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The tow rating for the Pilot is 3,500 lbs. That goes up to 5,000 lbs with an optional transmission oil cooler. 

Well, unless you are Honda, Hyundai, Mini, or Volkswagen. There is an upside to these cars, otherwise they wouldn’t be sold at all. It’s more likely that Mazda decided it can’t compete with the likes of the GTI.

If you look closely, the rear bumper has the same paint job as the front. This tells me it was a base model “gray bumper” Eurovan. They didn’t match the paint well. The dented rocker does look suspicious but that would have to be one massive forklift to have the tines so far apart. The rockers on these ‘93 vans are

Sure, but if you’re playing that game you could score an even newer Grand Caravan. And the stow’n’go makes it a better utility/cargo solution.

He wasn’t so much bounced out of the league as he was impatient. He crossed the picket line to play in ‘87, and he probably didn’t see the point in waiting around for a backup slot in a league that didn’t seem to want him as a starter even when he played well. He’s said as much about his move to the CFL.

In addition to the drivetrain, the interior styling of the Hunaudières looks almost the same as the later Veyron, so I would say you are on the right track about its influence on the production Bugattis. It’s interesting that this concept appeared at about the same time that the Bugatti concepts were being were being

I agree. Considering the really strong U.S. sales for the 4Runner I expect Toyota to offer something that’s more competitive with the Passport/Murano. Obviously, the 4Runner is way more competent off-road, but its fuel economy, older drivetrain, and general road qualities betray its BOF roots.

AMC was trying to market the Renault Espace in the U.S. at the time of the launch of the Voyager/Caravan. These cars were largely unrelated: the Espace for the States was killed when the AMC sale happened in 1987. The Espace was a Matra-developed product, while the Caravan was adapted from a project that started at

I’d be okay with adding the early SC and Neon to the list, but both of these cars became pretty terrible options by the late 1990s. Saturn’s quality (it’s main bragging point) went south as it became just another outlet for Opel products. And outside of the SRT-4, the second-gen Neon was terrible: decontented,

Unfortunately, Subaru has not been great at handling these problems. I had corporate try to fight warranty coverage on two different catastrophic engine failures on my WRX. This was unrelated to oil consumption—bad valves both times. Thankfully, the dealership had my back thanks to oil change receipts from them, but

Yep, the author got the part of passenger space wrong. The Hornet sedan/wagon/hatch was the same car as the Gremlin from the B-pillar forward. It was actually only comfortable for tall drivers.

The 1973 Hornet hatchback was a hatchback with an actual hatch. I had one. I just took AMC a couple more years to introduce it to market. The structure was reasonably solid, but the mechanicals were agricultural.

You could argue that the Pacer and Gremlin were both fundamentally flawed designs, but AMC did not fail because they had two hatchbacks on the market (they actually had three!). Hatchbacks sold reasonably well in the late 70s and early 80s. They failed because they backed the wrong horse (Pacer) when they should have

3. If you had a nice, desirable car, and owned it in a large city, chances were high it would simply get stolen. See insurance.

The Sentra SE-R Spec V also came out as a 2002 model. Basically all three cars were launched around the same time. 2001 and prior the Sentra was a torsion-beam rear-axle car with the SR20DE as the top option.

That’s definitely true. There were a few hints of effort when Mitsubishi introduced a couple of intermediate cars, like a Ralliart hatchback with less boost than the Evo. But there was such a huge gap between the Evo and mini crossovers like the Outlander.

That’s true, but the torque split under slip isn’t much different than full-time systems like the WRX or the Evo, which AFAIK never send more than 50% of available torque to the rear axle. The biggest problem with the older Haldex design is that it was reactive (slip-based) rather than more recent systems which react

Yep! Sure enough, it’s buildable in the configurator and a few 2020 2-series models have appeared on dealer lots with manual transmissions. But very, very few. I’m positive this will disappear with any significant redesign of the 2-series, but it’s nice to see it’s still available.

That’s a great point. The M240i sadly lost the manual transmission for 2019 but it’s right around the same price. It’s also got a vestigial rear seat, an AWD option, and IMHO better looks.

I’m always aware of the Corvette, and I suppose the cross-shopping happens. But a 2.0-liter turbo vs a burly V8... they don’t really overlap well. The Z4 is way more approachable for most people than the wide low-slung ‘vette. It’s almost a different market category.