I was referring to the ‘13 Fit Sport specifically. And NVH in the ‘93 Civic Si hatch I had was even worse, plus there was no way you were going to fit any adult comfortably behind a 6' driver in the ‘93 unless they had stumps for legs. The larger point remains - the Fit Sport is a far better, more usable, safer, more…

No. Have you actually driven a Lotus on a long highway trip? Like an Elise? They’re loud, uncomfortable and tiring. And you have been able to buy a good looking fully featured premium small car in the US for some years now - the Mini Cooper S / Works. Which doesn’t sell many units at all here.

Honda sold nothing smaller than the Civic in the US in 1993, either so it isn’t like that’s changed. Not to mention that things smaller than the Fit sell like a bag of flaming dogshit nationally here - especially when gas is cheap - just look at Smart car and Scion IQ sales.

Yup. 1994 Civic Si hatch= 2400 lbs. 2013 Fit Sport hatch = 2500 lbs. Same length, same width. But you can comfortably seat 4, 6-foot tall guys in the Fit Sport, it’s way safer in a crash, there’s no distributor or timing belt and the A/C actually works well in the summertime.

No, Bill. His argument is right on target, and Trump is a lousy businessman. Staying filthy rich when you’re born filthy rich and inherit daddy’s empire, millions and business connections is no accomplishment worth bragging about. Especially when you lie your way onto the Forbes 400 for years since you can’t make it…

Trump is still an idiot and politicians still don’t understand the car manufacturing business. In other news, water continues to be wet. Tune in for film at 11.

Insurance may be mandatory, but state minimum dollar levels of coverage are often laughably low. PA auto policy state mandatory minimum liability coverage for years was $15k per person/$30k per accident/$5k in property damage. Total. You can exceed $15k in medical bills in under an hour in an emergency room these…

Can confirm all of this. As a longtime professional mechanic and shop owner, some of the terrifying heaps that are on the road today are remarkable in the “how has this not crashed/caught on fire yet?” kind of way, from California to Florida to Maine to Oregon.

Nah. I’ve owned both for years and the Fit Sport is every bit as fun to drive as the ‘93 Si.

They’re talking about 95 RON, which is 91 US pump octane. Come on, you guys should know this. How did this glaring error make it past your editor?

Yet another silly comparison. Limit the F250 to 14mph and it can tow and haul far more than the SAE safe load it’ll pull all day at 75 mph.

We’re not talking about the Camry, though. And you’re “betting your bottom dollar” on a car you don’t even have specs on yet.

We’re not talking about the Camry, though. And you’re “betting your bottom dollar” on a car you don’t even have specs on yet.

The 360s were pretty bad cars though, even by the standards of the time. And it wasn’t like Consumer Reports reviews made it broke the sale of any car back then; their circulation was small compared to the auto industry magazines, and tiny compared to the big newspapers of note.

I’d be surprised if this new corolla hatch drove better than a new Civic 1.5 turbo hatch. Considering the miserable driving experience and shitty plastic interior of the 2017 1.8 Corolla hatch I drove in Australia last month, Toyota would have to make a quantum leap in handling, driving feel, interior quality, power,…

Never sold in the US

Here ya go, already on sale in Australia: 4 motion twin turbo diesel factory poptop VW California camper van. All factory, made in Germany. And we can’t have them, because VW marketing is still dumb.

Nah. Military planes are loud compared to civilian airliners, these particular planes are even louder than what they’re replacing, and who needs even more noise in your life (and maybe more often) when you’re already close to a flight path? I visited my friends in Sydney last month and their house was under a flight…

Did they source those hubcaps from Pep Boys?

A brand new 2018 Nissan Frontier is $19k. That’s very affordable.