is a person with a personality disorder characterized by a lack of empathy, remorse, and conscience.

A cycle path is a narrow road for the use of cyclists.

So what is the word for a lack of empathy with cycle paths?

Here you can enjoy my son and myself finding two individuals with this condition.  the first is a cyclist using the pavement rather than the designated cycle lane.  The second?

Well see for yourself - it's a good job the cyclist didn't know how to use a cycle lane.

If you don't like swear words, pause the video just before the end!

Double Vision

All of the Internet car news sites I frequent are covering this weird black concept car called the Mercedes Vision Iconic.

Here is the Auto Express version of the story.

The Concept is described by the chief design officer as combining "the firm’s Art Deco-inspired models of the 1930s" incorporating "elements of the 1954 Mercedes 300 SL". The result, he says, “embodies the pure essence of Mercedes” and is the “ultimate expression of value, prestige, and grace”.

Ew.

And what's with the interior?

What on earth is that cylinder thing where the glovebox ought to be?

Is it for storing Pringles?

Meanwhile, Mazda supposedly have a "wild new concept" which will "preview the brand’s next-gen design language, and possibly a new range-topping model."

It's name?

The Mazda Vision.

That Auto Express story is here.

Look familiar?

Wonder if it will have a Pringles holder?

You can't buy taste.

Only in the land of Donald Trump would you get a Rolls Royce commissioned to honour a dog.

Auto-Express have the story under the brilliant headline,

"Sit, stay, Rolls over: One-off Rolls-Royce Spectre pays tribute to beloved dog."

I can't tell if the dog is deceased or not - don't think it is but it is a "Labrador-Golden Retriever mix" - two breeds that seem to be so similar that I can't see the point of mixing them.

The dog is called Bailey and they've rather sycophantically named the car colour "Beautiful Bailey"

The inside is worse.

What really surprises me though is that there are no comments under the story - at least not right now - early Friday evening.

Would it have made more sense if it was a Rover?

No - it's just stupid.

Now if it had been a cat...