In the case of Mazda’s turbo engines, they are rated at 227 hp and 310 lb/ft of torque on regular gas, but bump to 250 and 320 on 91+ octane. I would guess they are not the only ones that do that.

Poorly recognized, recent Ford quality and reliability issues, and the pricing - who in their right mind is going to pay that kind of money for these? There are more reliable and better options out there.

Ford killed off the Fiesta and Focus both for “profit margins from SUVs” but also because the power shift transmission fiasco cost them billions and people associate those transmissions with the only two cars Ford put them in here - the Fiesta and Focus.

Or the seat back fails and falls backwards. That literally happened to a former co-worker of mine when he was rear-ended at speed by a distracted driver in a Tahoe.

If Mazda produces a new sports car, it won’t be far off their latest concept. They’ve been sending some of their “concept” cars off to production with not a whole lot of changes (regulation requirements mostly - mirrors, etc). The Mazda 3 hatchback is not far off the concept they showed before hand.

Mazda’s rust issues were solved years ago. I see more rusted out Dodge Rams than Mazdas in Ohio.

In Ohio, the BMV recognizes all SUVs/CUVs/Crossovers that are not built on a truck frame as wagons (4 doors and a hatch = wagon here when not built on a truck frame).

Sticker shock coupled with the time and the temperature and I was like hell no. I’m not watching a race outside in temperatures that low, at that time of night.

Is Google pay-walling the extra sleep features behind a subscription like the FitBits do?

Maxima has already been killed off.

I thought the exact same thing when I saw that!

Also - kudos to them for not putting a large touch screen in the middle of the dash!

The interior of the Y and 3 are what kills it for me. The lack of an instrument cluster (or at least a HUD) and the lack of physical HVAC controls is a deal breaker for me.

The new Civic is such a massive improvement in appearance over the last generation.

The gloss black is easy to cover (lots of aftermarket options), but I would love to have vented seats in mine.

I second this. While it has its shortcomings, I find it an attractive vehicle and can understand the use cases for these (and the Maverick).

I really can’t and won’t do an SUV again for my daily driver, so a Corolla Cross would be out. I prefer hatchbacks due to the flexibility of the cargo area, so the Camry is out (as was the Corolla hatch - its cargo area is abysmally small if you have the rear seats up).

It really fills a particular niche well, and…

My wife had to have some damage repaired on her soul red CX-5, and the body shop that re-sprayed the fender and the nose of the car matched it near perfectly. You really had to look close to see a difference, but they did really well in matching it.

As an owner of a 21 Mazda 3 hatch, visibility is not as bad as it looks to be. I went from an Acura TSX to a 3 hatchback and had no issues with visibility. Yeah, it looks like it should be bad, but it really isn’t.

We need more wagons in the US. I would buy that G70 wagon first chance I had.

Mercedes is using a torsion beam in the A class, so I guess that doesn’t qualify as premium (I view CVTs as non-premium, so what constitutes premium differs from person to person).