Because, at the end of the day, the amount of hp a crossover has doesn’t really matter, as long as it’s ‘sufficient’. 400 hp or 671 hp in a car like this, meh, both are more than enough. Other than a second on the throttle on the onramp you won’t even notice the difference. You won’t go corner carving in a soccermom…

Come on, this is a wallowy minivan without sliding doors. 500 hp or not, this boat will not be fun to drive and will not be an enthusiast vehicle in any way.

It is, and I don’t understand why it wouldn’t work in the US. They’re using older but proven tech, but that’s most of the US market so that shouldn’t be an issue. They use relatively large but crude bodies (compare a Sandero to a Fiat 500), which is also most of the US market. The interior is cheap, which is... well…

Like the article said, it will be quick to 30 and lose grunt afterwards.

The normal van version of this was introduced in 1996 though (and they sold millions of them)

Excluding the sliding doors, isn't that exactly what the X5 and X7 are?

Sure, but it's relatively easy to do so. American pickup trucks have turned into clown cars.

Well Billy Bob, ‘Nigel’ here is not even from the UK. I used UK prices as Jalopnik quoted UK prices and converted them (erroneously) to US prices.

Sure. With 80k in my pocket I’d spend 10k on a car and save the rest. And I’d certainly not spend 40k in options for a 50k track car, like the subject of this article. But that’s not the point.

The Audi website says something else though:

Base CTR: £31k

The Megane RS (so with way more than twice the hp of the base Megane) starts at £27k pounds. The RS Trophy R (which is a special track monster) starts at £51k. The Audi R8 starts at £125k, or roughly 2.5 times as expensive.

UK is the only country to use the £ though.

To give some perspective: A Golf R costs £36k in the UK. The superior (and more reliable) Renault?

Yes. Because it’s always including VAT in Europe. Quoting a price without VAT doesn’t make sense, because you cannot buy a new car without VAT and VAT is always the same percentage.

You can, because the '04 Mondeo is 15 years old.

Both my (drivable) cars have factory Pininfarina badges, one was even built by Pininfarina in Italy (and has 350k on the odometer). Neither was expensive.

Sure it counts. Buying more used manuals means used manuals go up in price, meaning depreciation is limited and it becomes financially more attractive to buy new. This is especially true for recent used cars.

I’ve spiritedly driven modern automatic cars (in Europe), like the BMW 3-series (~2016) and Subaru BRZ. On mountain roads. While those automatics are competent and fast, they suck the fun right out of the whole experience. IMHO. They are just too competent. The experience becomes relatively sterile, as if you’re…

I would have been remarkable light at 2000 lbs.