Car WTFs
Lottery Winner Actually Wants To Buy A Subaru Forester

If you aren’t independently wealthy or don’t have parents that discovered some huge money making venture, then you have probably dreamed about winning the lottery. A woman from Washington state, Lisa Quam hit a $90 million Powerball jackpot this week. She even mentioned in a Reuters article that she plans to buy a brand new car with her windfall. So what is she getting? A Mercedes-Benz SLS Class? Maybe some supercharged Italian land rocket? Nope. Quam plans on taking home a brand new, high performance…Subaru Forester. What. The. Blue. Fuck? Shakespeare may have told us there are no small actors in life, but some people have small dreams.
At the risk of sounding like a pissy automotive blogger, I have to say, who in the hell dreams of dropping their giant pile of money on a fucking boring sensible Subaru Forester? The article also states she quit her job at Boeing, so she has at least some sense. But, again, is there anyone with posters of a Subaru vehicle on their bedroom wall just wishing for the wonderful day when they can bring home a Forester? Jesus, switch to store brand cheese and, poof, you will magically have enough money to live your ultimate dream.
CarDebater staff was on hand for the unveiling of some 2015 Subaru sedan at the Chicago Auto Show last winter and the guy was basically out of shits to give about his product.
I don’t even know how to finish this blog. People are a curious lot to begin with, but there has to be a better automobile to dream for than a Subaru. I think doctors actually give insomniacs Subarus to drive when they don’t respond to opiates.
Car WTFs
The Most Interesting Aspects of the Dodge Demon

Many of us thought that the Dodge Challenger Hellcat was about as intimidating as a car could get. After all, people couldn’t hardly get them off the lot without crashing them when they first came out. Then Dodge upped the ante with the new Demon. But aside from the raw power, there are some other interesting aspects of the new Demon.
Check out the video below for a full rundown of just how unique this car is.
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Mercedes Names May Be Getting More Confusing

Think you finally have your Mercedes names mastered? Well, a new challenge appears to be coming, friend.
How to now identify Mercedes models by name
Some moves in the northwoods of Canada by the brand appear to signal a change in the naming conventions that will be used for Mercedes and AMG models. Candian trademarks have been filed for A 40, CLA 40, SLC 40, SLC 50 and GLE 50 in addition to CLA 53, G73 and S73.
If this proves true in the states, it would signal an end to the rule of two digits for Mercedes, three-digits for AMG counterparts. The new world would be two digits, ending in a “0” for Mercedes, and two digits ending in a “3” for AMG. This supports rumors of an AMG ‘73’ model with a hybrid powertrain.
While this change isn’t terribly difficult to comprehend, it certainly makes things interesting when comparing legacy and upcoming Mercedes models. There are a lot of numbers to keep straight, and a lot of explaining to do. And the letter and number combos leave something to be desired in terms of cachet.
It makes one appreciate the simplicity of giving each vehicle an actual name, like the domestic manufacturers do. Sure, that’s how we ended up with the Chevy Nova, but what are you going to do? There are only so many names, surely one for an automobile would end up meaning “no go” in some language, right?…
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What’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern?

I like my car. It’s a 2011 Toyota toaster, I mean Camry. If you made a list of everything a car has to do, the Camry would check all the boxes. It gets me from point A to point B with the consistency a learning golfer would envy. It’s a toaster. You put in the bread, choose your level of toastiness, push down the thingy and then wait for it to pop up. But there is one interesting thing about my car. The shifter. That’s it up there. That is definitely not conventional at all. So, what’s with Toyota’s weird shifter pattern? (more…)
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