I haven’t heard that the fit and finish is so bad, but rather that the cars are just very unreliable and constantly needing maintenance.

Nothing says you’re too poor for a horribly bad taste customized Rolls Royce more than a horribly bad taste Mercedes that’s not even customized just for you.

It’s so bizarre. It has no benefit, it must make their day incredibly stressful and miserable, not to mention massively increase the wear on their cars, yet they almost all gun it and then slam on the brakes constantly.

Relative to the way it’s praised, definitely the Tesla Model Y. It really is horrible to drive, with the bone-shaking ride and downright dangerous control interface. The shoddy build quality is the final nail in the coffin. Obviously it’s not objectively the worst car I’ve ever driven, but it’s very sad to think that…

Came here to say this. I saw my first Lucid in the wild yesterday, and it just looks terrible. The one I saw was white, which I think is a particularly unflattering colour for the shape, but you’re right it does have a flavour of Buick, or perhaps a large Japanese market only luxury Nissan or Toyota.

It’s so weird that they are using concept-car-like renderings for a mid-life refresh that people can already order. As you say, it won’t have any of the drama of these renderings in real life. The only thing I am interested in is whether they have fixed the criminally unusable controls that make the existing ID3 so…

This seems wildly overpriced given that an absolutely mint and much more original one sold on BaT last year for $33,500: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-toyota-celica-all-trac/. I actually love the All-Trac, but the lack of detail and modifications make this a hard pass.

Yes, he’s so annoying to listen to that I just gave up watching any of his videos. I really liked his writing here, but on video it’s almost like he’s trying to take as long as possible to explain the most basic things, and his voice is so grating. He must be doing something right though, since he has 4.5 million…

I’m pretty sure these things were heinously unreliable when they were new, let alone 20 years later.

I think the Hyundai is the only one that is truly a bespoke platform. The Mirai is built on the same TNGA-L platform as the Lexus LS and Toyota Crown.

If we had ubiquitous access to green hydrogen (i.e. produced by electrolysis from solar or other renewable energy sources) and a gas station-like footprint of fuelling stations, it would make sense, but clearly neither of those things are close to being reality. BEVs are definitely not a panacea, because of the…

The Ioniq 6 might be a good choice if you want a sedan, although it definitely won’t be as refined inside as the Audi. I love our Taycan GTS ST, and if the supply chain issues continue, it seems like it will barely depreciate, so if you can find one, some of these EVs hold their value much better than a cheaper ICE or…

All the non-Tesla charging in Canada is pretty crappy, at least in Ontario. Electrify Canada never delivers close to the advertised charging speeds, and in one case stranded me in freezing weather. The FLO chargers are more reliable, but they all seem to be 50 kw only. Measurement Canada, or whichever government…

Having recently driven a Model Y, it 100% feels like a much cheaper car than it is. In Canada it’s $15k - $30k more than the equivalent EV6, Ioniq 5, ID4, Ariya, Q4 e-tron, etc., but in practical terms most people just can’t get one of these vehicles. Tesla is sort of playing chicken right now with the market, holding…

For a while it seemed Tesla was right, since it felt like we had years when every manufacturer was talking about the EVs that were just around the corner, but took years to materialize.

Curious if you’re planning to go with a full EV when it’s time to change the A7?

I’ve had quite a few EVs and very rarely charge away from home. Obviously that changes if you do a lot of road trips, but with our current two EVs, I’ve probably charged them away from home fewer than 10 times.

I wonder how long these cars have left. I’m guessing this category of high end cars is particularly susceptible to sales going to EVs. The A7 range has only sold 1,700 in the US for the year to date, whereas last decade they were fairly often selling more than half this number in a single month. Peak for the A6 was…

And “global corporations are the boss of you and trump local democracy” has become the defining political philosophy of the other one.

I’m still slightly torn, since the S does give you more choice on how you configure the car (e.g. you can get the heritage design interior, which I love).