I mean yes, but in this brave new EV world aerodynamic gains trump all else.

No word on the fantastically complex doors that practically bankrupted their maker?

“And then there’s the stuff that should be selling in way higher numbers, but doesn’t.”

Are they physically required, or can automakers resort to cameras for this function?

You’re forgetting one massive thing: the L31 Altima was a piece of crap. Early models had excessive oil consumption as well as that whole thing of the first stage of the cat disintegrating and being ingested by the exhaust manifold. There were premature rust issues, and I’ve heard multiple anecdotes of them loving to…

Meeting ‘safety standards’ the way auto journos peddle them is a myth. The NHTSA only cares that it was tested at some point at all, and not even necessarily that it did well. It’s the IIHS ‘star’ score that everyone talks about which is basically just a consumer info/insurance subsidized testing regimen designed to…

Plus they were clever enough to use the rear of a FF car to bash the doors in and avoid ruining the radiator. I’m not saying they’re not criminals and should be treated as such, but they’re sure smarter than 90% of people I’ve seen using vehicles as battering rams.

Usually government funded transportation projects serve, oh I dunno, the public, and not a billionaire trying to sell more of his EVs. Maybe if they added a guidance rail and made the tunnels big enough to fit Innovia APMs then it could plausibly be regarded as actual public transit.

Literally everywhere I turned when I last visited the strip for an afternoon, there was a person basically saying to me, ‘I want your money.’ Couldn’t walk down the public sidewalk or cross a pedestrian bridge w/o having folks almost step into your path to do something designed to get money from you. No one made any…

My genuine question is how does fast-charging affect overall battery life? I have a Chromebook tablet which can be charged with its 45 W charger, but it heats up the battery considerably so I usually trickle charge it overnight via a standard 5 W USB. While I’m not sure if that’s the reason, it seems to have lost very…

True, so was this the last great affordable American wagon?

without any EV in their line up

I think he meant the Chevy Spark, sold as the Beat in some markets. It came from South Korea though, not China.

That would make some amount of sense. Still, these ‘developing market’ cars often get 5 stars in Global NCAP so they can’t be getting worse than 3 on the IIHS scale, right? I guess the more niche tests like small overlap and T-bone might be harder for them to get good ratings with. 

I’m not talking about Chinese cars. I’m talking about these:

The XC70 is hilariously space-inefficient. I daily one and it’s basically a coffin-shaped box with a massive hood for engine. In terms of footprint-per-cubic-foot you’d be far better off with an actual cargo van or even a smaller minivan like a Mazda5 or Kia Rondo.

Both the MG 5 and Mahindra Scorpio got zero stars in their ANCAP crash tests — which is why we don’t get ‘em in America

Yikes, I guess maybe the gen1 cars were just simpler even though they weren’t nearly as refined in many regards. 

These are coming with GoogleMaps, spotify, audible, and so on. So what else is there?

Curious what engine his had? My friend’s got a gen1 with the Tau V8 and it’s been rock solid, to the point that I’ve started considering V8 Genesis myself. Wondering if they have any critical issues or if the 3.8L V6 is more problematic.