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Dynamic Idiots.

Elon Musk's dreams are about as wet as those of that 11-year-old tot locked in an 80-year-old man's body currently residing within the White House. In any event, they both painfully and publicly struggle through their respective puberty stages with what can only be described as mixed feelings -- but with similar practically laugh-out-loud results...

Saint Elon and the Reigning King Of All Things Orange: What a dynamic decisive pair we have for 2026.

Eddy S.
Newcastle, Ontario, CANADA



Not buying it.

I keep reading that Porsche production numbers keep dropping and they are in the process of laying off several thousand workers. And this is the car that is going to revive the company? Good luck to them.

JW
Novato, California



Porsche Mission S.

Peter, I will not comment on your excellent Rant, because Musk does not deserve any more ink and already occupies far too much space in our heads. I think I retired from Porsche at exactly the right time and, like you, have little enthusiasm left for the brand. Am I the only person who thinks the Mission S looks like the C8 Corvette? And don’t get me started on the phony fan on top of the rear deck. Porsche stopped being a brand for enthusiasts long ago, but rather it's for rich wankers. The conversion of Boxster and Cayman to fully electric is the end of a light and nimble Porsche for real people whose enthusiasm for the brand made it successful. I do not know Leiters, but I am not impressed. He is only imposing what little he learned during his oh-so-brief stops at Ferrari and McLaren. He is only correct that the company has become much too fat; exactly as the 911 has become much too fat. Perhaps the imposition of a new luxury car above the 911 will allow them to take the 911 back to what it was supposed to be instead of a Mercedes SL competitor with puddle lamps under the outside mirrors and the available power douche bag.

Joe Folz
Bonita Springs, Florida



Why ask why?

One can only conclude that Musk and Porsche have decided the only fools rich enough to buy their cars are Rich Fools. Honestly. It's hard for the rest of us mortals to fathom how the obscenely rich can continue to acquire faster and more expen$ive vehicles. Or why. But if one pauses to figure why working people sign up for bigger and longer payments for their $80,000 SUV/trucks, maybe foolishness is now a pandemic. They HAVE to be underwater with these deals.

Porsche may go the way of Auburn/Duesenberg or Bugatti after the next big bank crash. Musk? He'll pack his suitcases with cash and move to Turdanistan.

Jim Jones
Cole County, Missouri



Jaguar.

Here's Harry Metcalf, former EVO magazine staffer and his YouTube channel HARRY'S GARAGE, with one of the first walkarounds and drives of the new Jaguar.

As a kid growing up in redneck East Texas in the early 60's, my dad would run me to elementary school every morning past this home of an obviously wealthy person. This mansion had a horseshoe driveway, and every morning out in the drive by the front door was a fastback Mk 1 XKE, silver, big black wall Dunlops (in a world full of whitewalls) on the wire wheels. It was always parked with the back facing the street and I always remember the third door in the top of the 'hatchback' with that handle. It may as well have been a UFO in my little cow town, and I'll remember that car till I breathe my last.

What a shame that Jag has become one more hollowed out brand name on its third or fourth owner.

JW
Nashville, Tennessee



Oh, the "roadster"...

First off, can we just put to bed the idea that it's a Roadster? Merriam Webster defines a roadster as "an automobile with an open body that seats two and has a folding, retractable, or removable top". Which this is not. It's also not a "flying" car, it's at best more of a "hopping" car, as it can't do sustained flight. But one thing that is funny is all the wags that have used Musk's beloved AI to make videos of the Tesla bullfrog hopping into bridge abutments, onto elevated tracks to be hit by trains, or flipping like errant pancakes onto their roof. Which is the likely outcome of this stupid smoke-and-mirror mobile ever makes it onto the street. Into the hands of drivers who can't parallel park a car without electronic help and prayers.

Tom Pease
AE's L.A.-based correspondent
Beverly Hills, California