Different companies prioritize different rating factors, and yeah they’re regulated by the state but that just means they have to submit their rating factors for approval, unless you’re in NC premiums will be different (though they could be very similar depending on your profile).

How does it say that? We know the power figures, you don’t need a road test to see the Kia is more powerful. To me it shows that the BMW I4 is likely underrated give the fact that it’s .1 second behind with less stated power in a much heavier car.

You’re right, I tried looking for it now and the only place I could find tire information was Tire Rack, the OEM option for the GT is an ultra-high performance all-season Pirelli PZero. The OEM BMW 19" tire is a Bridgestone Turanza grand touring all-season, so there’s still an advantage there.

Well exactly and it’s also edited for TV, which means they did a whole lot of driving to get the 10 minutes of content. So while it could easily look like it ran out after 5 minutes on the track, it was actually a half day’s worth of runs.

Which it doesn’t look like this one has. So they’re testing a top of the line sport version of the Kia (which probably has performance summer tires) alongside a standard suspension and all-season tired 5-series which is also a bigger heavier car in a different segment.

Also hurting the C8 is the fact that due to being mid-engined a lot of actual supercar buyers bought into the initial hype. They tend to only keep their cars for a year or two versus traditional Corvette buyers who will put them away for a decade plus. And a lot of those supercar buyers I’m sure realized that the C8…

Any normal car with a wing/spoiler, but specifically WRX-es.

What you need is a Mercedes GLA45 AMG, and put some knobbies on it.

I’ve seen plenty of evidence to the contrary, especially with European cars. Both my car and my wife’s (and her prior car) all did better MPG at 70 than at 55. They all have 7-8 speeds and the sweet spot is right around 70 where you’re in top gear with minimal throttle input. They’re also all 2.0T engines so it’s in…

I have some suggestions for VW:

They’re ridiculous but the ones I liked most were the Brosnan-era Bond car chases in Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day. The remote control BMW 7-series was so cool to 10 year old me, and the chase between the first modern-looking Aston that not only had retractable studs but disappeared and the amazing BRG Jag…

Ok so it has panel fitment issues, and some paintwork may be needed. But let’s be honest, were the real ones that were also made in Italy in the 70s with plastic panels really much better? Real vintage rally cars are ridiculously priced, a fake in good shape that you can actually drive and not worry so much about…

It would even take forever to hit breakeven compared to a hybrid S-Class. Because the crazy depreciation Lucids have will be even worse once the company is no longer around.

The base model is irrelevant if you’re looking at a specific range number. To get the 500+ mile range it’s $110k.

I know exactly how EVs work, and that they’re most efficient in the city. But it’s also obvious that it won’t take much energy to set the cruise at 70 in the most aerodynamic car on sale today. Most ICE cars won’t be most efficient at 70 either because of gearing and aero, but some more aerodynamic ICE vehicles will…

Well a Lucid is the only one that’s rated over 500 miles range, that’s why it’s part of the article. But my response was a legitimate reason why a lot of people don’t have EVs.

Come to the midwest, every other home around me has either snowmobiles, side by sides, a boat, camper trailer, or multiple. And they’re going somewhere every free weekend with one of them. And I’m not even in the middle of nowhere, it’s a suburb of the metro area.

Not a truck, small SUV but it does get about 500 miles highway range on a tank, and ~330-375 with a small trailer regardless of the temp.

I’m not a denialist but I don’t like EVs and don’t plan to have one for at least another 20+ years. This is most definitely not a bad thing, I would just say it’s not all that groundbreaking. It’s got a big battery with a low CoD, and he put it on cruise with no traffic and no other big battery-using electronics, so…

I’ve said for a long time that these are decent looking cars and I miss the days of the cheap sporty coupe. Now everything has to be either truly sporty or practical, but there used to be a time that if you were a single 20-something this was a legit option to have a car that had some personality. They didn’t have to…