Reliability, and lower compression to run on the cheapest gasoline. Cost/mile figures are a big deal to fleet buyers so getting those cost numbers down is important.

“Dyno-certified”... a.k.a. the “rental truck” version. This is what will end up in every Uhaul, Home Depot, etc. rental fleet purchase because it will be cheap to maintain and will live forever.

If you look hard enough, you can always find some unique set of circumstances that will support your position.

This deserves more stars.

There once was a carbon hardtop available for the ND... for about five minutes. Once Mazda USA got wind of it they wrote the company a letter asking them to stop. 

All Tesla models are capable of 150mph?

Yes.  Buy the sedan.

I was at the show and actually sat in the back of that car: not only is it difficult to get in and out because of that roofline, (I hit my head HARD on the roof and I’m about 50th percentile) those tiny rear side windows seriously exaggerate the cave-like feeling. 

Could be worse... could be a Blazer.

Why? We recently had a 1400whp GTR on the dyno here, and it wasn’t that loud at all. 

Because where’s the adventure in dependability?

That's not bad... my old BMW 8-series was about $3000 back in the day, and even the top line Miata is close to $2k installed (both were only available New from the manufacturer.)

“I drive it every day it runs, which isn’t every day.”

Spot on with the emissions comment: when part of your after treatment process involves injecting raw fuel into the exhaust to “burn off” emissions, there’s no way you’re going to have the same fuel economy as a pre-emissions Diesel.

If someone came over the radio and calmly said “we have a hole in the plane and someone came out” I think I too would take a moment and let that sink in.

If this car and owner are in Southern California, I could provide some shop space and I bet we could have this running in a couple of weekends.

That’s because AZ is full of transplanted Californians.

How many of those are fleet sales? Based on my travels, rental car companies LOVE the Fusion.

No, customers don’t really want a “bigger silhouette,” CAFE rules do: a bigger “footprint” is an easier fuel economy target. Customers these days are just sheep and will buy whatever the marketing department tells them to.

Autocowrecked.