Awesome, but maybe we should also mention that this may just be a reference to the 0-60 time of a P100D Model S.

In the EU they offer a 6 speed 1.2l and 2.0l. Most of them sold here are the 1.8l hybrid system from the Prius.

Never mind the brats in the back seat! This would instill the fear of an ungodly and uncertain sense of parking or merging blind folded.

It’s super weird that you guys don’t get the Hybrid version of the C-HR. It’s the best selling version in Europe. The things are all over Dublin, others are of a 1.2l turbo variant - which will never see the light of day in the US.

Maybe you guys didn’t have enough years with TDIs, but I’d guarantee you that the TDIs are POS.

If they were built to last more than a long-term lease, then they wouldn’t be as cheap, nor as light or as fast. It’s baffling to hear how a GTI can be less costly and less reliable than a 2.0l TDI lol. They’re designed for…

Oh give over yourself.

Not a care given to the substance of what makes a car interesting.

It’s hard to love it when the system relies on the usual starter motor to start the engine. It’s irritating in the circumstance that you don’t even have to drive it! The sound of a diesel turning over, the hesitation it causes at the lights.

I feel like they shouldn’t try of the engine isn’t mated to a motor that’s at…

Which they don’t sell it anymore.

Sounds like you caught a dud (ie, you got one of the few 2013 Leafs that had the old heat-prone battery).

If you’re happy and grand with it, kudos. But while you’re at it, count how many static battery bars are on the right hand side of the instrument cluster. If it reaches 8 bars before 60,000 miles or 5 years, you…

I was taking a jab at the emissions part, but I thought for the most part that’s why so many foreign domestic vehicles are banned from the US until they’re 25 years old.

I never heard of safety standards being a factor for an import of a foreign vehicle. I thought safety was an objective value of a car for consumers to…

I wish the best for you and your 500e. Well given that FCA also somehow managed to best itself in making an unreliable electric car. Inverter failures and safe modes, I hope all the recalls have fixed them now.

Well... I’d be surprised if this were illegal to import due to emissions.

Don’t give in to the dark side.

But if you know anything about the Leaf, and this new one has the same profile, it is big enough. It does give the impressions of driving at SUV height. Compare the Leaf to a Prius and you’ll see how imo, grossly enlarged and bulky it is, it looks like a mix between an SUV and mid-sized…

‘‘It also added a dumb, expensive solar roof gimmick to the car that only realistically adds about 1.5 miles of range on a good day.’’ 

It’s by far a gimmick, aside from powering the AC, the panels are built as maintenance. The kinds of people who are going to buy a Karma are the likes who would fly to a different…

When it began selling the US in late 2012 it was. But most leases were ~$250 per month. In 2013/14 they were discounted to a point where you could get one for $69/month, 0 down for 3 years on the west coast.

After that starting the 2014, Mitsubishi reduced the full MSRP to $23,000 before any tax credits. Unfortunately…

Perhaps he had to take a big shit?

I thought they looked nice.

Ah well, we’ll just slap on some 20-spoke aftermarket ricer rims and see how that fairs out.

A sub-litre, turbo putting out 89bhp? Most likely. What I hate to admit about small turbo or high compression engines is that they can age terribly after 8 or 10 years. Look at the TDIs in europe mainly.

Union of Concerned Scientists did this years ago and update the efficiency of the US electric grid quite often.

I’m not even sure it’s the only one.
Other priuses were converted into pickups or stuck to the end of a Forester. I think someone also put a prius hsd powertrain into a Ford pick up.

Basically, it’s to achieve the same thing. An efficient, reliable car with a practical flatbed that’ll get 35 - 40 mpg with its new body.…