You don’t tow much to assume that a FWD powered by a 1.5L diesel would come anywhere close to 6,000 lbs do you?

Wow.. That is significantly better than the current car and pretty much sets a new benchmark for the segment. I’m curious to know how many years it’ll be before MB allows Nissan to poach this one for the next QX30 as the current Infiniti is a much better looking car on the outside than the CLA/GLA IMO.

The shrinkification did not work here. While the F-Pace appears to be a visibility nightmare the proportions on big brother work with the high beltline, low roof and thin headlamps. This looks like the shorter, fatter, poofier little brother.

Love the profile, like the hatch, interior is a step below the competition but you gotta find a way to keep the cost down and it’s certainly livable IMO. Motor appears to have the goods on paper and I’m glad first impressions are that it delivers (the original Genesis Coupe V6 made good numbers on paper but ran out of…

The Corvette didn’t get quad taillights until ‘61, a full eight model years after the nameplate was first introduced.

What about discussing the real issue here, the misconception by the uninformed masses that there’s a 6.3L anything under the hood when it’s a 4.0L now and used to be a 6.2L because badge snobs are so obsessed with having the biggest number available on their trunk lids.

Video? The correct answer here is simply “because Ronin”.

My point being that new cars are so heavily discounted to start with they do in fact lose half their value after three years.

No. I said a vehicle loses about a quarter of its value once you drive off the lot. My point is that it’s ridiculous to suggest that vehicles retain two thirds of their value after three years unless it’s under special circumstances.

I’m not including taxes and fees in any of my figures as that will vary depending on your location. That said, based on MazdaUSA’s website a brand new 3 GT starts at $25,835, not $24,000. That alone means a 40% loss in value over three years based on your $15,600 figure but 3s tend to hold value pretty well so I’m not…

I work for Ford so here’s a sampling. These are 36 month residuals at 15k mi/yr. I’ll also be listing a range as the residual typically changes based on trim level.

By your logic if I buy a $30k Mustang EcoBoost and decide the next day that it isn’t for me I’d be getting back $27k on a trade in...yeah right. You can also forget about trying to pull that on the private market as there’s no way a titled vehicle is worth 90% of it’s new MSRP.

Keep in mind that the SN95 GT made “only” 260hp from it’s 4.6L V8 when it was replaced by the 300hp S197. These were different times. The S197 GT500 made a big splash when it landed with a full 500hp under the hood as those figures in a Mustang were ridiculous at the time considering that the previous gen SN95…

This is absolutely 100% not true. Most low-line (non-luxury brand) mainstream passenger cars and crossover SUVs will lose 50% of their value by year three if not year four. This is clearly evidenced by 36 month lease residuals which tend to hover around the 48-52% mark for a typical 15k mi/yr lease and even those tend…

Talk about a platform with potential. Nissan got so close with the NISMO and NISMO RS. The motor needed another 15-30hp and a lot more noise (way too quiet) but the thing handled pretty well for a higher riding crossover, the shifter was snick-snick good and while the styling was love it or hate it, I loved it. The…

OMG GRRRRRRR that shit is so infuriating. Tremendously practical vehicle in terms of space, low step-in/step-out height which a lot of folks love, and the visibility out of a box will always be top notch with the glass and the pillars so vertical. And like you pointed out, an optional beast mode engine on the TOTL…

My personal fav is when someone immediately writes a vehicle off because “it’s an automatic...lame”.

No gap insurance? I mean that’s kind of her fault there is it not?

While I agree that both Caddy and Lincoln needed/need more aggressive lease programs to compete in the new car market, I’m wondering how much money GM and Ford are willing to eat at auction when these vehicles are termed in three years.

Hyundai just outNISMOed Nissan. As a long-time Nissan fan, this and the Kona-which while a C4 Cactus ripoff shows us what a JUKE could have been-I am impressed. Gotta give Hyundai props, I just wish they’d make it a proper 5-door and I hope that the numbers don’t disappoint in terms of driving feel and engagement like…