How dare they sell vehicles with features people want to buy? Not every BMW buyer is looking for an M4 GTS.
Toyota makes what they call a “Woodland Edition” Sienna. It comes with AWD and a tow hitch good for 3500lbs, which is enough to haul water or offroad toys or a small travel trailer. Your Sedona will also tow. So will the Chrysler Pacifica and the Honda Odyssey. I might not want to try it with the lowest-trim engine on…
Yes, yes, yes. The corollary to that is “If you think you need a pickup truck, don’t haul dirt or pull trailers, you need a minivan.”
Yes, and apart from the fucking grille, the current Lexi cars are very lovely. If they would reduce the size of the grille by 30%. I’d even be on board with that. Today’s BMW don’t have an honest line on them. Ugly to the bone.
How do electric cars change this calculus? It’d be a hell of a thing to engineer a third pedal for an electric car (not to mention downright unnecessary). While they tend to be extremely heavy in comparison to their internal combustion counterparts, their power delivery more than makes up for them on a race track.…
True. Or they should get a Ford Transit Connect rather than a pickup truck.
To add... British cars are not desired in their niche in spite of these facts, but because of them. The absolute lack of reliability and necessity of work are what makes them fun.
Sure, PDK is pretty good, but modern autos are also quicker-shifting. For sports cars chasing lap times, DCTs are better. For daily-driven sporty cars, you are not going to miss that millisecond ...
If you drive a 3er or 5er from the past 10 years without the M-Sport upgrade, they feel like ordinary cars. I remember having a Sonata and 528 rental car back-to-back when my car was in the shop, I remembered thinking about how much better the Sonata was. It is a shame because you can drive a base 3er or 5er from the…
I’d flip that and say people with trucks just don’t need 80% of their trucks. Most people would do well with a smaller truck with a smaller engine and those are very practical vehicles for anyone who does any amount of yardwork or moving furniture occasionally, while not being a massive burden in a city. I don’t think…
Counterpoint - have you seen recent Lexi?
Mercedes is the cool grandpa who keeps it classy but understands the young’ns. BMW is the old man trying to be young again, and Audi is the Chad of the group. Porsche is that Uncle everyone loves
My dad has a ‘57 MGA that he fully restored years ago, and has driven all over the US to various shows and such.
If you think you need an SUV, you need a minivan.
Land Rover must employ several full-time hypnotists to haunt the wealthy neighborhoods of North America. There is no better explanation for the perseverance of the brand because those cars suck, period, and there is no way for a person who knows one or more Land Rover owners to avoid hearing horror stories.
My FIL has owned probably 30 old british sports cars since I’ve know him. He currently has 4 (3 MGs and a Morgan). All his cars are/were in excellent condition. Most are high 3 or solid 4 condition. I help him maintain them (which is like a full time job). They are just as bad as the memes unless you spend your week…
Formula 1 is not interesting. Not going to give people shit for watching it but I’m pretty damn tired of people telling me I should.. it’s just not interesting to me OK?
The Plymouth Prowler is a neat car that deserves our respect and admiration, and we should acknowledge that just about nobody but mid-90's Chrysler would put a concept car into production virtually unchanged just because they wanted an excuse to play around with some production technique (in this case, working with…
GM cars will run like shit longer than many cars will run at all.