Surprised Chrysler the brand got a mention but Buick didn’t. Even Demuro decided to review one because no one else in the automotive world seems to know/care what they’re doing or where they’re supposed to fit in the GM hierarchy.

Isn’t the 2024 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV one of the last cars in the US to use CHAdeMO? That alone should disqualify it as a long-term family choice.

I have this on my GTI, and it’s awful. It regularly parks 12"+ away from the curb, which in many places will get you a nice big ticket. It’s easier just to do it yourself.

Value aside, I have no idea how anyone would pick the Z over the Supra.

God forbid customers actually get a great sales experience without having to deal with some salesperson or haggle over add-ons and markups.

Pew’s looked into how the public thinks about autonomous vehicles a few times, though not repeatedly with the same questions. While I expect the links will get messed up, these are verbatim quotes from the studies that you can search for:

“We’re not in the business of out-consoling Sony or out-consoling Nintendo.”

Not to wade into the main topic of the fandom losing its shit, but this quote stood out as weird. Why get into the console business if you weren’t trying to take out-compete the other players for dollars or at least marketshare?

Thinner seats mean more legroom — or extra cabin room to cram into an additional row

I mean, who would have expected an expensive upmarket, range-topping VW sedan would flop in the US? It’s not like it’s happened before.

See, to me that just means these people were driving horribly low-powered cars before. Something like a VW Golf with 200ftlb under 1800rpm is a fantastic car for most everyday driving.

How much does it feel like a GM-spec rental car vs. a Honda inside?

Hot take: the time has long passed for levers, push/pulls, twisting, swiping, touch screens, dials and toggles switches - just give me a plain, uncomplicated (looking at you, Acura/GM) line of PRND buttons in my sight line the way Lincoln has been trying on and off for 10 years now. I do not need valuable console or…

This x1000 - it really doesn’t matter that the Hummer EV or other big EVs “only” weigh the same as an F-350, they accelerate like a supercar but even with regen braking, physics will not let them stop nearly as quickly.

If you live outside of New York City, San Fransisco, or some parts of Boston, you’re stuck using your own four wheels to get around.

CRZ was only a tad bit more powerful than the contemporary Fit thanks to the hybrid drive, but it was only like 120HP for one and 130HP for the other, so not a huge difference. The CRZ weighed 150-200lbs more, too.

Having owned one of each, I’d say most of that weight was the interior materials - it felt a hell of a…

IMO my biggest concern when I’m out on the highways isn’t the 1-2 people MAX a month I see doing more than 80mph, it’s the much, much larger percentage of drivers who cannot pilot a vehicle in a straight line at any speed - drifting across lanes, changing lanes or merging without any awareness of other vehicles…

Not to defend Scumbag GM, but you would think Silicon Valley would have good internet, but in my daily commute up and down that peninsula for most of the 2010s, I would lose cell service constantly along US-101, especially when you pass under the microwave towers by CA-92.

I use the HVAC controls far, far more often than the steering controls, so the fact that they replaced one of those and not the other still makes the Mk8 a no-go for me. I’m glad I bought a Mk7.5 when I did.

Even the cheapest CR-Z, at $21,780 in 2016 (the last year of production) would be $28,199 today, after adjusting for inflation. The top trim EX-L would be $33k.

It’s more that the OEMs won’t even offer other colors from the factory. I hate that my last *6* VWs have all been blue because that’s the most interesting color VW allows the dealers to sell here.