This. Audi used to be about understated design, clean lines, and tech. IMO their interiors were extremely sterile places to be, but that was their MO.

The equivalent would be the VW UP - a sporty model of that would be great.

Not only did the US get the 2.5 in the Mazda6, we got the ~250HP 2.5L turbo in the final year or two. Those seemed cool.

Maybe they’ll stop speeding once they realize how much this is going to cost them?

I think what’s most surprising to me from all the sub-300mi justifications is how little it seems other people drive before stopping. 2 hours is barely enough time to get out of most metro areas that I’ve lived or driven through!

In 2020, I bought a 2002 Mazda Millenia S for $6k at just under 100K miles. I used it for a while and enjoyed the looks it would get when that supercharger spun up. After it took weeks to source some new control arms, I realized that, much as I liked it, it being a 20-year-old, low-production, obscure sedan was only…

honestly, I thought it was thinner than that.

It’s just too bad the interior isn’t as enticing.

The average person in the U.S. has a commute that’s just 12 miles with an average daily mileage of 42 miles. I’ve always had a problem with this argument though as it assumes that people use EVs mainly just to commute to work.

I call them speed bumps because that’s what the signs call them

Only if you live in certain parts of town. While there are some buses, the gaps between some of the subway/streetcar lines in the southern half are more than a mile wide.

Any GM vehicle. Beyond defining the rental car interior, they’re a shitty company that first screwed up and then tried to weasel out of their obligations to fix the ignition switch issues in the Cobalt and in 2019 they cancelled the health insurance of striking auto workers as a way to force them back on the job. I…

I drove by what looked to be a staging lot for maybe eighty VF8s in the SF Bay Area in December of last year. It looks like what used to be an Acura dealer is now a VinFast showroom:

Stuff like the Citroën Ami and Fiat Topolino may be hits elsewhere around the globe, but they’re barely talked about here.

GTI. The best daily could become the best utility vehicle.

MX-5 Miata sales are down, and they’re down bad. If things don’t turn around soon, we may be looking at the beginning of the end for the humble Miata.

You know the Ford Ecosport was bad when it was a compact crossover that debuted at a time when compact crossovers were firmly the hottest market and they still couldn’t move any.

I always thought these were Q5 sized. The A2 is 10" shorter than a Honda Fit!

Honda CR-Z. Past the B-pillar, it’s all cargo area. With the rear fake seat down, it’s about 46" deep and 34" wide, and with the fake seats up, you can still get at least 4 bags of mulch in it (speaking from personal experience).

Even before you extend it to ute proportions, compare it to a Ford Maverick hybrid: the…

You’re gonna be excited to learn the VW Saveiro exists