I seriously doubt anyone is cross shopping Alfa Romeos and Kias. If you are, you’re doing it wrong.

So is Hyundai. The South Koreans are just hungrier for market share. 

Yep, his quirkcs are always something relatively minor and common yet he acts like he’s never seen any of them before and everything is always so new and interesting all the time!1!!1!1!!!

Agreed, I see Mitsubishi becoming a lot like Suzuki and relying on their SE Asian R&D and manufacturing centers as their primary base of operations. The Outlander PHEV still uses all-Mitsubishi tech so they’ve got solid bones to work with in terms of electrification, and the Triton is a far better selling ute than the…

No, the foreign automakers waltzed right in and gave it to them. All those joint ventures by foreign automakers with Guangqi, Dongfeng, SAIC etc. weren’t technically necessary, but they were too hungry to sell cars in China sans tariff so they went along with it. Now they’re reaping the consequences of their own…

Like the near million trucks GM just recalled for sudden and spontaneous bearing failure?

It’s not a ‘real’ Yaris, that’s the developing market Yaris that is really a Daihatsu product and sold as the Vios elsewhere. The European/Japanese Yaris is a significantly pricier proposition.

Those two are on their way out in 2025 and 2026, respectively. USDM homologation kills cheap cars. 

Once again, zero fucking sympathy for these people.

Subaru interiors are depressing as hell and the seats are mad uncomfortable. No offense meant to them because I love Subarus, but I’ll stick to the higher maintenance costs to be able to sit my prissy ass in Volvo seats all day every day while enjoying a bit of wood trim.

Huh, ok.

The H2, on the other hand, has seen it’s used market value go up in recent years, along with a lot of other older SUVs/Off roaders.

I’m talking about the timing belt, not the CVT belt. 

Isn’t it a wet-belt motor? Still don’t like the chances on those. 

No, it will still be made fun of. No one says the Hummer H3T is nostalgic.

My point is that as someone who would only use this data to buy a used car, telling me a 2018 Tacoma is apparently a reliability nightmare compared to a 2019 based on two nebulous problem areas like ‘brakes’ or ‘transmission minor’ is arguably not helpful at all and won’t tell me the actual rate of those problems or…

My favorite is when they vacillate between ‘good’ and ‘worst’, because apparently the 2019 3er will spontaneously cease to work at any point while the 2018 and 2017 will be as reliable as a Camry. Or get a 4er as it’s apparently the most reliable a car can get.

when it was still a sub-brand of Citroën

Consumer Reports loves to drop these kind of bombshell ‘facts and figures’ while being incredibly myopic on what actually goes wrong and what you’re actually spending money on. I’ve genuinely stopped trusting them once Mini ranked as a more reliable brand than Honda or Mazda—regardless of improvements to BMW engines I…