Maybe, but there’s gotta be better options than that for the money.

Scions are pretty boring and would never stand out on a public road. To be fair, the same could be said for the GTI.

Wants: Something funky, roomy, different, needs to fit in one parking space and have a roof.

“Grown up” is a common term used when describing this car, but we all know it really just means “bland.”

they’d have no choice but to hire more US workers and/or build more factories in the US

What in particular did you find ergonomically difficult? I can’t think of anything in the cabin that suffers ergonomically just for being circle shaped. Vents? Buttons/knobs? Nav screen? Gauges? Drive mode selector?

I wouldn’t know anything about the lease deals personally.

That might be true with other brands, but one of Mini’s most appealing aspects from the buyer’s perspective has always been the ability to customize and order your car exactly the way you want it.

This Clubman, the biggest car in their lineup, is still about the same size as a Golf. The Cooper is smaller than a Ford Fiesta. They may have gotten bigger over time but they’re still comparatively quite small.

What do you like more about the GTI’s interior? Having sat in both, the Mini felt far more premium, more like a small BMW hatch. The GTI, while better than a Focus, still felt like it had an abundance of cheap looking and feeling plastics. I liked the steering wheel, seats, and gauge cluster, but that was about it.

How is there less availability when you can custom order one at any time?

Have you sat in a new Mini? The quality of the materials and the fit/finish feel much better than the VW. Comparing it to a Focus is just silly.

You mean I can’t have a $140 flight AND six feet of legroom?! God damn greedy airlines!

Then how does Tesla get away with it?

Airline profit margins are actually pretty thin and average less than $10/person. That minimal legroom reduces prices, and additional legroom is available in upgraded seats for those who really want it. It’s no coincidence that Spirit is the cheapest airline in the US and also happens to have the least legroom and…

Because he (person I replied to) just “fucking” said that the problem is people with premium memberships, etc. get the exit row seats for free and don’t have to pay extra for them.

And we already have it, to some extent.

What gave us our current system was when the airlines realized that by shaving a few inches from the seats in the manufacturer’s display model, they could fit an extra 3-4 rows, which adds 4+ paying passengers each. As aircraft have grown, that mindset just keeps paying more and more.

You wouldn’t feel that way if you had to fly 6 times a month (or more) and would have to pay that upgrade fee out of your own pocket.

It’s almost like they cram more and more people on and strip more and more weight off solely to make more money.