I feel like I’m going to catch a lot of shit for this choice but I think the Chrysler 300 is quite beautifully executed. It’s a rental fleet staple so about as normal a car as you can get but I think it has the perfect design mix of retro/modded/ordinary looks. It’s a family sedan that somehow can look sinister,…

Definitely the 23 Prius. I don’t know how Toyota suddenly decided to turn their ugly duckling into one of the best looking cars on the road, but I’m glad they did.

Good point. Other than the UK and India, I can’t see a large market for them. The rest of Europe and most of the World are LHD.

V60 is on my short list for when my Clarity goes to the soon to be car driving man-cub.  I want to get down on that sweet Euro delivery action. 

What does a sedan/wagon do that a CUV or compact SUV can’t do equally well or better?

I wonder if that growing trend for CUVs and SUVs is thanks to the North American-born trend for larger vehicles. So many places in Europe wouldn’t normally have the capacity to keep such large vehicles and yet the companies that sell there are making the express decision to not build anything that’s considered…

I’m curious whether these models are also sold in other RHD markets, and how many other RHD markets are there anymore? I would be sensible to cull low-volume models particular in low-volume configurations.

A sign of what’s to come?  Absolutely.  As far as I’m concerned, if they’re unable to sell sedans and wagons in Europe (or at least Britain) because consumer demand is too focused on CUVs - then North America is a foregone conclusion.  In fact, I’m kind of shocked that it happened there, first.

As far as sedans go, there really only seems to be room in this world for the Camry, the Accord, the 3 Series and the Civic.

Agree on the lifted trucks, but in good conditions, like it is now, you CAN safely travel on the highways at 80 mpg safely, so long as other people are going the same speed.  It’s ok if everyone is going 80, less so if everyone else is going 70.

I’ve commented this before on other slideshows, but just posting the results with no commentary is comically lazy. At least if there were some input from the author on the rankings, this wouldn’t feel like such a mandated piece from on high.

When Musk has been dead as many decades as Ford, then we can start separating him from the brand identity. The only part of Henry in the company today is the squiggle of a signature in the blue oval. Musk is still elbow deep in Tesla, and still actively causing real world harm. Give him a few decades of being dead,…

I agree as long as you are talking about *rural* interstates (the vast majority of interstate mileages), the ones near urban areas tend to be both too bombed out and too much traffic to go fast safely.

I was going to say exactly that. On their own, many highways in the US are perfectly fine for driving 100 mph (though in NJ the potholes will destroy your wheels and suspension if you try), but the complete lack of lane discipline and deficient driver training (unlike in all European countries, in the US driving…

Yep. I was there about 4 years ago and it was either expensive cars, delivery vans or black cabs. Regular passenger cars were gone.

Manhattan is the center of the regional economy. That New York and New Jersey are different states is the product of decisions made by the English and Dutch before the US was even a country. The idea that everyone is going to live and work on one side of an imaginary line on a map is simplistic.

This is a really dishonest post. You don’t pay the congestion charge if driving on the West side highway or FDR so you can still use most the bridges and tunnels without a fee.

Imagine your state governor meddling in the affairs of the city in a whole ‘nother state. Maybe he should worry about improving NJ’s economy so more of his residents don’t have to make that commute.

Registration fee by weight is the best option.

This seems like a more complex way of solving an issue which could be resolved by raising registration fees. Presumably, unless there is an annual inspection requirement already, it would necessitate creating a new division to handle getting the information, tabulating the costs, then sending an additional bill. On…