Grab all the French crossovers, smooth out the exteriors, plush up the interiors, and let it ride. Keep the Pacifica and whatever Stellantis replaces the 300 with (if they do). If that doesn’t work, stick a fork in them. The PSA brand should be sold in America somehow, and utilizing an existing brand and dealer…

yeah, with one kid, midsize crossover was fine. With two, the minivan was the obvious choice. We can haul two kids, two adults no problem, we can also haul an extra adult or two without a problem, or two extra kids no problem. And still have room for stuff with all those people. Two kids and two adults in the…

I don’t get why he is comparing minivans to compact to mid-size two-row CUVs. It’s the equally gigantic 3-row CUVs that are bad minivan substitutes for fashion victims. The Odyssey is bigger than the Pilot because the Pilot’s third row is a complete joke, and the Pilot is on the small side for it’s nominal class. If…

I maintain that for 99.9% of “offroading” people do, they could use literally any vehicle. I couldn’t count the number of dirt/gravel roads I took a stock Mini Cooper down. Sure, an overlanding rig may be more comfortable, but I've done plenty of dirt driving at speed in econoboxes with zero issues. 

This is the correct answer.

Appreciation for engineering/mechanical devices. Both watches and cars have an incredible amount of design, engineering and craftsmanship involved and I have an appreciation for that type of work.

TourX

Here’s today’s puzzler: Wealthy Americans are more than willing to spend upwards of $150k on a fast, practical wagon. Why can’t anybody get them to spend $30k on a kinda fast, practical wagon? Is the venn diagram of “people who can afford and buy ultra luxury cars” and “people who like wagons” just a perfect…

Yeah, if I remember correctly, he contributed to the “Tesla Deathwatch” blog (and got egg on his face from Tesla not only surviving, but doing much better than they predicted), so there seems to be some kind of long running grudge against Tesla for some reason the colors all his commentary. If Munro might be biased…

What’s worse is that they probably can’t fix it. The unibody is probably slightly out of spec. As we all know, a mm here, a mm there, eventually you’re talking real gaps.

Neutral : Dodge. It's what they're doing anyway. 

Bannon bilked Trump followers. Trump pardons Bannon. Followers rejoice. Irony, schadenfreude, and cosmic justice all in one package.

It is literally both of those.  It is metaphorically neither of those.

I’ve just realized that one of the reasons the Porsche looks so good compared to all other EV’s is that they’ve always been designing cars with next to no front grille.

There is very little on a Porsche lot I’d consider buying these days, but given I had the cash laying around to plonk down on anything with a Porsche crest, you can bet it would be this.

if I leave my car running but take the key fob with me, the shifter is locked out, so that concern isn’t a huge deal depending on the car. 

Fun alternative fact.

In the US market? The Fiat 500 and 500 Abarth. Appreciated by enthusiasts, but generally underappreciated by everyone. I’ll even include the 124 Spider as a bonus answer.

No matter what one might think, the answer to this question is not and never will be the Pontiac Aztek.

They’re relatively cheap for the size and features you get, and even the V6 is quicker than the average midsize sedan. I just read something on Road and Track from Jack Baruth where he compared the Charger and 300 to an Accord back in 2018-ish, and stereotypes about quality and resale aside, they’re actually pretty…