Those who made excuses in Nuremberg and The Hague were people. People who made conscious choices. This VW/Porsche is a car. An object. It has not made any choices nor has it made any excuses as, being a car, it is not sentient.

I’ve never wrenched on that specific model of Renault, but yes, lots of incredibly simple French cars out there.

They designed the 480 with the US in mind. It had those weird side reflectors that are mandatory in the US, but which you do not see in Europe. In the red one above you see the reflector at the back of the car, just in front of the tail light.

Honestly? I would call those minivans.

The first thing I thought about were silver (or close to silver) tall Toyotas, as they uniquely driven by people who cannot drive. Too slow, they cannot merge properly, don’t use their mirrors when they overtake and tend to be left lane hogs. Almost always driven by someone over the age of ~55, and if not they are…

This sounds more like mechanic incompetence to me. Weren’t these super simple and conventional and thus easy to fix? 3 head gaskets in 1 years is a sign of a bad mechanic.

But you can have it. Just move out of freedomland and you will suddenly experience the freedom to buy one! Even Canada will do nowadays, as the Megane in your picture just turned 15.

I would argue they are (tall and overweight) hatchbacks, not wagons. En profile they have the classic hatchback silhouette, not the longer and sleeker wagon look.

Yes.

Meanwhile, in Europe. Either just pump that gasoline or diesel in your desired grade and pay at the counter (no screen whatsoever), or with other pumps like the one in the picture: pay in the little black box thing in the middle and select grade by physically removing the nozzle from where it's mounted.

This is not untrue, but it’s not worlds apart. In my native the Netherlands people drive 13k km a year on average, in the US it’s 13k miles. So 60% more. However, a highway drive, especially at US speeds, really doesn’t wear a car out at all. It’s the city and stop and go traffic that’s harmful.

From a European perspective it is weird though. Here the Golf is a best seller, like the F150 in the US. You can get a 2019 Golf as:

Only the GTI and R are said to return. The normal compact will not, you’d have the buy the Jetta instead.

Kei car (1990-1998) rules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kei_car#Description

That thing is about 3 times the size though.

The Viper will be far more entertaining to drive, but the Corvette will be easier to live with. The better pick is based on what you are expecting of the car, I guess.

These cars are great tools for a specific job; cruising in comfort and silence, like you mentioned. Having adequate power adds to the comfort. But having more than adequate power does not increase comfort, it might even decrease comfort when you have to modulate the throttle too accurately to not be uncomfortably…

I’ve driven multiple high hp comfy boats, and while I will admit that straight line acceleration can be fun, if the rest of car unengaging and overweight (like this crossover) it is a boring car. To me at least.

Had that been the argument, sure.

Isn’t it pointless though? I mean, how often are you going to use more than 300 hp in your wallowy 500 hp crossover. Never?