In more normal times, the real question is whether you can get red diesel. Not that you’d ever do that. 

It depends on the car and the tires. Most tires have a “max inflation” limit that is higher than the auto mfgr’s “recommended” inflation levels on the doorplate label. I routinely run my tires a few PSI over the label, no ill effects, and my wear patterns have met or beat the tire’s warranty. Some will say that higher…

Buy a $60,000 EV to save $100/month in gas.

In contrast, Tesla immediately goes into Park when

The sales numbers of the Wrangler tell me it wasn’t/isn’t a flop.

I maybe get the not being able to sue a co-worker, but seems like not being able to sue your employer for damages is suspect, and leaves employees unprotected

All of this and I’m still not interested in buying it because so much of the expensive bits are still BMW and I just plain don’t trust it to last.

Modern french cars, like most older french cars, are mainstream cars. This might be odd to Americans, but it’s true. The engines, reliability, practically, power and more tend to be on par with the German, Japanese, Korean and whatnot competition. Which is why they are still in business.

And to actually mention a car that rightly deserves to be on this list: BMW X6 Coupe. The fuuuuuuugly monstrosity that started this whole horrendous SUV Coupe trend. Fuck this bloated gargantuan eyesore to hell and back. And it doesnt even have the naked mole rat grille yet so prepare to rip your eyes out when you see…

The Biturbo was not built to take on the 3-series, which in 1981 was still a glorified 2002. The Maserati was positioned much higher—the MSRP was more than twice that of an ‘81 320i. By 1987, BMW had of course started building the M3 with comparable performance, though still a 4-cyl. Before then, the 5-series was…

Modern French cars. I think Americans have this romanticized idea that cars we don’t get over here are all magical, forbidden fruit, but most modern French cars are boring, underpowered, plasticky crossovers you wouldn’t look twice at if they had a Nissan badge on.

Maserati Biturbo.

“With a wheezing 100hp motor”

The Talbot Tagora:

Can vouch for them being pure trash to own especially in the U.S., cousin had one, loved driving it, but it was complete trash, broke down constantly and with the thin dealer network they were often waiting for over-priced hard to source parts getting shipped from Europe which was a major pain in the pre-internet era.…

Not the worse car though. six seats in a tiny envelope and at least its not boring. To me thats the worse crime.

I’m going to go with worst trend, which was weird, badly proportioned hardtop convertibles based on compact hatchbacks. For example, this Peugeot 307.

More hp in a work van? In Europe these have engines between 75 and 120 hp (2018-2021 Transit Connect). Biggest displacement is 1.5 liters and is a diesel. The only gas engine is the 1.0 triple, an ecoboost. Your 165 hp seems like plenty, for normal use. The 2022+ one, the new gen, goes up to 122 hp from a 2.0L diesel.

This is the part that kills me when they start talking about mpg targets/goals. There were several more vehicles in the 70s/80s that could achieve 30-50mpg, simply because they didn’t have 300hp. I had 1/2 ton Toyota pickup that regularly got 31mpg and wasn’t 7 feet tall and 30 feet long. Granted it couldn’t pull a…

It is the minivan they smacked into next to the sign they bounced off that I feel sorry for. That is an insurance mess they do not need.