A.K.A. “we didn’t anticipate such a huge demand for big mama BOF SUVs because we hadn’t given the previous Land Cruiser a significant update in years”.  Whoops.

6 month wait time minimum and that’s if they’re lucky. Our MME was ordered 11/29/21. We’re finally picking it up next Tuesday.

Range Rover Evoque and Range Rover Velar too.  

Nothing more dumb than getting into one car on the lot and going “oh hey, I like the button placement, steering wheel layout and infotainment in here” and then hopping out into a different model and going “WHY THE FUCK ISN’T THIS ONE LAID OUT LIKE THAT ONE?” I get that it’s “boring” to share interiors between products…

Santa Cruz looks like ass, hybrid option on the Mavierck, Santa Cruz looks like ass, better pricing structure with the Maverick, Santa Cruz looks like ass, baby truck from the #1 truck maker, Santa Cruz looks like ass.

Lol. Yeah right. Neeeeevvvvvver gonna happen. Seller’s market, constrained supply and buyers with cash probably willing to pay double what Toyota will price this thing at. It is what it is. If you wanna be first and want in on the launch hype you’ve always had to pay a premium, it’s just gonna be even worse now given…

The GR Corolla has the benefit of a powerplant and drivetrain that’s already been developed for overseas use in the GR Yaris. An STi based on the new WRX would have either required Subaru investing resources into pumping up the 2.4L for more than “regular” WRX duty or using the motor from the previous gen.

Lol no man. No one would have bought it because of the sliding doors. The fatal flaw(s) of the C-Max here in the US were it’s ugly design and the slightly better than the Fusion Energi but still less practical than a non PHEV hatch sized cargo area. The car was designed for the Euro market and brought here strictly as…

The trunk on the Fusion Energi was useless though. It was the biggest drawback of the car. People also conveniently forget that Ford had to give away every Fusion Energi they sold. These things NEVER moved unless it was during one of the six sign-and-drive car sales holidays when you could pick one up for dirt cheap…

They bitch when automakers won’t give them a small inexpensive truck, then bitch about what makes said truck inexpensive when it finally arrives. It’s ok, the whine, moan, complain crowd is usually looking to pick one up used in 10 years anyway.  

ILX had an 8DCT, not the 10AT.  It doesn’t make sense to re-engineer that trans to work with the 1.5T as it would only serve to drive up costs.  The real enthusiasts will go for the 6MT anyway and those who just want a Civic in a suit will be fine letting the CVT do it’s simulated shifts thing in the background.  The…

So if the manufacturer suddenly raises its MSRPs $5k across the board and then puts $5k of dealer cash into the dealership’s pockets are you ok “because MSRP says so”. You can’t have it both ways. Either you’re ok with the market dictating prices (low prices when inventory is high and high prices when inventory is…

To piggyback off of what you started, I’ll throw the 11th gen Civic Touring into the mix.  It lacks a lot of the features available on the top trim Accord (ventilated seats, in-built modem, HUD, adaptive dampers, a higher output engine option) but it’s a shit ton of car for $30k MSRP.  

Because the difference between the two modes was negligible, thus Subaru figured they could lean on this BS excuse as to why the new WRX drinks gas like it’s on a Vegas binge.  If there was a significantly measurable difference, Subaru would have gone with the more efficient mode.  It’s not just this car’s rating,…

Supply and demand folks, nothing new here.  

Ford originally did have plans to sell the Mark IV Active here in the US (there’s a debate about whether or not that was actually the case or if they had just announced that so they could complain about union negotiations but that’s another story) but pulled the plug on any plans for a US variant before the car…

CR-V with the optional third row (available overseas, not in the US) and a Pilot...yeah those are the same.  How do you suppose the CR-V is less expensive than the Pilot?  Really dude?  

In order to qualify for the full $7,500 under the current guidelines, you have to make about $53k-$54k for your federal tax liability to be at least $7,500 if you’re filing single, non HOH. The credit is based on what you earn and thus what you owe to the Federal government. A lot of folks mistakenly believe that it…

Where are you getting $70k from?  It’s around $53k-$54k last time I check for a single individual.  

Nothing will ever top Mitsubishi with their “Triple Zero” fiasco. Zero down, zero interest and zero payments for a year back in the day. Sooooooo many repos.