Dammit, I scrolled all the way down here hoping to see an answer to this. I would much prefer to have a ‘16 in ‘Some Like it Hot’ Red. The Orange Blast is good, but I like the former better, and you bet your butt I’d make a cross-country trip to pick one up, if I decide to do this.

The SS is extremely well equipped (HUD, heated/ventilated seats, nav, etc), whereas a Scary Pack is pretty basic at that price. SS is going to have magnetorheologic suspension, and on the Dodges, you have to step up to the SRT 392 to even get adjustable. Compass have always given the handling advantage to Chevy by a…

I think most people who bought an M6 (or M anything, really) would have been happier with an Alpina, or even the top-level regular BMW. But that’s still curious, I guess maybe the starts on the hills wear the clutches out, or maybe they just don’t age very well? I could see hills being an Achilles heel of DCT, and I…

I mean, we still call it a Toyota Prius, even though there’s a Prius, Prius C, and Prius V. Same thing, just the names are a lot longer because it’s British.

I just can’t for the life of me figure out why, in a world that already has the Jaguar F-Pace and the Range Rover Sport, do we need this thing. I foresee sales of both of the former tanking, as this kind of does both of them. Sure, some people will want the V8 and the towing/offroad capabilities in the Sport, or the…

So, that sounds slightly pissed off. But, it’s more befuddlement that someone out there, who likes performance cars, prefers the literal definition of ‘Slushbox’ to a modern, efficient dual-clutch. It’s like saying you prefer the Motorola Sidekick to the iPhone, because reasons. But, to each their own - at least one…

Are you on crack? I also have Mercedes awful old 5-speed, and it’s just the worst. While I will give you that it doesn’t always shift at terrible times and is ‘smooth’ (provided it’s figured out what great to be in), it is so miserably sloppy, and it’s not even particularly reliable (torque converters and pilot…

Here here! Absolutely what I was coming in to post. Had one for a little while, and if I knew I was going to be driving across town and mostly sitting in traffic, I’d walk right past the 911, Range Rover, R8, and others for this. One pedal driving makes less wear on your knees, there is absolutely no vibration from…

Did you really think it was much bigger? Other than a small addition in length, this seemed to be pretty much the same size as the Renegade.

This thing, looks wise, is actually very tiny. Just on looking at one in-person, it’s a whole size class down from the CR-V et al, which are actually quite big these days. To be honest, I think this thing is basically just a prettier, slightly more upscale Renegade. Has the lines and the size of the Range Rover…

Correction: A diesel Volkswagen will blow away the EPA figures, because it isn’t running test mode in the real world.

4th-5th is actually extremely easy, as 7th is locked out unless you’re going from either 5th or 6th (which I find irritating, but I can see the rationale).

So, what is this bit I keep reading about some 7th-to-4th error with the manual before? Every GTS review I’ve read this week has mentioned that, but for the life of me I don’t remember that being an issue after driving a C2S for a year. For one thing, 4th is about where you want to be if you’re downshifting to add…

Yes (More than you would think, anyways) and, I would have to think, yes.

Also, and critical to their appeal, way, Way, WAY faster than a Leaf. These are actually legit quick, way bigger motor than most of its classmates.

Ah, being OUS does indeed change things a little bit. The 5.0 is expensive for us, but when you tally up the extra equipment that congress with it, is generally a sub-$10k jump. Which isn’t cheap, but for 170 or more extra horsepower and a completely different driving experience, it’s definitely worth considering.

The Supercharged V8 is absolutely the Only engine you should consider. Unless you need something frugal, in which case you should get a Grand Cherokee diesel.

Interesting. These were most certainly terrible. And they were very yellow - it was interesting driving around with the LED fog lights on with the headlights, and noticing how yellow the regular lights were. Here’s a picture, from the one above but zoomed in. It looks like not even a projector beam, but an old…

Yep, just got out of a 2017 X3 with a price tag over $51k, and utterly mediocre headlights. May have even been worse than the currently slightly cloudy headlights on my ‘04 Trailblazer (which, for the time it came out in, actually had good lights) - they were certainly no better. I’d have been upset I didn’t get the…

I don’t know, it’s not uncommon for a high-performance model from the lower brand to have more power than a mundane model from the premium brand - Camaro SS vs entry Cadillac ATS, Civic Type R vs Acura TLX, VW GTI/Golf R vs A3 1.8T, and on and on. I also can’t imagine BMW made the curtain capable of only dealing with…