It’s goofy, for sure. But you KNOW they’re going to put all the climate controls into the main screen and replace the buttons with a metal strip or something.

I only say this because I’ve been in several of the newest generation Mercedes products. The entry level ones have tons of shiny, cheap, glossy plastic (GLB, CLA and A class are the worst offenders). This appears to have the same plastic appliqué coveting the entire center console and part of the door cards.

But those 70s german taxis chugged along for a decade, until they were sent to the Middle East and Africa to keep on chugging til this day.

I think this is a small step back in exterior design and a major step back in interior design from the current C. I know screens are all the rage, but the sheer amount of buttons on the steering wheel (there are two directional pads! Four shelves of buttons? Why??), general cluttered feeling of MBUX and the fact that…

Idk why the Q5 in particular seems so unappealing and bland to me, but whenever I see one I think of a FWD Tiguan hiding underneath. I know that’s not entirely accurate, but any sporty luxury SUV that isn’t RWD based seems like a sham to me.

Another thing to note about Brazil. Theft from automobiles is extremely common. Having an SUV, hatchback or pickup truck of any real value is just asking to be broken into.

You said it best: In the US, motorcycles are considered a luxury item. And in this pandemic, luxury goods are booming.

Advertised Lease specials don’t include taxes, which are up to 15% in some places. There are usually several incentives included in that special, like Loyalty, Costco membership, new grad, and military discounts. Sometimes extra security deposits are included too.

Interesting article, but there are a lot of assertions on both sides.

The prius isn't a true CVT. It's a planetary gearset sandwiched with an electric motor. Very reliable. Every Nissan CVT and any other belt driven CVT is an unreliable mess of a transmission design to make it just past the warranty period. 

People hate these because it’s just one more rung of evolution away from interesting. Cheap? Underpowered? FWD? CVT? And now top-heavy?

Closest thing to an RS6 Avant in your budget: BMW 535i Xdrive wagon, with a JB4 tune. With an intake, exhaust, iintercooler and JB4 tune, they can make north of 450 horsepower. Even with just the tune and nothing else, you can get them to 340.

While it seems like Rolls Royce, Bentley or some luxury maker would keep it going the longest (rich people don’t care about fuel economy), we now see that electric cars are quieter, faster, safer and more comfortable than gas powered cars. These are all things rich people love. Though hypocritical, they also tend to…

In their own right, they’re not bad. Very early 2000s styling element and extremely dated looking today... But so are most early 2000s cars.

It’s ugly, but the F10 chassis is extremely well built and the N55 is a reliable engine, once you address the HPFP (which has almost certainly been done before this reached 104k).

Thanks! I have too much time on my hands 

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So were these the same games inside? Or did the mildly alter the games, with some different cars and liveries?

Look up leasehackr.com and find one of the brokers offering a new Bolt lease. They come out to under $200 a month for a 3 year lease (factoring in down payment too). A leased Bolt is the cheapest new car you can buy