This will be interesting when you can get $7500 off a Subaru Solterra and not off the Toyota zb4xyzfu

I remember reading these cars had horrible torque steer. The key to a good high performance FWD is good suspension geometry that eliminates torque steer. the only high power FWD car ive driven that has this quality is the MK7 GTI. you can feed 400ft-lb of torque through their front wheels and not experience torque…

you arent getting 1.9% welcome to 2022

still holds true in 2022.

The real question is, what will be the official uniform of owners of the new EVs?

you can tell thats a bad guy because he doesnt have a nose

yeah its pretty great except for the super heavy weight.  The lexus NX450h gets the same engine now which is a more attractive vehicle in and out.  might be what i replace my wagon with eventually. working from home i could do almost all commutes on electricity only but have the hybrid gas power and get 36mpg on road…

RAV-4 v6 did 0-60 in about 6.4 with a 1/4 mile of 14.4

around town they dont feel excessively slow. they have quick response from the electric motors so in normal driving they are plenty. if you floor then sure they arent great but still faster than what was considered normal or even sporty in the 80s

MIATA

yep thats going to really bite Toyota

maybe if they ban more books in florida it will help reduce ignorance <eye roll>

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Solterra sounds like a Toyota name, and bZ4x sounds like a Subaru name. I bet someone in the marketing department got the two names mixed up.

Ive always thought a new WRX would look great with split headlights.
Give it giant round fogs (bigger than the old ones) that act as the actual headlights and mean looking fake headlights.

Like a revisit of this look only with larger Fogs and small false headlights

“Niro plug-in hybrids get the same engine and dual-clutch transmission as the hybrid, but instead of the electric motor, there’s an 11.1 kWh battery pack.”
Not sure how thats going to work ;)

yeah but that would be an accurate way to tax people for the actual road wear and tear their car causes. right now we overpenalize those with light cars and under penalize those with heavy cars and no surprise americans keep buying heavier cars that are worse for the roads and the environment and their own pocketbooks

yeah its sad. Its like how americans voted taco bell the #1 best mexican food restaurant.  The majority wants and likes such crappy things and doesnt know how much better alternatives really are.  

yeah and i believe that wear and tear from teh weight of the vehicle is not linear either. so an 8000lb vehicle does a lot more than twice the wear as a 4000lb vehicle.  Price that into the equation.  then people will gravitate toward cheaper cars and taxes will be collected properly based on actual wear and tear

Compact SUVs are terrible too.  youre far better off with a wagon only they just dont sell those to us anymore.  Compact SUVs are just as poor as full size SUVs but for different reasons. And why the hell does anyone want to sit up high in a car.  Do they just love poor handling and body roll?  Do they like to pretend…