Maybe if they didn’t force you to take the shit engine and shit interior with that manual, the G70 might still have that option. But we’ll never know.

Came here to say basically the same thing, saw it was already said. This interior would make a Dodge Nitro blush.

Even Audi is suffering. They are putting those hideous capacitive button steering wheels on EVERYTHING. You can’t even get the flat-bottom wheel anymore on the A4/S4 and related unless you pay $12,000 extra for the special Launch Edition RS5.

There’s not a chance in hell that the pricing resembles anything like your straight across-the-pond conversion there.

Read it again.

I don’t find the Tesla any better looking because its design is built to highlight the fact that there is no grille rather than letting the lack of a grille just blend into the overall look of the vehicle. So, as a result, the Tesla also has that skin-pulled-back-over-the-mouth look (insert that old .gif of that one…

Volvo is essentially autonomous and development of the products is still Swedish for now. Until Geely succeeds in fully absorbing control of Volvo and re-incorporating them in Hong Kong, which is what they are currently working toward, I will call them Swedish.

Having recently driven a ‘19 A5 and a ‘20 S60 T6 R-Design, and coming up on the end of my ‘18 S3 lease, there is nothing in it for the Volvo. It can handle, but everything about the response is blunted compared to the Audi and the safety mechanisms are an irritation rather than a help. The Audi is also objectively quic…

What I misread was “without” as “with” because brains do things sometimes.

The Volvo is a fantastic luxury car, but it comes without the normal baggage of buying a German brand.

Aero efficiency being even more paramount to EVs makes me snicker at Volvo and Polestar’s design language consisting of stylish bricks.

GM’s issue is that everything revolves around Chevrolet, and EVs are inherently too expensive to really work as Chevrolet vehicles in the segments that are selling. If GM can’t make a case for Chevrolet when choosing whether they will invest in a project, that project will struggle to succeed if it gets green-lit at…

This one has a 2-speed transmission along with a reverse. Most have only a single speed and a reverse.

Not gonna lie, I still have the clear blue plastic wrapper underneath my rear passenger seatbelts...after 3 years of daily driving.

That sounds divine, actually. Low weight, reasonable power, an engine to wring out, and an affordable price tag? I’ve been looking at cars in the $70k range, but if that existed I’d buy one and then buy something else for commuting.

When did Audi Care become a thing? I think it was within the time range you cited.

I’m approaching 3 years with my 2018 S3, and so far the only faults I can find are just some small rattles and a sunroof shade that likes to slowly work its way backward over the course of a week. I do detect some uneven pulses in the idle, but it is approaching the time to replace the spark plugs so I think that will…

Meh. Still pales next to a Bentley.

I find it weird that VW is so far down the list while Audi is so high up. I can draw no conclusions from this, but I can speculate that 1.) VAG is cutting extreme corners to meet a price with VW and/or 2.) Audis are taken in for regular service way more consistently and flipped before anything can go kaboom. I doubt…

You listed nothing but mechanical time bombs.