In a market where buyers are climbing over each other to overpay for the tight supply of Toyota Siennas, there will be an ample supply of those, at least initially, willing to pay the markup for an ID.Buzz.

The Maverick hort supply may be credited for why I’ve seen so many Santa Cruzes lately.

I pray one day automakers realize they made the same mistake with non-lifted wagons.

It’d been interesting to see the Liberal/Conservative split in this survey.

Ford Fusions of any vintage are as common as Lake Erie gulls in Ohio even though Ford discontinued the model after 2020 which may be why it is one of the most affordable newer used cars people can get their hands on around here. Even used Chevy Malibus are far more expensive.

Will Ford and other U.S. automakers even bother making lower margin vehicles? It appears they are conceding all non-truck segments of the market to the foreign nameplates and will abandon the middle to lower income consumers to the leftover scraps in the used car lots.

Yeah, there are still lots of people who are convinced gas pumps are too challenging or dangerous for them, including one relative of mine who has her son drive her car to the gas station once a week.

Norway’s living the electric future because its government rigged the automobile market to gave its citizens little choice.

More lower end models may return to the US someday, but they will be imported rebadges from developing markets.

We are headed towards a future of lower and middle income buyers competing over an overpriced, older, and increasingly mechanically suspect market of used cars discarded by the affluent.

Must be a regional thing. At my local Ohio Hyundai dealer, the lot is loaded with Elantras, Konas, and Sonatas and there’s one Ioniq5 in the showroom.

Shrinking families and social interactions may bring the return of the personal vehicle but they won’t be coupes because people still want the versatility. Depending on how much Gen Z adults reject their parents cars, the next big body style will likely have 2 doors with or without mini suicide doors in either a CUV…

Supposedly, Business Insider claims the Toyota Camry’s is Gen Z’s favorite vehicle so maybe the generational thing is real?

The appeal of Subarus can be traced to the combination of two things beyond the usual CUV appeal:

PHEVs are the way to go for maximum flexibility. Then average driver not wanting to deal with plugging in their EV would probably simply treat PHEVs like regular hybrids most of the time until/unless they get used to plugging it in. The rest can treat the ones with decent range like an around town BEV.

Those Model Y owners still making payments on their pre-dramatic price drop MYs are really happy right now.

Neck snapping acceleration isn’t important in a market segment where only a small minority of compact CUV owners care about 0-60 times or other performance measures. This is why so few automakers even bother with optional performance powertrains for them anymore.

If the rear window delete catches on, how will drivers flip off tailgaters in traffic?

Considering Buick’s “E” naming convention and the 3cyl hamsters powering their recent offerings. Their next vehicle should be named “Eunuch”

I would have preferred a slightly cleaner front end on the non-N version but we haven’t seen pictures of the lower trim levels which will likely be plainer. Overall, its a sharp,well done refresh which gets rid of the awkward view where the front end appears squashed from a distance. Also kudos on removing the push…