Let’s be honest here, they’re pieces of shit as well. 

“Internet person complains that site geared to a particular set of enthusiasts is full of a particular set of enthusiasts.”

The only part of your comment I’ll disagree with is limiting it to Americans.  There are stupid people who don’t care how gaudy something is as long as it makes them look richer than they are all around the world, not just in the US.

They are probably right. Americans, for example, love McMansions, luxury SUVs, chain restaurants, and watching dogshit TV. They have some of the worst taste and culture imaginable. Of course they want the big ugly car for morons.

It’s not, though. It would be the ugliest car in Kia’s lineup by a fair margin.

“The average buyer is educated and very aware of what is out there..”

I convinced a friend’s wife to buy a CTS-V Wagon for her commuter car. She loved it, but having to fill it up every other day (she had a semi-long commute) drove her to get something that was a big less thirsty, with a bigger tank. The economics of driving a CTS-V for Lyft do not work out, no matter how you crunch the…

This article was so poorly written that I can’t tell exactly what the point of it was.

Yup. Then the story would be like, toyota engineers worked hard on it to develop (but their role was only to resheath the body panels) while the entire vehicle would be built by subaru engineers.

Its only for the super fanboys. Everyone else (myself included) got/will get the M2 Competition with 40 fewer horsepower at just under $60K, where its priced against base caymans, Supras, Corvettes and Mustang GT350's.

I won’t try make a claim on the proper time, but I did not think that lap was very ‘violent’, it was a pretty settled lap compared to other cars driven for time around VIR. Barely any tire squeal. There is more time to be had there.

I really doubt a Corvette ZR1 is only 5 seconds slower.

It's an arms race. Proper SUV or truck can also easily absorb poorly maintained roads. Pothole that could damage a Honda Civic rim has no effect on Suv/truck 17" rim with decent rubber sidewall. 

The Impeachment inquiry is just an attempt to dig up stuff for Trump to try to fight him in the coming election cycle it will do two things. 1) Harden his base, which will not give a crap about anything they find or claim to find  2) It will likely result in the opposite of what is hoped for because of #1

I don’t agree...

Now yours sounds like a truck I can appreciate. Honest, hardworking, and not the size of a fucking aircraft carrier. Most new trucks are just incredibly stupid with their space management.

Really disagree with this, particularly the sports car part of the analogy. They’re actually pretty antithetical to each other. Torch or somebody made this point in an article about being a ‘tough guy’ on the road a little while ago. There are fewer small, interesting cars on the road because these behemoths make it…

Nothing else can suck through a hole in the wall quite like the vacuum of outer space.

The i3 is a decent car, but yeah, it appeals to a niche crowd.  I have Volt and even I think the i3 is ugly. Its twitchy to drive on the highway and has pretty small range. Also, no one likes suicide doors. There is rarely a case where they work better than traditional doors. Also the amount of carbon fiber makes…

1st Gear: I am just a dumb hick but maybe the i3 isn’t selling that well because it suffers from the same problem a lot of electric cars have. It’s fucking hideous.