I’m with you, but having filmed a few car exteriors before, adding exterior shots requires a ton more coordination to get a second person, a second car, a road where you’re not both going to have a lot of other people cutting into your shots, and a lot more planning.

I know a lot of dealers would like to see a subcompact hatchback again to address affordability as well as to have a product in a segment that we know has demand.

Absolutely it’s all the Outback’s fault - they had the Forester already and still decided to SUV-ify it more.

The Mk7 Golf is a great car but the way the wipers are designed, they throw all of the water (and whatever else is on the windshield) into a vertical position near the driver’s A pillar.

IDK how else you’d do it, that seems like the ideal way to lay those controls out based on frequency of use and to better align to how the volume bar would appear on the vehicle screen, left to right.

Absolutely the size of the keys, which only gets more frustrating when you open it up to change the battery and see how small the actual circuit board inside is vs. the CHONKY housing. It’s not just that it’s too wide, but also too fat, so it never fits neatly in any pocket.

This has, of course, upset New Jersey, which depends on being able to drive into Manhattan for free in order to function.

While they had the A4 wagon a few generations ago, Audi only just gave us the A6 wagon for the first time this generation in the RS6, which is about the same size as the TourX.

Dodge (eight), Jeep (eight) and Maserati (one).

Hell, even Tesla CEO and “First Buddy,” Elon Musk says he opposes the subsidies.

Some of us, however, like to sit and daydream about the potential for a performance version of an otherwise “regular” electric car.

Nothing, really - TourX was the only mid-size wagon other than the Acura TSX(?) sold in the US in decades. Now you’re looking at 3 row crossovers as the closest equivalent.

In March 2024, he threw out the idea of a 100-percent tariff on Chinese cars built south of the border.

I regularly travel between midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn, and it is noticeably less congested and absolutely quieter everywhere I’ve been. There’s still more cars than you need, but it feels like a Sunday traffic-wise, even on a Tuesday.

No business school, just 7 years actually working for VW corporate to understand what decisions go on behind the scenes.

TIL thinking “going through unnecessary steps every time I want to do something as simple as opening my windows is annoying” is a phobia

It definitely seems like we’re arguing the same thing here: a large marketshare is a reflection of meeting consumer preference.

When I was buying a Fit in 2019, the dealer showed me their invoice pricing book to explain why they had no room to negotiate on final price.

No the Rio looks great, but it is and looks like $20k car, as opposed to a EV6 which is 2-3x that

As someone living in NYC, you’d easy hit 20 min of walking just going from your start point to and into a single subway station, and out from the endpoint station to your destination. If you leave the office to get lunch, that’s another 10-15 min walking. If you go grocery shipping, that’s probably another 20-30…