This is great for customers, but the dealers with few or no allocations are going to be pissed to lose out on the contacts. Not that I care, I just see that as a reason more companies won’t do this.

Dealers want to keep it confusing so that they can say “why don’t you stop by and we can talk about the numbers?” 

To me it’s like having a modern day Lancia Delta Intergrale. Looks great and wedgy, plenty fast, unobtrusive AWD system. I’ve taken it down dirt roads in southern Utah (Hole in the rock road) up to 80mph no problem, and it’s been a delight here this winter
The Kona N would be the hotter hatch with the DCT but it’s only…

Man I wad excited until I saw 0-60. I'll keep my Spark it's about the same lol

lol what a fail. Typical Honda malaise since mid 2000s

Here ya go. Luxurious, safe, reliable, and it might still be worth $18,000 when you sell it in a year. 2013 Lexus GX.

Hahaha this was my dad and I, both gearheads, when i got my first car. Reverse roles, the teenager wanted something reliable and practical (civic hatch was the dream), dad wanted something interesting and quirky.

200hp car with Red Leather seats in 2023. Autozone special. lol

Auto mfr’s overestimate 0-60 times. This thing will do it in 7.0. It will still get burned by an Odyssey and moreseo the Pilot. This powertrain is still pretty ass for the price, especially in CVT form.

I was briefly tempted by one of these. I still have a Nissan Juke Nismo and recently sold off my Veloster N, so it seemed like the Kona N was the unholy combination of the two. However, I’ve read enough reviews that the Kona N is absolutely not meant for any sort of off-pavement driving that I am going to stick with…

With most adaptive cruise control systems, the following distance is in seconds, not car lengths. That means when traffic is slower, it follows more closely. I’m not sure how Lexus handles it, but I’d assume it’s similar.

I set it in tbe closest setting and no one has ever pulled in front of me. It's a Toyota- problem the same system as the Lexus. 

It’s quick. I wouldn’t say it’s fast, but it gets up and goes. The turbo and acceleration are very smooth, not a rocket ship but gets to 60 in 6 seconds. Handles great like a Mazda, very nice interior, I love the size. I think of it as more of a lifted hatch than a small suv

I had a Veloster N. Never had any engine issues. It was a great car 

It’s incredible for reducing attention fatigue on long drives. I’d have said the same thing until I experienced the admittedly rather rudimentary system in my brother’s 2012 XC70; it monitors your follow distance on the highway well enough to keep the 3 second rule and lets you focus on what’s going on around you…

I like it but ended up with a CX-30 Turbo. Has all you want

I really really wanted this.  Then I realized it was FWD only.  Living in the northeast I want AWD.  Especially in a rocket like that.

ND because it’s not going to be drivable (unless you have a private track or whatever) and being a test rig all that equipment in the boot went to random sensors drilled into parts that are going to need to be overnighted from Japan England.

That is pretty much a leaf or bolt. But those aren’t sexy and profitable. Tons of unnecessary tech is sexy and profitable.

The 4 cylinder by itself isn’t powerful enough (see cx9 sales) and not everyone can plug in at home.