To be fair, I don’t know if the common belief that “teens are more likely to crash, so let’s give them the cheapest car to crash” is particularly wise. I mean, it makes sense from a financial perspective, but there’s something to be said about wanting to minimize your kid’s chances of getting crushed in an 20 year old…

A lot of the complaints were on the engine...sounds like springing for the XT with the WRX motor would address that quite well.

More than anything, a minivan should be reliable and dependable. I haven’t seen anything from FCA in the past 30 years that would give me the confidence to depend on one of their cars.

Rumor has it his tire pressure was 1.5psi too low.

Are we sure his tire pressure wasn’t 1.5psi too low?

Why is that good? LA could hold the Olympics without building any new arenas or stadiums that haven’t already been planned, so it would very likely turn a profit.

Something with a decent sized backseat. Not for driving around friends, but for you and the lady friend, if you get what I mean.

New 2017 Corollas still feature drums in the rear on the non-“sporty” models.

I wonder if they’ll be able to use the HOV lanes in California, since you can use the 3-people lanes if you have 2-people in a 2-seater.

The deposit is refundable, and honestly the opportunity cost of sinking the $1000 as a deposit is not a whole lot.

I was there. The crowd went from raucous celebration to dead silence in seconds.

Wasn’t the Evoque designed for women?

VW Beetle? I mean that car had a vase built right into the dashboard. Even my mom wanted one.

That makes no sense. If they wanted a European car, why not buy a Mercedes or BMW or Audi, which all have a higher brand cachet? There’s really no reason to buy a Volvo over those three other than the safety angle.

If you think about it, knowing that your kids are shittier drivers and are more precious than yourself, it does make sense to give them the safest car in the household stable.

“World Star!”

Devil’s advocate; it was at night, so the lights should have been much more obvious than in the day time. I take a good hard look when crossing intersections because there are always dumbasses who don’t turn on their headlights at night out here in LA, so I’d imagine I’d have spotted the red and blues from a few…

They may be “sport” models, but they’re still front wheel drive, which puts them behind the eight-ball when being compared to BMW/MB/Audi (ok, maybe not Audi).

I just tell myself it’s weed.

A 2009 IIHS study revealed that among cars with good ratings for frontal crash protection, small overlap collisions make up almost 25 percent of crashes resulting in serious or fatal injuries to front-seat occupants.