Had one of these as a rental in the USA—definitely a better car than the Camry mentioned elsewhere. But yeah, I wouldn’t personally want to own it.

Counterpoint: Had one more than once as a rental in the USA, and they were noisy, slow, poor handling, ugly, unpleasant, uncomfortable, low-quality pieces of shit and I couldn’t wait to return them.

Oh, but it does get slower. Years ago I had a friend who had an early 1980's Mercedes 240D, automatic, of all things.

Probably. I’ve driven into Romania from Hungary and there is a checkpoint. There was no line when I crossed around 2300 on a weeknight, though.

It’s certainly not a trivial amount, but if you consider that a 200hp engine produces 149,140 watts at peak output, and 300w is “only” 0.4hp, it maybe helps put it in perspective.

Maybe. The last time I had to replace a seat presence sensor I got worked over for 350€ just for the part. I’m sure that the OEM pays far less than that, but it’s definitely not an insignificant cost item.

Because parts cost money to fit and it’s a safe assumption that 99.99999% of cars are going to have a person who does not choose to leave the driver’s seat while the vehicle is at speed.

Saab also had the “ReAxs” passive rear wheel steering system on the 9-3:

I mean, you can probably just find-and-replace “Cutlass” with “Camry,” change some photos, move the dates forward to 2005 from 1980, and post this exact article again in about two decades.

If you like that you’ll love “geschlechtsverkehr.” geschlecht = gender, verkehr = traffic. geschlechtsverkehr = intercourse.

False. Trucks over 3.5t will never get in the left lane of a three lane wide segment unless to turn left, which doesn’t apply to the Autobahn. From the StVO: “Den linken Fahrstreifen dürfen außerhalb geschlossener Ortschaften Lastkraftwagen mit einer zulässigen Gesamtmasse von mehr als 3,5 t sowie alle Kraftfahrzeuge…

Yes. Poor. Depends.

You missed the most important tip of all: Don’t try this near the traffic jam that is Frankfurt, of all the places.

My 2006 CTS-V had a traction control button on the steering wheel. But, it also had a traction control button in the glove box. They both did the exact same thing. I imagine the base CTS did not have the button the steering wheel, hence the redundant button on the V, but the whole thing was odd, either way:

GM design peaked in the mid 2000's—it’s been all downhill since.

Interesting, do you have a reference on this?

Here’s a great example of EU bureaucrats wasting time on nonsense. Forcing low-volume automakers to produce less-polluting models is such a false economy (in terms of the environment) that it’s hardly even worth the trouble. Most models from automakers delivering less than 10.000 cars per year are almost certainly for…

I’ll give them credit for the daring design--but I have to say I’ve seen these on the road and in my opinion they do not look good in person. The Peugeot versions look much better...

Can confirm, I know someone who bought one new, spent tens of thousands trying to keep it running, endlessly fixing problems, and ended up selling it as scrap for 1.000€ at less than ten years old. I wouldn’t take this piece of shit if you paid me.

UK A-roads are 70, B-roads are 60. Most US highways I’ve driven on are 55 or 65. And, people exceed the speed limit on both sides of the Atlantic.