Yeah in a test environment they match but when a real human drives them “normally” they drop off a good bit. Getting the sticker number in some brands is a miserable experience in quasi hypermiling. The recent Hondas I’ve driven do a pretty good job of more or less hitting the numbers when driven “normally”.

Fucking told you so.

I’ll believe it when I see it. Seems like most automakers are keen to tune engines and transmissions to work great for the EPA cycle only to underperform in the real world. The last new Honda I had (‘14 Accord Sport) actually met it’s Combined Maroney rating. Seems like maybe Mazda and occasionally Toyota also match…

It was a joke bud. Stereotypes are fun like that.

I’d argue Ohio is worse.

It was a joke bud. Stereotypes are fun like that.

I’m just impressed that Texas is progressive enough to include a hashtag AND a QR code on the same label.

Goldilocks spec right here.

For a part like a seat latch the Automaker is likely setting the spec. An airbag probably fall into the “black box” category where the supplier is given performance specs and the two agree and a method to achieve that.

Still gonna have a vehicle with 6" of suspension travel and shitty shocks that weighs 1000lbs too much.

Of all the other bikes on the grid which one would you be most interested in taking some demo laps on?

Having a handle on your face is as good as a ticket to throat punch city haha.

Problem is that somebody seeing red might make it into a man v cage fight instead of a man v cager fight, grille first.

Because everybody driving the same car sucks?

Speak for yourself regarding the engine development. At Honda we’re an engine company that just happens to make products to showcase said engines.

The most eye opening part of this article is that the TLX outsells the IS series.

That’s not to say that folks willing to pay more aren’t getting preferential treatment. According to Tesla, Model 3 orders will not be first-come, first serve, but rather customers with more expensive configurations will get order priority over less expensive models.

Im interested to see who makes the first bold move to offer something other than a rectangular screen. We’re seeing it now for the gauge clusters, when will it translate to the center screen? To me that's the biggest design weakness on the car. Beautiful curves everywhere punctuated by a big, flat, sharp cornered…

Wait isn’t this just an iPad Pro glued to the front of the dash :)

They likely did poorly due to glare. AKA blinding the fuck out of other drivers. I’ve driven an Accord and a TLX back to back and subjectively the TLX was noticeably better than the Accord. I'd be willing to bet the TLX gets hosed by the same glare demerits.