For decades I’ve read folks denigrate Consumer Reports Automotive Testing because they didn’t like their reviews. I have a different perspective.

According to C&D’s test, this is now nearly as fast as a 350z / WRX / MK7 GTI: https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a38260627/10best-2022-subaru-brz-toyota-gr-86/. Quarter mile at 13.9s @101 mph. And it didn’t need a turbo or a drivetrain wrecking 6000RPM AWD launch.

Like putting Lipstiq™ on a pig.

And then the roof blew off.  (-;

misaligned body panels caused additional reliability issues for Tesla

Vistiq sounds like an erectile dysfunction medication.

You can’t get bad rankings if you don’t get ranked.

Boy, that escaladiq’d quickly....

I was really looking forward to buying an Escaladiq.

Data come from subscribers who fill-out surveys about the vehicles they own. I guess not too many Dodge buyers subscribe to CR.

Of note the perennial quality powerhouses of Alfa Romeo Dodge Fiat Jaguar Land Rover Maserati Mitsubishi and Polestar were not included in the rankings.

Sometimes you have to come up with something Uniq when you are a Domistiq car maker.

Cadillac service manager here. Awful fking names. Cringeworthy comes to mind when I think of having to use these names with customers. Brings me back to 5th grade French when everyone was putting on their best Pepe Le Pew accent while butchering snobbish sounding French words.

I sooooooooooo much want to drive through that!

Not a gas station, but an aircraft hanger at the airport near me had it’s fire suppression system go off in the middle of the night and produced a massive amount of foam that was about 10 feet deep in the hanger until they opened the doors. It then flowed out and spread across the flight line outside and across the…

Did you miss the article about the Nissin getting crunched to an unrecognizable wreck by a semi and the Nissan’s driver is walking away from the crash?

I bought one of the first post-covid Model Y’s for $55K in June 2020. Sales tax / registration roughly balanced out with federal / state EV tax credits. Drove it for 16K miles and sold it last Friday for $6K more than I had into it.

Problem isn’t whom they’re marketing to. You’ll find younger buyers FAR more concerned about the environment than older buyers. EV’s offer an answer to the environmental issues, and offers viable transportation with zero tailpipe emissions. Problem is cost. Those younger buyers cannot afford the $35k and up price tag…

This is because: