Somehow I find this Accent to be absolutely repulsive but the Rio (hatch) to be perfectly fine. Desirable, even.

This looks very “tuned for European tastes” in terms of exterior design. A fool’s errand, in my view.

Because even for those who can afford it, filling up is a sucky experience all around?

And as Toyota discovered, it’s not too easy to disrupt the established players. And among those, only the Grand Cherokee (and to a lesser extent the Edge) sell in large, Honda-like numbers. Jeep has pretty significant (and inherent, inimitable) brand cachet in the SUV space. 

Yes, I feel like we’ve seen this play before.

Okay. But even if the Model 3 had been a hatchback, it still wouldn’t have been the first? Because they mostly all are? Which was

Yes, it’s horrible. This is Scandinavian luxury:

Yes, I’m generally not a fan of these 90 series cars - XC90 excepted. People describe the interiors as “Scandinavian luxury” solely because it’s Swedish, but the thing is actually pretty ostentatious inside.

So what was your point? This article makes no mention of the Model 3 or the notion that it was the first mainstream electric hatchback. Nor am I aware that the notion exists at all.

LEAF? eGolf? i3? They’re mostly all hatchbacks.

Okay, but why this and not a cheap motel (you pay in cash!) or an open field or literally any discreet space?

Because all murderers prefer to supply their name and credit card information before committing the act?

Part of me expects they’ll take the Patrol / QX80 route and just release a decontented Q60 after just enough time has elapsed to let Infiniti milk its “prestige.” Seems to be their game plan for certain low priority segments.

I feel like we are back to the era of the coachbuilder with this generation of modular construction in the VW Group. It is quite incredible that within the last three or so years we have had four wildly different SUVs -from brands within the Group with wildly different mission statements- that are all, fundamentally,…

Haha. Really, it’s pretty unintuitive. They get their “inspiration” from Audi’s MMI.

I suppose one could say the deal is

Are your eyes stuttering yet?

The 1992 was the Civic to me, but the 8th generation is by far my favorite. Just a thoroughly pleasant balance of intriguing design and a restraint toward superfluous detail.

The 1992 was the Civic to me, but the 8th generation is by far my favorite. Just a thoroughly pleasant balance of intriguing design and a restraint toward superfluous detail.

It’s not about the effect this has on the individual level, but rather the effect it will have on public discourse and consequently on world events. World leaders and heads of state should be a prime concern.