....But it’s not a “designation”; they’re just...different size cars. A Camry is in a different class from an Avalon, but it’s not like someone just decided it was so; they’re different size vehicles. This isn’t a construction on my part, it just is so. And it’s not an N, it’s an “N Line”, mostly a trim package.

No, I didn’t say designated class, you did. The Fit is a bigger car than the i10. You’re free to say you’d rather have the bigger, lower-content car for the same price as the smaller, more feature-laden one; that doesn’t make them competitors, other than on price. But that’s a matter of preference, and isn’t really…

....No, the i10 is about 8" shorter, on a wheelbase 3" shorter, and (the current generation of i10) starts at about 5,000GBP less. The numbers are there, man; don’t make me do the research for you.

This is actually a size class below the Fit. Hyundai offers the i20 to go against the Fit, slotting under the i30 we know in North America as the Elantra GT, in place of our Accent.

One of these was my first toy cars--same wheels and, I think, the same color. Amazing how extroverted styling’s become since the early ‘90's...amazing, and unfortunate.

You will have to forgive the two plebs above me, who simply cannot hear the call of the divine even when it’s sitting at 9000rpm next to their eardrums.

This is the kind of nonsense fun that makes me wish for success for SsangYong. Hyundai have the money for this kind of silliness, but they’re conservative enough a company that they don’t do it. Even granting that they’re owned by much-bigger Mahindra, SsangYong has a decent history of really engaging with all kinds…

That’s the thing that bugs me. Tesla’s competitive advantage is—branding aside—the relative ubiquity of their charging stations. If other automakers had simply agreed or offered or requested to utilize Tesla’s standards, Tesla may not have gotten into the expensive-and-risky car-making business at all, and EV’s would…

Ok...but not literally. You’re not literally extending your 24 hours to 30 by paying someone for 6 hours of work. It’s opportunity you’re buying, not literal hours. We’re all capable of making that kind of exchange, one way or the other. However, behind a sense of aesthetics is (usually) enough money to take care of…

This is EXACTLY the point about luxury, generally. Think of it this way; someone with an MBA or a degree in finance can—with a little bit of luck—end up a millionaire in just a couple of hours or days, hypothetically speaking. Money can come very quickly and easily.

6'5", 34 inseam, but then I tend to wear very fitted, slightly-short pants.

Ah, the sound of pure hrgheghghhchchch

I have to say the blame for this particular offense goes partly in both directions. Yes, it is extraordinarily resource-intensive to take private jets places....But, our celebrity-mad culture is also to blame for making it impossible for people like this to take a regular flight places without being swarmed by people…

Worrying so much about debt to GDP ratios is part of what made the recession drag on, the recovery fail, and is leading to the potential for another recession now. Central banks are still relying on interest rate cuts to try to stimulate business spending, but businesses still aren’t spending, rather hording their…

Had one of the dumbass security guards at the hospital I work at make the, “oh, but cars” argument, and the refutation is simple. A car is a type of transportation, not abstractly different from walking. Having worked in a hospital for years now—as both he and I have—teaches you that not walking is just about as bad…

It was absolutely a mistake to allow dealers to purchase these; it should’ve been sold to individual buyers, instead. I think I would have to say, though, that it is absolutely the exemplar of its time: power from an extremely high-revving naturally-aspirated engine, slightly compromised transmission design,…

That’s one of those things the author of this poorly-edited piece mentioned. People who buy Centurys DON’T want to arrive; the point was, historically, not to attract too much attention, like would be done by driving a super-luxurious, even more expensive foreign car. That attribute of it is now much diminished, as…

Someone needs to luck up the concept of reification.

Oh my god. Amazing.

It’s as emergent as anything that we can barely maintain 2% when we’ve got almost no room for monetary stimulus and fiscal stimulus remains, some-fucking-how, a non-starter among way too many people.