A few errors in this article. The Nissan V6 is a 3.8 not a 3.6.

C’mon, it’s Raph. Don’t you know AWD is useless unless you have to regularly drive on rugged unmaintained roads? It totally doesn’t help in the winter where half of North America gets regular amounts of snow, nor does it even help with the places in NA that regularly get large amounts of snow. The softer ride &…

What I want to know is, are you planning to review the car on its own merits, or just use the space to complain about how it’s a stupid idea because nobody needs AWD anyway?

I hope the PR people read this blog and say, screw this guy, and cancel the delivery. We want open minded people to write about are cars

“Sometimes I wonder if consumers will ever wake up and realize how much more they’re spending by opting for a small SUVs like the Taos compared to, say, a Golf, but then I suppose people don’t really care”

Either way, the new Nissan Z should be nervous.

Same reason BMW changed course and dropped the Ultimate Driving Machine schtick. The enthusiast/infotainment-journalism/internet warrior segment is mostly too small, cheap, toxic, and unrealistic to bother with as a carmaker anymore. I’ve been guilty of this, so I’m not being hypocritical. Making the M3/M4 the…

Everyone on this site: “I want a fast, stylish-but-not-overstyled, 300-400hp car with RWD, a manual transmission, and relatively analog underpinnings. I also want it for cheap.”

Yeah, they’re doing this to provoke comments. Negative, positive... doesn’t fucking matter. All that matters is that we’re engaging

Thank you for beating me to it. Clearly, this wouldn’t be a Jalopnik article if they didn’t find something to bitch about. 

The crazy part of this headline is that a “writer”, who can work from anywhere, thought this was a reasonable headline. Unless they’re just trying to drive a divide between classes OR they’re so spineless that they’ll sell their own dignity and credibility as a “writer” just to provoke comments like ours.

It’s Raph. He’s an imbecile. 

Agree.  I thought that comment was obtuse.

1st: Does it really need pointing out that people who work in factories can’t build cars from their kitchen table?

Isn’t the HRV just a slightly more attractive (to the general car buying public) Fit on stilts?

“somewhat oddly, produced by Renault.”

It’s much simpler for Raphael to snarkily imply something nefarious is afoot than it is for him to do some actual research.

They really need to make a Rogue Eau Rouge.

Couldn’t agree more. I don’t understand how auto journals (EIC even!) can resort to such cliché garbage about minivan vs SUVs. Then he contradicts himself by saying he’s keeping the Lexus because of lame excuses.

I just hate when people can’t wrap their head around different needs for different buyers.