So Buick gets a gas version of Lotus’ new electric SUV?

Wearing narrow, flat-soled shoes when learning definitely helps. It also helps to have a car with the gas and brake pedals at about the same height and close enough to do the maneuver without accidentally hitting the brake instead of gas. Most newish (25 years old or less) sporty cars will have decent pedal setup but…

This is one of my worst nightmares. Aside from having long legs and enjoying the extra leg room, I always pack so I can avoid having to place a bag under the seat in front of me for this very reason. I have zero faith that other travelers will be clean and hygienic and even less faith that the cleaning crews do a…

As someone who spent lots of time in front of big speakers at alternative and hiphop concerts in the nineties, all I can say is:

You would most likely hear a difference in the exhaust note so if you had driven a different one in the past, it would sound much louder and unrestricted without the cat(s).

I came here to say the exact same thing. It looks good enough but totally generic and certainly not like a Lotus.

Imagine you are at a party or sporting event and someone from work recognizes you and starts chatting you up about the bid that was due last week and won’t stop talking about work?  That would be really annoying and a total buzzkill if you were trying to kick back and have some fun, wouldn’t it?

Subarus used to be fairly expensive to repair, at least 15 years ago when they were only making 200K cars per year. I recall a door shell for my 2008 Legacy GT Spec.B (hit a tire wall at a race track) was about a hundred dollars more than the shell for my 2014 IS350 (hit by a kid at the gas station who pulled out when…

My current F15 X5 has excellent visibility with a fairly high riding height and, low shoulder point, and tall greenhouse. I haven’t had any major issues with reliability and the car is not overly expensive to maintain, so long as you stick with the manufacturer’s recommendations. It is a bit wide and heavy for an…

It’s no surprise that Ford decided to focus their resources on the much more profitable larger trucks/SUVs and crossovers.

As a frequent flyer of United out of Newark (50+ legs per year), I am really happy I decided to schedule our upcoming long weekend holiday trip as a driving trip given all the cancellations.

I just priced out an i5 M60 and heated seats and steering wheel are still an option on an $80K+ car but standard on a $35K Hyundai. It won’t dissuade me from shopping BMW but it is illogical for standard luxury items to be options on near 6-figure vehicles.

Here is the winner!  Instead of bringing us a 5-door hatch or proper wagon, we got some weird mashup of a tall 5-series and an X6.  They look somewhat normal from the front but the rear and side profile are vomit-inducing.  Honestly, it looks like an X6 that shrunk and got fat and unathletic in old age.  At least the…

Dear Stockton (shouldn’t that be the name of a town and not a person?): I respectfully disagree that safety is a waste.

It’s crazy to think the Ecoboost is an upgrade compared to the v8 GTs from the mid aughts. The engine is surprisingly great off the line and in the middle range although it loses some steam at higher revs.  It’s certainly enough for my usual celebratory drift out of the rental car parking lot.  Sure, the GT sounds…

I had a C-class diesel wagon on a recent family trip to Portugal and it was a fantastic family car, good enough to remind me a wagon is a much better SUV about 70% of the time. The diesel mild hybrid powertrain was plenty powerful to move the car even on the motorways and returned 45+ mpg in mixed driving. The design…

I bet the CEL is for an oxygen senor or two - I had one throw an error when I first bought the M5 and wound up replacing all four as a precaution.  I was relieved when my first project was an easy to DIY one and pretty much every car I have ever owned needed ox sensors sometime around 100K miles.

I guess you could say the same thing about any 3 series from the past 10 years - unless you opt for every sport and performance option and put the car in full Sport+ mode, it feels incredibly normal.

The whole German reliability thing is blown way out of proportion. Sure, maintenance is less expensive and necessary on a typical Toyota compared to a Bimmer but if the latter is well maintained (which, of course, takes a bit more effort than in a Toyota), it should be reliable. Source: I have an S62 and N57 in my…

Nowadays, you have to step up to a midsize SUV/sedan or larger to get a true luxury feel.  After spending time in rental X3/4s and lots of new X5s, the X5 interior is a huge step up in design and materials used.  The same goes for an A5 vs A7 interior.  A standard 3 series doesn’t feel much better than a non-luxury…