I don’t think so. Reliability and long-term ownership is the factor that gives me pause for both of those brands. Combining them doesn’t change that. This is Chrysler’s chance to pick a company with a better reliability rep (think Pontiac with a Toyota product in the Vibe) and work with that to improve their overall…

They weren’t “exactly the kind of product Chrysler needed” since they don’t sell. Have you not seen the multiple articles talking about how 200 production is shut down because they can't move their existing stock? They’re both decent products in segments full of excellent products, and Chrysler's best in-house…

“Honda must have figured that out, because the last Civic—and probably the one before that—was a thoroughly phoned-in product.”

Ugh, really Patrick? The generation before that was a dramatic departure in styling both inside and out. A major risk for the company when no one was taking risks in that segment. It was also…

That’s misleading. The XC70 is available without AWD and with a 4-cylinder turbo. The V60 Cross Country starts with AWD and a 5-cylinder. The MSRP is basically the same at that point. Plus, its worth mentioning that Volvo doesn’t have some of their fanciest features available on the XC70 anymore, since it is near the…

Emphasis on first gen, there. I owned a 2005 Outback until two years ago. It lived in a snowbelt, and looked pretty darn near perfect. I don’t see rust on many of the 2nd gens, or any of the 3rd gens.

The next gen MDX can’t come fast enough. This gen is bulky and the interior and technology are not up to the luxury grade Acura is dying to be (seriously, you can’t manage real wood in products you need very badly to differentiate from their Honda brethren?). I know the MDX has sold well, but in my view it’s a bit of…

I’m not actually sure how much space you are giving up. I believe this will give you more length, but be lower. So it often depends in what format you want your space. Not sure though.

I’m like you. I have no *possible* excuse for wanting or owning one of these, but I’ve always liked them. They look good, inside and out, and prioritize things I care about (quiet, useful, good-looking, smooth ride, power).

In general, you are *always* safer behind people like this, or drunk drivers, than you are in front of them. You have a lot less control when you are in front of them. He was well back from both cars, and in that setting he gave himself enough time to stop fully even when this guy did what he did. Beyond filming it, I…

For the record, VW oil pans aren’t particularly fragile, but they don’t hold up well to dipshits who can’t drive ramming parking curbs with them. Don’t blame the car for driver stupidity.

I like wagons and the V60 looks great, but the XC60 is a whole different beast in terms of function. The cargo space is way more usable, and it also rides better than the V60.

Yes, but here’s the difference: I can get a fully loaded, 2.5l Mazda3 hatch with a 6-speed. I would be very surprised if its the same for the Cruze.

Um, excuse me? Where’s mention of my S90?

THANK YOU for bringing up this point. Everyone complains when we don’t go for the wagon option, but wagons these days are ridiculously low. My friend’s 9-5 manages to ground itself out on just about any piece of non-level pavement it can find. It gets seriously frustrating.

Humour is good. Lame humour at the cost of interesting information (I did not know Pacifica, CA was a place)? Nah.

The customer has lost resale value and now has to deal with getting their car repaired (meaning, I would guess, being involuntarily forced to give up your vehicle for a few days). Plus, many bought the cars because they were ‘clean’. Efficiency and low emissions were part of the promise, and that matters to a lot of…

Loss of resale is loss of resale, no matter how it happened. The consumer has lost resale value they had due the actions of the company and the resulting press, thus the compensation.

Or you could, you know, just admit you didn’t research it and correct the article.

You’re about a decade out of date on that...

Taverish, I think that the issue is these articles seem lazy. Find used luxury car, invent tagline about cheapness relative to normal car, rinse, repeat. If you actually took half the time that CARnnoisseur did above to tell us about why these cars are so cheap and what their issues are, then it would be a useful…