Go back to Germany and eat your frankfurters. I’ll be damned if America ever lets logic dictate design.

I was hoping for some more articles about Jeeps

A 3-pedal BMW X3 with a 225 hp 3.0 6-cyl is a LOT different than a Mazda5 with a 4-cyl that barely touches 150 hp. I’m not against SUVs having manuals, I’m just saying that an under powered minivan with a manual kind of defeats the purpose of both the minivan and the manual.

Okay after we’re done beating up on him, can we all agree that the take about MUST have a manual for my minivan is a little bit... much? I’ve had two manual cars over a span of ten years and I’ve driven minivans. But never, ever have I wanted to combine the two.

I think people are buying out their leases and keeping them 4-5 years instead. They likely got a lease with a 50% residual, paid a ton up front, then realized the car was below market at 50% after 3 years and kept it. The nice thing about Volvo’s is that while they depreciate like crazy, they age very well - the 2015…

Meh, the 328i is down on power for the price. I’d get the V60 T5 over the BMW. But that MB E350 is niiiiiiiiice

My guess is that their move into the luxury segment prompted more people to lease than buy, so the warranty became less of a thing. Or they were losing their asses fixing cars for free.

Isn’t the mid-air backflip from Cruis’n USA? You’d hit the accelerator twice in mid-air to flip.

2016 also had the 6-cyl, 2017 was the first year for the 4. I haven’t driven the T6 4-cyl yet, nobody locally has a V60 in T6 trim. Only S60s or XC’s. We already have a T5 XC60, and while it’s fast enough, I don’t like how hard the engine has to work to actually go. The 6-cyl is so effortless and snappy. I just don’t…

Yeah but Autotrader has this nationwide search function it’s pretty cool you should check it out

Just wait for Alfa’s next sale and lease one for $360/mo with nothing down instead of paying $500/mo to buy one that’ll depreciate faster than you can pay it off.

What kind of discount off MSRP can you get on a special order vehicle? I’m assuming the dealer isn’t going to bother budging much, if there’s nothing on their lot that needs to be moved. So you’ll get manufacturer discounts plus $500 or something. 

Good f-ing luck. I’m currently trying to find a V60 T6 that just came off lease to buy (so like a 2016 MY). There’s like seven nationwide, and they’re all $30k (for a $49k MSRP). Plus Volvo just changed their CPO warranty to 5 years from sale date, which ends up being only one extra year on the manufacturer’s…

Depends on location and (duh) demand. I live in Portland, and there’s one non-XC ‘18/’19 V90 in my state, and it’s used. You probably live in CA or somewhere on the East coast (or, oddly, CO)?

They’d probably just get pulled for extra security at the airport, because maaaybe 5% of the population understands what Lorem Ipsum means

Little Caesars isn’t the worst, but it’s pretty f-ing bad. Stadiums are the ultimate political bribery scam - you don’t think a city like Detroit could have used that $350m for its schools or urban housing instead? Or, I dunno, help subsidize the thousands of GM employees about to be laid off?

Bravo

Yeah but after the Chevy layoffs, nobody in Detroit will be able to afford a 4k TV anyway

Is it worth spending the extra cash to pick up a new 2019 or used 2018 for the 6-year warranty? I can get a 2016 CPO for $30k or a used 2015/2016 for around $25k. The new CPO warranty is only 2 years, so I’m not sure it’s worth an extra $5k. That 6 year warranty would be nice though - on a 5 year loan you’d come out…

Yeah it sounded better when it was 5%. For that money I think I’d rather buy an E30 and watch that price skyrocket.