I agree that it shouldn’t have been Hybrid (or, Hybrid should have been an option) and they should’ve just put in a K20, I just don’t think the weight was ever a factor in sales - it was the price and lack of power combined with how much of a niche it would’ve been to begin with. If it was exactly the same vehicle but…

I don’t know about the finances but the Preds seem to have a strong fanbase.

The biggest problem with Overhaulin was that they’d spend 59 minutes on the storyline/building the car/saying how they’re going to miss their deadline, and the only time you see the finished car is right before the credits.

Yeah, you might want to check those videos out....there’s a difference between “this isn’t an off-roader” and “this says its AWD but it doesn’t seem to ever engage”.

I drove a CR-V through the mountains (well, its not THAT mountainous here, but it was in slippery wet fall conditions with the leaves everywhere) and not once did the AWD light come on. Seems inline with the videos.

And I drove a Genesis Sedan and I was very, very pleasantly surprised. If I was in the market for a new car there’s no way I’d buy a comparable (I mean comparable in price, not size, as I haven’t driven a 5 series) Audi or BMW. I drove an A4 that, with options was slightly more expensive than the Genesis and it was so…

I’m guessing most people are working from 9-5 and may not want or be able to use a weekend? I don’t see what’s unreasonable about 6PM.

I don’t see the graph on the link...what does it represent and what do the numbers mean?

I couldn’t disagree more; the Saleen reminds me of Voldemort.

[Mathieu]: I’m telling you, it’s dangerous to keep your pets in a locked, hot car.

My shop teacher always used to say when pulling a tire (to change a spare, work on brakes, etc.), always put the tire you’ve removed laying on its side anywhere underneath the rocker panel so that if the jack fails and you’re under the car, it’ll give you a little bit of clearance. Is this true? Can it actually take…

That would be quite a switch

Despite costing substantially more, the Corvette sold 11,693 from Jan-Apr; the Scion sold about 14,000 in all of 2014. Not to mention the intangible benefits that a car like a Corvette brings to the brand as a halo car.

Still seems like a better market than Tampa.

Less than 4,000 more FR-Ss were sold than Smart Cars in 2014. It’s not a bad number, but I definitely wouldn’t say its doing great.

So the one example of a best-in-class convertible Miata counts as proof that slow Japanese cars (and although it maybe be thought of as underpowered I still don’t think most people think Miatas are slow) are massive volume sellers, but the poor sales of the FT86/FRS/BRZ and the non-existence of the MR-2 and S2000 are…

I think people don’t consider how much bigger, more optioned and how much safer new cars are. Everyone points to the CR-Z being over 1,000 lbs heavier than the CR-X. The CR-Z misses the mark, but not because of its weight.

And how well do slow fun cars sell?

if deadspin had a commentoftheday....

When you saw RazoE’s pun, you couldn’t just leaven it be?