I would like a return to the Bond films that doesn’t require the main character to undergo a massive personal catharsis. How about just mission, the girl, and some toys? Also, I sort of miss the Bond films that cast 007 as a exasperated cog in the grand machine of espionage. Pierce Brosnan’s self-importance was…

Good eye, I thought the black Aston was maybe a callout to Lazenby’s car in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but it’s clearly a later AMV8. I can’t tell if it’s a Vantage, but it has the power bulge for Webers so it was definitely made after 1973. If it has a blanked out grille it’s likely a Vantage.

“Simplify down to the manual non-electronic always-50/50, and the more advanced DCCD.”

It’s true that Subaru can’t trade on its “best AWD system” for much longer, what with Haldex becoming good and the newest AWD hybrid CUVs from Toyota and Honda promising to offer a lot of capability. But it won’t give up full-time AWD, because I don’t think it has to. For now, Subaru is too small to develop a…

The reality remains that full-electric vehicles require more money up front—at times more money than all the disadvantages of traditional AWD combined times five—and yet at times are LESS convenient to use.

Subaru doesn’t do more hybrids because Mazda doesn’t do more hybrids. They are a smaller company, putting more of their R&D into engine and transmission development. They could only do it if Toyota shared that technology with them—which they could do, because the RAV4 Hybrid beat the CR-V Hybrid to the punch.

Great car! Congrats! Well bought, too, with sorted history and maintenance.

A minority of Macan S’s from 2015 have PASM, sport chrono, matching instrument color, and a pretty expensive non-standard color for the optional leather seating. Extra-cost paint, too. It’s not a great price, but not crazy either.

Yeah, that’s the thing. It’s one of the few, maybe only, CUVs to drive like a sports car. They are really good, and not much like its Q5 chassis donor. Also, they are really small inside and not that high off the ground.

Agreed. With an MR layout and 350 horsepower this is something that could could potentially perform at near-Supra levels. A near-Supra price would make sense.

Interesting idea. Hyundai could do this by using the 64kWh pack from the Kona out back and the 28 kWh pack from the Ioniq up front. Instant AWD and with power from two 150-kW motors it would be a beast.

This is an excellent and irrefutable point.

Saab 9-3 SE. Much better car, though low mileage will hard to find. Might even find a decent Viggen for this money.

Yeah, the i3 is easily my favorite of the bunch, and it drives well, too.

The “Mustang” name was used as a way to generate excitement. You don’t need to do that with an Explorer. There’s no excitement there. People buy Explorers because they think they need the space, height, AWD, power, etc., etc. Bring home a new Explorer, even this newest model, and nobody really cares that much.

In the U.S.? No, the 226-mile range (EPA) Leaf starts at $36,5. The 40kWh car starts at $29K but that’s only got 150 miles of range, which is not much more than the phased-out e-Golf and about on par with the latest electric Mini.

It’s not so much the market speaking as it is Merc’s planned obsolescence. The R231 is at the end of the cycle and a new SL is in the works. The SL63 will be back, probably with 48V system, transaxle with integrated DCT, and softtop.

The problem is that any cheap EV in the U.S. that has any hope of achieving TCO parity with a cheap gas-powered car is typically a short-range car, say 70 to 140-mile range. Therefore, the cheap EV has a narrow audience, while the cheap gas car still has a wide audience.

The price is definitely high, and the question mark of a cracked block would be the major negotiating point. But with the mechanical issues resolved $150K would not be an unusual ask. You can do better at an auction, probably, but all the good ones are climbing up in price with the Espadas.

The Espada is basically the same car as the Jarama. The Jarama simply has a shorter wheelbase and different bodywork, which means that, in general, the Jarama is the higher-performing car. The Espada is likely a better car in general because many of them were built before the tumult at Lambo from 1972 onward.