Because the only thing BMW loves more than money is cheap, cheap disintegrating plastic.

Of course. Same management.

Mercedes still has your back. Also those fuggin E-class wagon’s barely depreciate. It’s annoying for us poors.

“But it’s got paddles!”

Does the Bolt heat precondition the battery if plugged in? I cannot find a straight answer to this so it seems like another area where the permanently under-rated BMW i3 wins. If you’re plugged in and set a departure three hours in advance the i3 will heat up it’s own battery eliminating this problem for at least the…

And if the missile is too big it won’t fit in the F-35’s two weapons bays and will have to be carried externally

“Body Massage”

I’d love to see a deep dive into how this is run. It seems like a corporate culture thing. I know BMW starts the next 3 series almost as soon as the last one is out. I get the impression Ford just pats everybody on the back and sends them home or off to different products.

Simplicity.

I doubt Honda would retool or invest for that. More likely they just kill them in NA. Which sucks.

Don’t be cheeky. REAL Japanese icons are made in Ohio.

Raph, Patrick, Kristen, will one of you, for the love of god, reach out to Honda about Brexit? Everybody keeps asking Bentley and Aston. Nobody here buys those. But EVERY Civic hatch, including the Type R, is made in the UK! From a Jalop perspective that is the concern.

Give time my friend. I’ve been at the BMW game since ‘96. The B’s will have some sort of vital plastic bit or something that will start to disintegrate around 5-8 years old. They always do.

And M62 chain guides. S68/65 bearings. M/S52 oil pump nuts. N63.... well everything. BMW testing lets through one engine cratering defect with such consistency it seems intentional.

Problem is I’m not seeing a lot of cash deals from Mazda. Also that Brembo/Recaro package continues to be the most overpriced option this side of German metallic paint colors. And $35k is bouncing too close to lightly used 4C money imho.

Seeing this news every day, combined with the deals I’m now seeing, you guys better have the “Dead: Buick Regal TourX” article pre-written. I just made myself sad......

Ha! Love that I’d already seen this during my own periodic Wilmington CL checks.

K-Car. Winner right here.

See I like it on the CLA as it makes sense for a transverse/FWD platform to me. Viewed from the side all the visual weight is on the front, which is correct. Where this look annoys me is on the “proper” RWD Mercedes. This current C-class with this ass design is just awful. I want to defect to somebody with BMW…