This just in: there’s a line between hitting someone with a car that has a bit of a gap under the hood and hitting them with a wall of metal. My XC70 was designed with those regulations in mind and the ‘frontal height’ as they used in the study is 44 inches or 111 cm (and it’s already lifted compared to a V70). The…

Changwon, South Korea. Designed in Shanghai as the Seeker, built by Daewoo for the US market. 

$45000 for 2 cars? Why? In this market, that’ll get you 2 high mileage beaters.

You should see Phoenix. It’s exactly that but happening at 90 mph instead.

Oh good, just like the Chrysler 300! 

Right, at the end of the day it shouldn’t be too different from insurance companies getting up in arms about the Hyundai/Kia thefts due to lack of immobilizer. I mean, just the repair bill on this Taycan is easily going to exceed the value of an entire Hyundai Accent.

Manual, AWD, reliable, low mileage, rust free

Volvo’s floating units were always classy if somewhat dated looking now with the LCDs in the middle.

it was sold as the Honda Accord in Europe where it got both of those options

First off, 700 series are one of the least loved RWD Volvos, and second off, that’s a photo of a 240 (perhaps a case in point). 

Meh. We have a secondary one that reads ‘average’ after a couple. I guess I could take it up with Ecobee but I’m far too lazy for that. Even microwaving something nearby will take it from ‘Fair’ to ‘Poor’ in a matter of seconds. Only after having the house open all day (all doors and windows, all fans running) will it…

Hah. I have one of the old-school extractor fans above the range as well as double sliding doors on both sides of the kitchen. Running the extractor and a giant box fan pointed outwards still means ‘poor’ air quality as detected by our thermostat five or six hours after cooking. You’re probably just blissfully unaware…

It’s just even more frustrating since like you say Infiniti had so much promise. Meanwhile Honda were busy selling the same FWD cars as Acuras and still do that, but Nissan used to have compelling RWD JDM offerings like the Fuga and Skyline. Alas.

The next Maxima will be an EV.

What didn’t the Rancho predict? FWD, faux off-road looks, cavernous rear space for hauling stuff, off-the-shelf car-based I4—I’ve just described every C-segment CUV currently in existence.

Has everyone forgotten that normal hybrids exist? I guess with the PHEV craze they call them ‘self-charging’ hybrids now. 

It’s the same reason why Ford doesn’t bother trying to sell the F150 in the EU.

Good luck building airliners in Russia without Western parts. What planes can be built are going to be for the military.

I recently read on The Autopian that several new Hyundai PHEVs allow you to ‘jump-start’ the 12V from the full-size powerpack using nothing more than a button on the dash? Surprised Tesla hasn’t done something similar.

It’s possible it’s underrated, or maybe they only allow for use of 80% of the pack like Porsche do for better cell longevity.