Can you get diesel BMW X5s in the USA? Because that’s a bit of a Swiss Army knife. Heaps of room. Stacks of power fun(ish) to drive and can tow all while using bugger all fuel. Could work if you can get a decent used one? I have no experience with petrol ones but BMWs all seem to be fairly fuel efficient. Otherwise DT…

My wifes VW Polo only has a 1.2 turbo. But it produces stacks of torque and 0-50kmh is almost instant which is what you want in a city car. 0-100 is about 9-10seconds which is fine, it is of course aided by VWs pretty good DSG (say what you want about reliability, but the tech works). However sticking that engine in…

I don’t think they do. Diesel is taxed differently to petrol. Petrol tax is levied at the pump, that’s why petrol looks a lot cheaper U think it’s currently around $2.10 per liter (thank you coronavirus /s) and diesel about $1.30. However diesel tax is pre-paid per kilometer so you basically purchase 10,000kms in user…

Nope we have no tax incentives for any car. I cannot think of a logical reason to buy this truck at this price. Emotive ones - sure

It’s worse than that, you can get a mid spec 4x4 manual Mitsubishi Triton GLX-R for $2k more... the price makes no sense, I get that it costs a lot to convert it in low volume, but there are objectively better options out there

We used to have a BMW 135i manual coupe and a Toyota Highlander. This was before we had children and became boring

How bizarre! What about the Murano that came out in ‘04 or the X(crement)Trail that came out in 2000, or even arguably the Pathfinder that came out in ‘95 given it was unibody - I’ll be nice and not count that one. There was also the Rasheen that came out in ‘94 and that was a crossover not even a pretend off-roader.…

Oh I agree the hypocrisy is real. I was astonished that all the Toyota Hiaces In Thailand I travelled in - identical to the model we get here, weren’t equipped with airbags. At least in South Africa they are no longer selling last centuries designs, they are selling last decades which is something.

Have you ever travelled to any of these countries that sell cars like this? They have very strict import laws and by that I mean high import tariffs that mean cheap used cars can’t be imported from say Japan or Singapore. So car companies set up shop and build old cars that R&D has already been paid for to keep prices…

Look if we are being sensible and rational forward facing is safer, more efficient and less likely to result in your child vomiting all over your back window. However - this is Jalopnik and no one has time for a rational argument so rear facing - obviously. Side note, my mum’s friend had lap belts in the back of her…

In fairness, it sold poorly because it was a Nissan Navara (rated the worst truck in most reviews) with Nissan crossed out and Mercedes drawn on in crayon. People are stupid, but not that stupid. They then made the moronic decision to sell it through MB Vans (the commercial division) but then make a luxury version…

I’d be interested in a comparison with say a Lexus RX hybrid. I reckon the actual $$s spent on maintenance would be less, but I would imagine it would require a similar level of maintenance (if that makes sense) I don’t think the Model X has done too badly given it was it’s first model year and it in all reality is a…

Canadians. We are really nice eh

If you are so far underwater on your car loan, why the hell are you looking for a new car?! We need to upgrade my wifes car as its too small. But trade in value is about $2k less than payout. I will not roll the balance into another loan. I could sell it privately for more than its payout, but it seems way too hard…

Simple call it James... oh wait I think thats been done

We also had the previous gen a while ago. I reckon the interior of that one was better laid out, it felt roomier (maybe just had lighter materials???) but also had that giant shelf underneath the dashboard which was great. However, I hated driving it on the motorway, it felt so unstable in a cross wind. I don’t like…

I got 18 monitors in the boot of my wife’s Polo. I have an Outback, but she stole it while on maternity leave (fair enough it has a lot more room for baby stuff). I was pretty chuffed to get that many in!

Your wife has a problem with an Outback?! Ours has plenty of rear seat space for our 4 year old and 8 month in her giant rear facing (what I can only assume is a wrap around airbag?), try having them in my wife’s VW Polo, fine for my wife she is short, but my son behind me in the drivers seat - he complains constantly…

The car in front of me definitely didn’t have AEB. So you are telling me that you are at 100% concentration everytime you are on the motorway. I can think of times where my pre-collision warning has come on when I haven’t been as attentive as I should be, granted I wouldn’t have crashed even without it, but its a good…

A computer can react faster than a human. It happened very quickly. No-one crashed, but the car in front of me had tyre smoke coming off it. So I think the car got it right. I have no idea why the car in front of it slammed on their brakes, there was nothing ahead just slower traffic. I think they over-reacted causing…