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Officers in tactical gear would occasionally emerge to push the crowd back for vehicles entering and exiting.

“There’s been times you can sense the uncool part of it,” says Kelsey of all the protective gear.

I’m pleased to report that the car’s most beguiling bit of cabin jewelry—the faceted gear selector, like a steampunk gaming cube embedded in the center console—made it through to the latest redesign.

In a couple of places the physical controls get in each others’ way: It’s easy to reach for the leaded-glass gear selector and mistakenly spin the UX selector just above it.

“I don’t want to be mean to the automatic, but when I drive my mom’s SUV, it’s boring for me. I want to get in a fun car, I want to shift gears.”