@RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment: Wait and see. The new 35 mpg CAFE cars from the domestics will make us nostalgic for the durability of the cars they built a decade ago. It will be the '70s all over again. GM and Chrysler are now employment agencies for otherwise unemployable UAW dead wood. The cars and…
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Not much is wrong with it that removing all the hybrid lard and swapping in an 140 hp base Civic engine wouldn't fix. I wouldn't be surprised if the mileage stayed the same while every other aspect of performance improved exponentially. Call it the CR-X.
@sixt9coug: Now I'm even more impressed with BMW's tribute to the E30 M3 being a special color.
BMW's 25th anniversary tribute to the mighty E30 M3 homologation special is a special color on an obese personal luxury car. This is an abominable affront to the memory of the BMW AG that once was. I'd rather they went out of business than did crap like this.
@RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment: Repeating the same behavior and expecting a different outcome is called insanity. You can look it up. The 'this time it is different' claims remain the same, and if they are still only designing cars to make assembly easier for stoned apes, then there is no reason to…
When it comes to people still buying new BMWs, all you can do is talk about their degree of chumphood. It has been a long time since BMW became a company where paint color is an important feature.
@76Eldo: They seem to be wrong in protecting Ford and Buick from Honda in the large car class, but mostly the problem is all the misleading stories selectively quoting portions of the report to create a false picture.
@RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment: It is all we have to support assertions that the US makers have finally gotten it right. They've been claiming to have Japanese quality levels figured out since the late '70s, and they've been wrong or dishonest every time. When I stopped working as an automotive service…
@76Eldo: Are real customers being served by suggesting that big-3 stuff is now a better bet than the Accords or Camrys they have now when the import number is brought down to the domestic level on the impact of British built cars and Volkswagen garbage?
@RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment: I hammered on the Corolla for two weeks, never drove it on a freeway, and averaged 31 mpg on 87 octane fuel. 50% better mileage than either Focus achieved in the same service cycle is important for appliance cars, and both the transmission and interior materials of the…
This is some pretty selective interpretation of the facts. The top US brand came in 5th place. Sounds like the imports won, placed, and showed again. Of the big winners, I drove two 2010 Ford Foci(?), and they were not objectively or subjectively as good as the Civic or Corolla I also drove this year. The Honda Accord…
@snapoversteer's walking around eating his Triscuits: Sadly, there was nowhere to go but down after the Muira and the Bora.
Must be a soccer player.
The Carrera S sucks. I get it. Still, BMW makes the Z4. A comparison between a Boxster and a Z4 would be as embarrassing for BMW as a Mini Cooper S spanking a Carrera S around a tight road course would be for Porsche.
Too bad it didn't flip over on its back. That's what gull wing doors are all about.
It looks like they ran out of headlights and mudded in some from another car with Bondo.
@VetteWrecker: In LoganSix's defense, the Japanese don't even procreate anymore. Leftist ideas may have dismantled our industries, but at least we can still conceive children. Japanese consumer products may have been great, but they were a final flourish for a civilization looking into the abyss.
@superveloce: As Pam says, "A whale penis is a terrible thing to waste!"
It looks like they bought Toyota's old Avalon body presses. I'm sure it won't be as reliable as a used Toyota, but at least it can be confused with a high quality car now. Did they bring back the beam axle rear suspension for their ignorant 'low content' American customers?
I'm shocked they're only making 3. I'd think that anyone who has a real Veyron would have the right combination of tackiness and having no idea about the value of money.