Sounds like another insufferable celebrity puff piece. So they’re going to build silly, unreliable junk for communities that just need a backhoe and a Hilux. The only thing worse are shows about rich people playing with their toys.

One that comes to mind is a problem because of how the car is depicted; otherwise it’s actually on brand for the franchise. The DBS in Casino Royale.

Of course it’s an Accord and of course it had NY plates.

I would have thought that there’s more affluence in the northeast and people generally spend more carelessly. Even in lower income working class neighborhoods I regularly see a surprising number of new cars. In more affluent neighborhoods it’s downright obscene. Because of this, I wouldn’t be surprised if automakers…

I’m 100% behind speed and red light cameras if they’re implemented like they are in Asia, meaning they’re actually used for enforcement and not as revenue generating schemes.

Often companies take advantage of consumer stupidity. A friend of mine worked at a dealership for several years and it was insane the frequency with which people demanded financing when they had horrible credit or clearly couldn’t afford what they were trying to buy. That’s not even including the people underwater on…

2019 is still basically new and any car with issues under 50k miles is unacceptable. I got a new car the same year, cheaper than any Tesla, and it’s actually had zero problems, not with door handles, electronics nor paint.

The car you buy doesn’t determine whether or not you’re an enthusiast. Especially in the rest of the world where owning a car is a big financial burden. The annoying thing with your typical enthusiast is that they’re constantly virtue signaling.

If you lease your car, an EV isn’t going to be all that different. Sure, you won’t have oil changes, but you’re still going in for inspections, tire rotation and filter changes. Long term ownership means you won’t have to worry about a few additional things, but there are still tires, brakes, fluids and other stuff to…

I think the skull motif and angry eyes is stupid as hell and can sometimes reflect toxic masculinity, but that has nothing to do with racism. It’s an American phenomenon which crosses racial lines. In my area, the people driving these kinds of Jeeps are minorities.

Crypto is no more legitimate than a fiat currency. They’re both based on mutual belief in the currency except that at least the dollar ostensibly is backed by the economy and arguably American military might.

Isn’t this just Honda’s version of the Toyota C-HR we were criticizing yesterday? Honda stopped selling this in the US for the same reason Toyota is replacing theirs with the Corolla Cross. This isn’t appealing to Americans because they have such easy access to bigger cars.

This car looks a lot less weird today than it did when it was first introduced in 2006. It’s incredible how much automotive styling has changed in 15 years. Next to a modern BMW or Hyundai this almost looks tame.

When have dealers not been greedy scumbags? He’s certainly well within his right to sue, but he should have known better when he first leased the car.

The problem with Consumer Reports is that they lump in random consumer complaints under reliability. That might be a consequence of how the industry reports this stuff, but it means satisfaction does actually have an outsized impact. So you get nonsense like two cars rating poorly for electronics but it turns out one…

This all just comes down to the fact that the C-HR, like Honda’s HR-V, doesn’t resonate with Americans. The form factor is fairly popular overseas. In Europe, Toyota has sold a consistent 110k+ every year. By contrast, the RAV4 has only cracked 90k the last couple of years.

This is the kind of product that, at $8.99, people would impulse buy while waiting in line for the register. Only to take it home and immediately forget it exists. The kind of people who careless toss bags in the passenger footwell are not going to bother hooking this thing in anyway.

Some cars in the US have those too.

It’s a wise decision right up to the point those execs realize they’re way behind the ball on self-driving tech. Then they’re going to panic.

Nowadays, economy cars turn their headlights when the wipers are active even during the day. Presumably, it requires that the lights are set to “auto”, but I’m fairly certain that any car with DRLs, which almost all of them, has the setting.