2015 Golf TDI. Next. 

Close your eyes. Now imagine a mid-size sedan, with tasteful and understated styling, and 50:50 weight distribution. Imagine sitting inside, and discovering a luxurious, yet driver-focused interior. Imagine gripping the well-positioned 6-speed manual, and just snicking through the gears. Imagine turning the key, and…

Most of your reasons are correct, but claiming that a crossover gets the same fuel economy as a midsized car is a stretch. The MQB Jetta gets around 40 percent better fuel economy than the MQB Tiguan. Lifting a vehicle doesn’t create a fuel economy change, but making the roof taller turns it into a giant sail.

I see your floating roof, and I raise you “halogen projector lights, attempting to fool people into thinking they’re HID/LED lights”. They don’t illuminate shit, and also look like shit...

Neutral: I found a TWO-FUR!

Tanks a lot Rivian

Apparently the cool thing to do now is insult everyone by calling them a Boomer. 

False, no crossovers are good.  Wagon for life

 Why heat the entire car?  Because SOME of us are busy heating the entire planet, Kristen.  Sheesh.

While I agree with your basic sentiment, I’m pretty sure the other byproducts are the bigger issue with diesel, not CO2. Dieselgate was about NOx, DPF filters catch a myriad of other stuff. That’s why so many European cities are in the process of banning it outright.

Tiguan SEL 4Motion with 3rd row seating is $35K, but that wouldn’t be my first choice.

Sounds like they have a St. Bernard.

I have a dog and he was just fine chilling in the passenger seat of my MR2 Turbo.

I actually know this one because a former colleague bought her new Highlander ~18 mos. back: If you have a two-person household and a single dog and are American, a Highlander is the smallest vehicle that can possibly transport all three lifeforms simultaneously.  

To the person who buys the $50,000.00 Highlander: Why?

I’m actually surprised by how many of these I see on the road. It’s refreshing to see people buy expensive not-SUVs. Like automotive eye-bleach.

The new Escape is exciting, because when the 3 cylinder goes into cylinder deactivation to save gas, the whole car shakes like it blew a tire.

Delta’s New Uniforms Are Giving Attendants ‘Skin Lesions, Fatigue, Migraines, Hair Loss’

Sigh

Dear Honda,

Two kids and a 90lb lab.