Can we just say, too, look at all that GLASS? Like you’re actually meant to see out of it! What a strange and foreign concept!

Yes, I’d be very surprised if this didn’t have an EV version; those pixel lights are so far only otherwise on the Ioniq 5, however much that may indicate anything.

I dunno, the dealership model as it sits right now is pretty great...for the dealers. Just like almost every industry in the U.S. right now, there are big rewards for consolidation. Namely, car dealers have essentially millions of dollars in assets—the cars—that dealership owners can leverage to do whatever else they…

It’s really pretty simple. Jeep’s profiting off of the Cherokee name because of it’s association with “nobility” and “ruggedness” (inarguably in part because of the products to which it’s been attached, but that’s incidental), whereas the people who are associated with the Cherokee name--you know, the Cherokee--are…

It’s definitely supposed to have side-view mirror camers, but I doubt they’ll come to our market because our regulations are dumb. They likely split the photos to show both versions.

Thing is, people make this stupid argument as a justification for buying huge pickups and SUVs; “I tow a trailer 4 times a year, and so I need to consume twice as much gas and roadspace all the time”. I forget where I saw the idea that Europeans buy cars for 95% of their needs, and Americans buy for 5% of theirs, but…

Am I the only one who’d really love to see a front bench seat? The flat floor and minimal central console are just begging to be utilized, infrequently as they might be even among people who’d pick the option.

I think driving styles are a very underrated factor in mileage, even in non-electrified vehicles.

Doesn’t that depend on the efficiency of the engine, though? If the engine’s having to run pretty constantly at highway speeds to maintain speed, it seems like a less dramatic improvement in economy would result than if both it and the motor can power the car. But what do I know; my 2020 Sonata hybrid’s more…

CR’s reliability ratings are definitely frangible; from what I remember, they take the same approach as JD Power: ask people what’s “wrong” with their car. Even if it’s that they can’t figure out the Bluetooth—not actually that it doesn’t work—it counts as a reliability issue. CR also seems to weigh reliability quite…

Considering they just pulled the Cadenza from our market for the 2021 model year, almost certainly not. I would say to look at so-called midsize sedans these days; I bought a 2020 Sonata hybrid, and subjectively it’s pretty darn large, yet every dimension is within 2 inches of an Accord, Camry, or Altima, to say…

Very possibly; the Hyundai Grandeur (not sold here) and upcoming Tucson and Ioniq 5 all seem to feature these kinds of light fixtures, which are neat enough on their own.

I’ve always liked the robot-face car look from Mitsubishi, honestly, even going back to the Endeavor and various contemporaneous concepts. I just wish Mitsubishi still, you know, actually designed its own cars. I don’t see how this rebadged Nissan strategy is going to keep them in the North American market for more…

Yeah, shush.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s because an SUV appears to be a more practical vehicle than a sedan, and appearing to be practical is culturally valuable in the U.S....even if a $200k SUV is not, ultimately, a practical thing (nor an $80k pickup). From where I sit, it’s actually a fairly complicated cultural impulse,…

I think the prevalence of those consoles is an outgrowth of the need for every car to be “sporty”. After all, in low, rear-wheel drive sportscars, those center tunnels are justified. And so, in the bizarro world we live in where sportscars don’t sell but everyone simply must look like some idea of a badass,…

Right, but the American mentality towards industries is that all that’s ever required to make them work is different management. You see this everywhere—in medicine, where the Toyota method of just-in-time manufacturing wrought havoc in the early days of covid; in public transportation, where consulting firms are…

He’d said there was definitely that feeling, but part of his job included actual quality testing. Yet another sign that the management was incompetent; if what they’d really wanted was a fall guy, they should’ve hired someone who’d be worse at the job.

Really makes me realize just how much I miss two-door cars. Yes, they’re less practical, but, ahem, some of us don’t have friends, and would prefer to sacrifice easily-accessible back seats for a subjectively greater sense of style.

My dad’s been working in the medical device software industry for decades, and since last summer had been working for a young tech company in Seattle newly branching into that industry. That start-up mentality of “move fast and break things”, of beta testing on end users, is absolutely present there, and he recently…