Engine mounts are actually designed to fail in crashes, so the engines can go under the cabin instead of through it. In this instance, they're being hit with a fair amount of centrifugal force that they're not designed to withstand, so not surprising the multi-hundred-pound engine achieved escape velocity. 

A Ford Escape, Bronco Sport, and Corsair, but without room behind the headrests, since there’s glass there. Bit easier ingress/egress since there’s no wheel hump intruding into the rear doors.

They already announced the hybrid AWD is coming next year. Supply chain issues and all that. So you can get it, just have to be patient. 

Daewoo still exists and sells cars in North America.

Gm isn't so much unlucky as their own worst enemy. The late-2000s financial crisis should have really truly changed the company for the long term, but it just killed off brands that were arguably superfluous, but still attracted the somewhat-niche buyer. 

Cheap tires.

Avoid gm. Equinoxes are polished turds. I have a customer that gm has offered to replace her 2019 with a 2022 rather than replace the engine and transmission. Again. Doesn’t even have 38k miles on it. Of course with higher payments “but it’s new!” (ugh).

Addendum: I hope Mazda abandons the CX-## (2-digits) naming derivative on the CX-30 & MX-30. Too close to both Volvo (who is pivoting to actual name model names with the XC90 replacement) and infiniti (where a QX60 is bigger than a QX70). Either stick with CX-# (1 digit), or do like Lincoln and come up with names for…

Championing subaru, but calling out alleged “questionable design choices”, and on a Mazda of all things.

They had that originally. As an owner of a 2019 that replaced a 2016, the dial by itself is an improvement. Also no more fingerprints on the screen or worries about scratching it. 

The Mazda CX-5 is one of the few cars I can just about wholeheartedly recommend (which is saying a LOT as I work at a shop where we see literally nearly every major make and model on a regular basis). Actually, I can recommend almost all current USDM Mazdas, with minor individual caveats against their…

I've done that in Pacificas too. What's all the more confounding is that they first used that setup in the ill-fated final-generation 200, got bad feedback about it, but still went forward with it for the Pacifica. 

There are a lot of buttons, but that shape, appearance, and layout pleases my lizard-brain in indescribable ways. 

If this means FCA (now stellantis) won't have proprietary communication codes that tell you much more accurately what the fault is, then I have a bunch of customers and techs who would be overjoyed with not having to go to the dealer. 

True, in some cases. Same exists for cars, though those are aftermarket add-ons, usually by shady (BHPH typically) dealers, and not only can they be remote kill-switches, but also trackers for involuntary repos. 

Counterpoint on Volvo: VIDA and a knock-off DICE unit are amazeballs for pre-SPA (Geely) cars. Lots of quality DIY stuff for Volvo owners, including the function extenders (which I still need to get for mine). 

PEBSAW, have to dispatch factory tech. 

+1 for Millennial Farmer, Welker Farms, et al.

Yeah, how well do EVs charge when they're out in the rain? Guessing the charge port is probably engineered for that, but still

The E39 is one of my favorite BMW designs yet. Possibly ever, if they continue the way they’re going. E38, too, while we’re at it. Were those solo projects of his, or was he part of a group/committee?