Compare sales of the Crosstrek to the non-WRX Impreza or even the Legacy. Compare sales of the Rogue to the Altima, or the Rav4 to the Camry etc... Smart move by Ford, and FWIW it’s very possible we still get the next-gen FoST and FoRS here since the Focus nameplate will still exist here in Active form. I wouldn’t…

FWIW it’s entirely possible we still get the new ST and RS here. I wouldn’t expect Ford to mention either of these variants at this point given that neither trim level has been publicly unveiled yet. If the Focus Active comes here then technically the nameplate will still exist in the States. I see Ford attempting to…

For the month of March the freshly redesigned Camry and Accord are actually down year over year. Let that sink in for a minute. I think Ford saw the writing on the wall with the Japanese brands quite some time ago which is what led to them cancelling the Fusion’s 2020 full redesign.

They’re taking a bath on the Fusion with all of those $0 Down, $199/mo sign and drive deals when these things come back off lease and are sold at auction. Fiestas and Focuses need to be whored out as the competition is viewed as a superior, the Taurus and the C-Max are irrelevant and a compliance car respectively, the…

So in other words when the lease on my FiST ends next year I’m gonna be crapped the fuck out.

Or you know, the RWD GS isn’t selling so make the FWD ES sportier looking in an attempt to appeal to the “I only bought a GS because I want folks to think I’m not a senior citizen driving an ES” crowd. This is exactly why the new ES looks the way it does.

Oh hey, Uncharted: Jalopnik Edition.

It is. The Mark VII (UK Mark VIII) isn’t coming here which crapped me out as that new ST seems like it’d be a blast.

That was Mustang’esque. 9/10 execution, -1 for not including the aftermath.

Yeah but if GM was running point on the 9AT, isn’t it kind of on them to you know, make sure the transmission is up to snuff? If the 9th cog adds little to no economic advantage in terms of fuel consumption and the removal of the gear can lead to cost savings, shouldn’t they have figured this out during R&D and let…

XLs are extremely common, both as fleet units and retail units with the STX package.

The whole push towards alphanumeric names has to do with increasing brand recognition. When he was at Infiniti, the G Sedan/Coupe and FX SUV had become so popular the models were more well-known than the make. The shift to the Q and QX nomenclature purposely introduced a bit of confusion in an attempt to get folks to…

If I told you five years ago that Lincoln would be looking at a brighter future than Cadillac you’d say I was on crack.

Agreed. The other scenario I tried to envision was/is someone driving forward over said can, but given how the paint ended up on the left hand side of the Aston without much paint on the adjacent wall I’m calling BS. Like you said, it looks like someone chucking a full can’s worth at the car’s right rear quarter and…

Given the primary demographic the ES caters to that won’t happen anytime soon. These folks would gladly take the extra safety afforded from doors with frames over the style points you pick up by going frameless.

It’s not the fact that he’s shopping for a new car which raises an eyebrow, it’s that he wants a “sporty sedan”. There are lots of benefits to leasing new versus buying used if you’re smart and sensible about it. Why not lease a car that will be under warranty that you won’t be married two in three years? By then you…

The digital dash is impressive, but I know if I paid for it I’d mess with it for a month before eventually just setting it to my favorite color and forgetting about it. In a performance car you need your tach and your aux gauges to monitor temps. Where Ford really needs this setup is in their other vehicles with the…

I assume the $23,000 in your example is the selling price of the car itself. That said how does this formula account for sales tax which obviously fluctuates depending on where you live?

To me it comes down to functionality when it comes to the center stack. I don’t know why everyone hates floating screens so much when they work so well in comparison to a screens behind a huge shroud. I realize aesthetics are subjective and to me I don’t mind the look, but for the folks that do mind I’d take…

Really? Not the underwhelming 2.0L in the non-performance variant? Not the Powershift trans? Not the center stack that flares out into your front leg room. Really, it’s the floating screen which improves upon the current “mounted way in front within a large shroud of plastic” setup that kills it for you?