What happened with Bentley and Rolls-Royce is fascinating.

I think a 200-MPH speedometer is reasonable on a car that maxes out at 180.

What’s not reasonable is a Nissan Murano having a 160-MPH speedometer.

Fair point. Porsche and Audi have use that one, and lately Bentley, too. That’s probably the same one that’s in my 2013 Audi A8 L, albeit one on each side of the fascia.

That would be true, except that everyone’s radar sits behind something, either the fascia itself or a decorative piece of plastic (as in this example). Even when you think you’re seeing the radar, you aren’t. You’re seeing a cover, behind which sits the radar.

I object to the way the forward radar has just been haphazardly plastered to the front fascia, and wonder why a company with as much design expertise as Aston Martin couldn’t come up with a better implementation than that.

I mean, literally. They often used the Pentastar in place of the brands’ own wordmarks, so all you were really buying were trim levels masquerading as different brands, especially on the minivans.

Those whispers in the background of the Laser commercial are so early 90s. I was born in that time period, so I only know that in hindsight, but it’s definitely retro.

Excuse me?

Given the Spanish names of everyone mentioned, including the perpetrator, it’s also possible he used that angle to take advantage of other Latino people. As a whole, people like to do business with other people who look like them, who understand their language and culture. And there’s a not-insignificant portion of…

I visit relatives in Houston frequently. What a horrible city.

Eh, I think even buyers of $30,000 cars would expect a better product than this. From the sounds of it, a Kia Forte, Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic is 10x the car this is, in terms of quality. I guess there’s a contingent of people who’d give that up for the privilege of having a cheap electric powertrain...but even…

It’s the second one, no doubt. The gymnastics that states and municipalities perform in order to cite disingenuously low crime rates or high clearance rates are...appalling.

It’s a perfectly nice vehicle, just not at that price. This person is reaching for the stars just because of the MT. In reality, I’ve seen these (with the MT) trade at closer to $7K.

I mean, to be fair, who else is making a $25K performance vehicle?

Those segments have died, and I wouldn’t blame GM for no longer making those cars.

Exactly.

It more describes how compromised subcompact crossovers are. Not only do they get worse fuel economy than their (increasingly extinct) sedan counterparts, they get worse fuel economy than considerably larger sedans.

There is a Blazer EV SS coming out, with 557 hp and 558 lb-ft of torque (both figures are higher than those of my old 2010 Range Rover Supercharged), and for about $65,000.

As long as you don’t need AWD or more power, this seems pretty competitive to me. It does everything 80% of its intended audience needs it to do, and it’s actually stylish for once. It’s not my cup of tea, but it seems to do its job very well. I give Chevy a thumbs up for this.

It looked like an amalgamation of the Town Car, S-Type and E-Class.