It’s not three tons. It’s just over two tons. Weight is 4,795 lbs, not the 5,700 quoted in the article.

Steering feel is pretty good on our Taycan GTS. It’s definitely not like driving an older 911 with hydraulic vs. electric power steering, but it’s equal or better to most other sports sedans and wagons I’ve driven.

95% of Ioniq 5 issues are people complaining they can’t get the rear wiper to work.

For that growth stock analysis to work, Tesla would have to have a path to accumulating something like 25% of the auto market. Tesla has never been valued in a way that reflects the reality of how many cars it can actually build and sell, and at what margin. That’s why Musk constantly has to invent imaginary business…

I’m not sure they have a choice. European fleet emissions regulations mean they can only sell a very limited volume of naturally aspirated six-cylinder engines. Porsche know they will sell very few GT3s, GT4s and GTS 718s, and will make it up with 4-cylinder and EV Macans, e-hybrid Cayennes and Taycans.

It doesn’t seem like a fair comparison when the chart shows that the cars with “estimated” vs “verified” range fare much better. It seems more likely that the estimates aren’t as accurate as the more extensive data in the verified group.

Not sure about that. See the reaction that enthusiasts had to the 4-cylinder turbocharged 718 Boxster and Cayman, which were much faster than their flat six predecessors. This reaction almost certainly led to Porsche giving the GTS the 4.0 naturally aspirated 6-cylinder.

It is pretty sad that the regulatory environment in which public companies are supposed to operate seems so broken. So much of what Musk has said has been designed solely to encourage buyers of Tesla’s stock. We have laws that specifically prohibit public company insiders from providing false information to influence…

I completely agree with you, but anyone who is buying this car is almost certainly doing so because they want to impress people. This would have to be their motivation, given the wild irrationality of having $15k to spend on a car and choosing to use that money for one of the most unreliable engines of this era of…

Yea, this model year is a disaster, just a ticking time bomb. Let’s say the buyer gets two years out of it, at which point it’s basically worthless. They could simply have leased something brand new and much more likely to impress people, if that’s the buyer’s jam, for $800 / month and still been in the same position.

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.