mad_74

Strong F430 look? No?

Oh boy. https://www.motor1.com/news/348791/vw-sells-bentley-lamborghini-rumor/

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At a glance, could it not be a Hyundai or a Kia or a Nissan . . . ?

I make a point of only arguing when I'm right. Pretty darn dominant by Khabib. Even got the better of the striking. Stood right in the POCKET with Conor. Got the better of him, even knocked him down hard once (!), and of course SMA-MA-MA-MASHED him on the ground. Conor has impressive takedown defense and athleticism, and arguably won Round 3. (A first against Khabib, if so!) But he did zero damage to Khabib. The ref easily could have stopped that in the 2nd when Khabib was torture-pounding Conor and no one would have complained one bit. Fun fight!

Got a prediction on round and method?

Who ya' got, and how? I believe Khabib will hold true to his word when he says, "I take him down, I ssssmash his face." Lots of that, ending with Khabib winning by submission in Round 3.

Body-color wing for the WIN!!!!!

Evil Genius on Netflix. 4-part docs-series on a totally weird bank heist/murder/bomb case from 2003 that I remember from that time. Really engrossing! I also really liked Wild Wild Country and LOVED Babylon Berlin.

Jeremy Clarkson's review: https://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/clark...mborghini-urus/

This has been a ridiculous few days! Khabib vs . . . . . . . . . Tony. No, Max. No, Pettis. No, Iaquinta! Agree COMPLETELY. Conor wants to be a tough guy? By throwing shit at a bus with his cronies?? If oooonnnnly there was a way, SOME way, he could lock himself in a cage, one-on-one, with full permission to have an all-out fistfight, with the guy he has a beef with . . . . Hmmmmmmm. (Or, does he know like we all do that Khabib stomps the ever-living s$*# out of him?)

(Am I really the only one that thinks it looks like a Kia with nicer wheels and a sweet interior? Anyone? Anyone . . . ?)

That looks 100% like a Hyundai. With nicer wheels and a sweet leather interior.

They neutered the design a LOT from what the original concept was. The overall design/shape is easily mistakable at a glance for a Cayenne, Tourag, whatever. Tweaking the details to say they're "keeping traditional Lambo design elements," like some hexagonal themed dash design bits and grill bits, or aggressive headlight design, is just decorative bits of icing on the surface. The actual shape, lines of the macro object (the vehicle itself) are what make a vehicle look unique. Just . . . Sigh.

Funny, now that I notice it, from some angles it is almost completely indistinguishable from a Cayenne.

It looks like a perfectly fine luxury SUV -- if it were an Audi, Infiniti, Hyundai/Genesis, whatever. Precisely *nothing* about it looks Lamborghini. Lamborghini styling is supposed to instantly up your testosterone levels, make you growl subconsciously, and start some power-metal playing in the deepest recesses of your brain.

Audi? Kia? Infiniti? Hyundai? Nissan? If any of them had released this with their own badge on it would anyone have batted an eyelash at it? I thought the concept was ok-at-best, but they've even watered it down considerably from that.

They've hugely neutered the muscularity of the girthy-looking rear fender bulges from the concept version. This design literally looks like it could have been put out by Nissan/Hyundai/Kia/Acura/YouNameIt.

Very sorry for your loss. Hang in there!

Is there anything *remotely* exotic, impressive or unique looking about this thing, relative to every other crossover SUV on the market?

They could have done this right, but they massively F'ed it up. Ask yourself this: If that gray SUV had a different badge on it -- Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Kia -- would you be at all surprised? If it did, would you be blown away and think, "WOOOOOW!!! That looks like some super-exotic, should-be-Italian, hypercard version of an SUV that is WAY out of Hyundai/Toyota/Nissan/Kia's league! They really knocked it out of the park on the styling for a $35,000 SUV!!" . . . OR, would you just think, "Oh, the new $35,000 H/T/N/K SUV. Next." I think the answer is clear. Huge miss.

This will probably look amazing in gloss black with black wheels, red brake calipers, black interior with red accents . . . Ahhhhhh!

And the lap time is . . . ??

Something about the proportions of the car just look wonky. It's missing that cab-forward proportionality too -- the hood section looks too long. And the front end view looks oddly unaggressive. Just . . . doesn't have that magic.

Well, the volatility of these UFC belts never seems to end. Lawler got first-round KO'd by Woodley.