Canada has strict gun laws. 2016 (the latest stats available) had a gun related murder rate of 223. COUNTRY WIDE. http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/legal01-eng.htm

It doesn’t sell for a couple of reasons:

That is a lot of positive caster and a little bit of toe out.

That was a chick?

For sure! Look how durable their F1 engines are!

Quite possibly the most refreshing design in a generation. They ruined it with A: not building it; and B: CVT.

I am all for fast wagons - these just happen to leave me flat, but I’m glad they work for somebody...

You are correct. But I didn’t say drift, I said rotate. A car with performance pretenses should at least be willing to change directions. I don’t care how fast it is 0-60 if it is unwilling to turn.

Based on a slip, then grip FWD. The transverse engine, mounted ahead of the front axle means understeer and unwillingness to turn in. (See: high polar moment of inertia). Assuming you can even get sufficient torque to the rear axle to rotate to car (you can’t), the undefeatable stability control will stymie that…

Same I learned to drive with RWD in northern Ontario. The ability to steer with the throttle is why I hate FWD and FWD based pseudo-AWD, slip then grip systems to this day.

I feel the same, which I attribute to wrong wheel drive.

Not that your snide remark deserves a response but allow me to spell it out for you: I’m comparing one outrageously expensive Jag to another. Both of which are a modern interpretation of the original.  How is this hard to understand?

I like the Eagle Low Drag GT better.

In Canada, we have:

Because they are wagons. Shhh... don’t tell anyone.

I was being a smart ass, it’s what I do. While I don’t love manhandling large trucks, I have no problem accommodating an F-150 Crew in Canada’s most populous city even while towing a utility trailer up to 7000# because construction, and I tow a 5000# boat or snowmobiles because fun.

A large SUV can carry twice the people, so 1 SUV with 8 people = 2 Compact Hatches with 4 people each. Same fuel economy!

Ford had woefully outdated full sized SUV’s, so not much demand. Ford’s only other options were a crew cab F-150 or some seriously shitty FWD based soccer wagons (Edge, Exploder). Now that there’s class leading capable SUV option for the Ford faithful, they are selling like crazy. Perhaps because there is little fuel…

You know the Jeep transmission is a ZF 8 speed - essentially the same that’s in Rolls Royce, Audi, BMW, Range Rover, Bentley, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo and Maserati vehicles to name a few? It is the best automatic transmission on the market. (The GM/Ford 10-speed seems promising, but only time will tell.)

Let’s not forget fuel prices are regional, in Toronto, way up in Canuckistan - a gallon of premium is $5.50 at a 20 percent premium over regular, so yeah - it matters.