Copy Edit: Headline should be “led,” not “lead.”  That is all.

Maybe someone already said this, but every Toyota Highlander (current gen) has heated wiper blades standard. And it’s an option on most of the current gen RAV4s.

Don’t you dare hire Kristen Lee as the next EIC. She is so far outside the heteronormative white patriarchy, she will make the kinds of decisions that will run Jalopnik into the ground. Her facade of professionalism and writing style are affronts to good taste. I never always read her work.

In 1982, my parents bought a Plymouth Reliant, beige on beige, front bench seat (vinyl seats, of course), with a 4-speed manual. They paid extra to have the dealer install air conditioning after purchase!

Acura MDX should be better long-term than any of the cars Tom mentioned. I met a guy who drove his 495,000 miles. Traded it in for a new MDX because he was tired of changing timing belts.  The “every 100K miles” service was his biggest expense, he said.  And the Honda J35 SOHC V6 is a sweetheart.

I sold Acuras in 2014. The (now-called) Acura Watch system (a.k.a. Honda Sensing) has improved a lot since that first generation. Still Level 2 autonomy, but smarter and more usable.

Not always.  A buddy works at a Toyota dealer and their wheel center caps are just random.  Maybe it depends on the technician doing the PDI?

Maybe someone else already said this, but Honda does the same thing.  The bottom of the H on the center cap is always aligned with the valve stem.  Even on the wheel covers over steelies.

I thought this was common knowledge, but the 2019 Yaris sedan and 2020 Yaris Hatchback are re-badged Mazda 2 vehicles.  It’s possible that Mazda is using the GA-B platform, but I doubt it.

My local dealer is getting a black Launch Edition and said they’re marking it $7500 over.  If only I could afford it/convince my SO...

3.0, Downshift Blue, carpet cargo mat, done. $51,000 MSRP. Has everything I need, nothing I don’t.

Maybe someone already said this, but that photo has *one* 6-cylinder crossover. Crossovers, by definition, use a car chassis.  The Jeep is body-on-frame.

It’s an EX. The SE (Special Edition) is only done in the final year of a Honda’s generation. For the sixth-gen Accord, the SE was in 2002.

I’d save $100,000 and get a Giulia Quadrifoglio. Imperceptibly slower 0-60, unlimited production run, not stiff unless you want it to be, and *the whole car was designed as the hot version, then scaled back for the “regular” one.*

Why no L3 (DC Fast) charger?

About half of Toyotas do.

By Ballaban Logic, every Honda automatic transmission prior to the 10-speed is a manual, because if you tear it apart, it looks just like a manual, except it has an automated clutch.

Fiat 500. They draw you in with their cute looks. They pretend to be the urban runabout for trendy people, when in fact they are always on the verge of mechanical or electrical cratering.

Last year my friend and I drove a 2013 Honda Fit EV 500 miles from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. The Fit EV, for those who don’t know, has a 65-mile range when driven gently, and takes 4 hours to recharge from dead to full. Took us two days to get to LA and two days to get home.

Maserati GT (S version only; regular is too slow) wins not on its looks, but its combination of looks and sound.