Ford EcoSport. Even free I would still be disappointed in my self every time I had to drive it.

I’d say a Tesla but you’d honestly have to pay me an awful lot of money to drive one and somehow live with myself for directly supporting this duo:

You’re telling me the linglong tires sold for $30 new on ebay might not be high quality?

I still laugh at this brand name - what is the worst possible shape for a tire?

Maybe don’t buy shitty off-brand Chinese tires.

Pro Tip: If you’ve never heard of the tire brand, don’t buy them. Better yet, just avoid Chinese tires altogether. 

You know THREE people that own them? Man, you must have a huge or specialized social circle. I think they’ve sold less than 30k of these in total nationwide.

You can absolutely get the 3 with the turbo AND AWD. Makes me wonder why they never offered AWD in the 6. I have a 6 with the turbo, and that engine has WAY too much torque for just the front wheels.

My wife is also a woman. Glad to know there’s another guy out there like me. /s

Seconded. I always recommend friends and family to check the Mazda option in every segment first before going to the usual Hondayota or Kiyundai

CPO Mazda 3 is the correct answer here. The very DEFINITION of “luxury-ish”. Even the turbo ones have decent fuel economy. The hatchbacks aren’t the EASIEST to park because those C-pillars are enormous, but that’s a small price to pay for such a complete package. Maintenance and repairs should be pretty reasonable…

i’m from a trumpy low-education area and grew up hearing this

I still hear people complain about how cars used to be safer because they used more steel. A lot less often than I heard that in 90s, but it still leaves me dumbfounded every so often. They’re not even all boomers, either. 

And I wouldnt have seen that guy either.

He wanted the company’s vehicles to be more expensive to buy, cheaper to produce

User name checks out, baby!

First seven words of the headline raised false hopes.

Modern corporate motto of maximizing short term profits, which means raising pricing while reducing quality. The charge more and give less mentality really hit Stellantis on their backside this time.

I remember the same trend with Teslas for a decade. The tolerance threshold is much higher for early adopters