It’s been really perplexing to see auto journalists praising the EQS interior, when, as you say, it looks incredibly tacky / gimmicky. Mind you, when you see what they’ve done with the Maybach brand, their idea of luxury is getting pretty Trumpian. Between a Lucid and an EQS, it would be a tough decision, since I’d be…

I’m not a huge fan of the E-Tron GT. It just looks a bit bland compared to the Taycan. I do like that it has physical buttons for climate rather than everything being touchscreen.

I’m taking delivery of a Taycan GTS Sport Turismo next week. Took the opportunity to get the only allocation my dealer had, partly because the trade-in price on our Taycan Turbo is for more than we paid for the car.

The Taycan is the only real option if you want an EV driver’s car at the moment, and obviously it’s still a very heavy sedan / wagon vs. anything resembling a sports car. At this time, I think batteries are just too heavy to make it possible to have a driver’s EV that is as agile as an ICE sports car.

OT but related. The author of the Jack Reacher novels picked his pen name, Lee Child, because he once heard someone pronouncing Le Car as Lee Car, and it became a family joke to refer to his daughter as Le (pronounced Lee) Child.

Hands down the lack of a rear wiper on my Ioniq 5. I realize this is the absence of a feature rather than a feature, but it does mean that my car always “features” a dirty rear windshield that ruins rear visibility.

First Gear: Anyone else see a Saab 9-7x when they look at that Vinfast?

I agree it could have been smaller. However, it does mean the back seat is really spacious. Huge amounts of legroom. For our needs, I would have preferred something more like the Lancia Delta size it appears to be in photos, but you’re right it is massive in the metal.

I took delivery of my Ioniq 5 (the same AWD version reviewed here, except in Canada they call it the “Ultimate” rather than Limited) about two months ago. I definitely don’t agree that this car lacks popular appeal. Our other cars are a Taycan and a 911, but there is just no comparison between them and the reaction…

Otherwise known as a range of colours so boring, you won’t feel so bad about giving Porsche $12k and change for a PTS colour.

The price caps and income levels seem like perfectly reasonable steps to deliver a fair system. The rich will still buy Taycans and EQSs, regardless of any incentives. In Canada, the federal incentive is a simple discount of $5k on the pre-tax price. It only applies to cars with a starting price of under $45k…

Seeing the M1 flanked by two modern M cars just makes me think how the BMW brand is now a follower when it used to be a leader.

Except you get a lot of that $70k back since the depreciation is much lower on the Ferrari.

I was going to say Ioniq 5, but you’re right that it is very difficult to get a car. I ordered in June of last year, got it a few weeks ago. However, if you can get one, it is so much better value than the Model X. In Canada, the top of the line Ioniq is now $27k (Canadian) cheaper than the Model Y, and the next trim…

I think they will build it, solely because Elon’s ego simply won’t be able to cope with killing a product that he has hyped to the moon. It really does show that Musk was absolutely critical to Tesla’s early success, since his pigheadedness and willingness to disregard practical realities was actually what was needed…

Yes, I saw one at a BMW dealership yesterday. It’s not nearly as heinous in the metal as it can seem in photos. The interior is very nice also. I would consider it if I hadn’t put BMW on my “never again” list after the reliability disaster that was my 2019 X5 (and worse, BMW’s complete failure to provide any kind of…

Good limited editions include: 992 Sport Classic, 991 Speedster, 911R. These have some genuinely unique characteristics (e.g. only way to get a RWD, manual 992 with the 992 Turbo engine; only way to get the GT3 drivetrain in an open top car; carbon fibre fenders / hood, magnesium roof, etc).

The C40 is a bit of an oddball choice. Not a dedicated EV platform, just OK range and very strange proportions. The interior, seats and ride comfort are way ahead of the Model Y though.

I’ve had six EVs and one PHEV. At no point have I ever wanted or needed L3 charging speeds at home. The Taycan has a 19.2 KW AC charger option, which virtually no one gets because there is just so little need to have faster L2 charging at home, and very few public AC chargers that support that charging speed. Our new…

The Fed “knows this,” but yet was asleep at the wheel while it embarked on the greatest increase in the money supply in history, and subsequently assured everyone that inflation would be short term and manageable.