Giving Thanks to the Automakers in 2014

A Not So Serious Article of Appreciation

Nissan

Thanks for teasing cool NISMO mash-up cars, even if our hopes were crushed when the Murano Cross-Cabriolet/Micra was never created.

Porsche

Thank you for replacing all those GT3 engines free of charge and thanks for ruining our expectations for every other car on the market with the completely livable, yet way beyond our means 911 Turbo S.

Ram

Thanks for naming a vehicle the Promaster and giving us endless opportunities to create juvenile jokes.

Rolls-Royce

Thank you for the continued reminder that anyone not in the top 1% is, indeed, poor.

Scion

Thank you for continuing to be everyone’s favorite little brother of an automobile maker that we hope makes it to the big-time one day.

Smart

Thank you

Subaru

Thanks for the new WRX and STI. Thanks for the boosted BRZ STI…oh wait…

Tesla

A big thanks for continuing to be a car company so focused on your customers that you don’t let the little things bother you, like making a profit.

Toyota

Thank you for creating the FT-1, but a big no thank you for not building the damn thing yet.

Volkswagen

Thank you for the radical, earth-shattering refresh of the 2015 Jetta. But seriously, thanks for the new GTI.

Volvo

Thank you for remaining a bunch of wild and crazy Scandinavians that have the gumption to create a ludicrously awesome, mainstream, twin-charged engine.