People in the US apparently like to lift, bro. I don’t get it, either. I’d rather have a lower height to lift stuff into than try to stretch to get my stuff into a taller vehicle, especially if that taller vehicle isn’t really gaining me any practicality (ex: 4x4 vehicle suited for off-road adventures).

Wanna know how to kill the SUV/CUV/Crossover market? Wanna know why I’m looking at a Honda HR-V

This is completely true. I’ve found that most IKEA flatpack furniture will fit in my BRZ tS with the rear seat folded down. I only have room to park a single car, and since “fun to drive” is a requirement for my mental and emotional well-being, a car that is a blast to drive and can do 98% of things I need it to do…

Why would you look at HRV, for those who cant have Miata for practical reasons but want fun in a small package Mazda made CX3( based on one of the best superminis ever, Mazda 2) next to which most CUVs and remaining subcompacts are as fun as Zombies, also aside from higher ride height CUVs are hardly more practical…

“I can spend 30k on a tiny little sportsthing that will do everything poorly bit handle great or 30k for a CUV that will do everything well but not be as fun to drive”

This will always be my favorite bubble era wackiness

This!!

Correction: This story originally called the new series “American Rallycross.” It has been changed.

Also, “central america” is a big scam, they’re all part of north America up to Ecuador.

America is a continent, not a country. Can be anywhere from the northern tip of Canada (or the northernmost point in Greenland, since it’s technically in North America) through the southern tip of Chile (or the southernmost point in the Sandwich Islands, since they’re also technically South America).

WorldRX is better than GRC

American can mean of the two continents, but it’s imprecise and prone to confusion given it’s also used for the US. Americas is pretty much always used to refer to the greater continents and removes all doubt.

Americas is also used to identify both north and south American continents at the same time.

The linked article calls it Americas Rallycross (Bolding mine), not American, which would seem to include Canada, though not the UK.

2 out of 3 events so far are being held in North America, so it is predominantly American...

Sorry, I’m going to call foul on this kvetching. “American” can be and often is used as a synonym for USian, but it’s also valid to apply it to the entire western hemisphere. 2 out of 3 so far are American.

In the US, it wouldn’t have been called frivolous, and he would have also sued the city for putting a lamp post in the way of his car.

I know someone who took over the lease on one of these about a year ago to help out a friend who had to move away. She is not a ‘car person’ and has only ever driven vanilla appliances, pretty much fleet grade actually.

Johan de Nysschen right now:

My question is do you think Toyota / Subaru made money off these cars? I know they sold fairly well, but did that offset the cost to engineer and produce them?