If we end up pivoting to electric vehicles en masse while keeping our personal transportation infrastructure and culture intact, car modding will have more to do with cosmetic choices than performance ...

If you squint, it looks like a Chevy K5 Blazer escaped from a 1970s off-road brochure. Look again, and it is a Suzuki Jimny, specifically the five-door Nomade sold in Japan, dressed head-to-toe in Cal ...