This is something i have noticed. One of the reasons why Tesla gets away with excessive touch controls, and over reliance on safety tech is because people generally suck at driving and don’t realize it. If you’re a good driver, the touchscreen is a distraction and the safety tech won’t help that much.

also AWD can help with general handling too. A heavy car+lots of power+FWD is not a great combo. AWD ALWAYS helps.

Are those physical A/C controls in the interior? Do my eyes deceive me? Is this thing gonna be my future daily driver?

I would say like 150 or 180 but that needs to come alongside a better fast charging, like 30 minutes for 5-90% recharge for that much range.

I disagree. The CH-R does zero to 60 in 11 seconds, and our cousin’s 2013 Nissan Rouge had a hard time climbing the Rockies on their trip from Calgary to Vancouver which as far as I’ve seen doesn’t have an incline higher than 6%. The Mazda 5 was criticized for not having enough power to merge and pass successfully…

I’ve never understood the aversion to giving minivans have sharper handling with sharp steering and engine performance. If I’m hauling 6 or 7 of my family members, I want the car I’m driving to have great passing power (which this has) and excellent handling so I know I won’t plow off the road when taking a corner.…

The worst part about this is that Tesla will probably get away with this. Fanboys will defend it, and since the model s STILL doesn’t have any direct competitors, anyone wanting one doesn’t have a choice. The touchscreens were bad enough. Now this??

if that’s the case that is fucking unacceptable. Indicators are the last thing that should be moved from a physical control to haptic touch buttons.

Buddy you do realize a gas guzzler tax only applies to new cars right??

Buddy you do realize a gas guzzler tax only applies to new cars right??

“If the jokers at Honda would get off their duffs and bring the Sports EV Concept to market, or Ford would give us a real actual Mustang electric, then maybe that could change, but not just yet.”

“We’ve made a decision to cancel the Passat for the U.S. The sales trend is very firmly in favor of SUV models, as indicated by the success of the (Chattanooga-built) Atlas.”

You can still travel and not come into contact with large groups of people indoors, did you know that? I know right? Amazing

A name is a name but if the brand wants to move upscale, a performance division isn’t just an option, it will become a necessity. Every luxury brand has a default, mid to high level of go-fast hardware in all of their vehicles, and all of them have a performance division. Even Acuras, while not more fun to drive, have…

If you live in an area where you will never run into a jew or romani, or a descendant for any other people group ravaged by the holocaust, I see no problem with this. Also it would help if this was like, 400 years in the future, 80 years is a bit too soon

This is actually genuinely terrifying. Cars are getting more expensive, and brands around the industry are axing their compacts and cheaper cars. And now, even the A, CLA, and GLA classes are vulnerable, despite still charging a still significant premium versus other compacts. For example, you can’t find an A-Class…

We all saw the Straight Pipes video of them driving this, and they were severely disspointed by the transmission and a bit by the handling. They demonstrated how bad the downshifts were. I don’t know why this isn’t being discussed in writing.

this is karma for ford cancelling all of its sedans and hatchbacks, bastards

Why does that matter? A car’s lineup isn’t a music album. Mercs have done what they do best for a long time, and are still exalted for their comfort and quality. They haven’t been getting worse, in fact better in the past few years.

What, are the GLS and G-wagen not pretentious luxury tanks anymore?