Range topping out at 220 mile?  This is weak.

a Subaru Crosstrek WRX

The future of the auto industry: You can buy any vehicle you’d like... as long as it’s a grey SUV or giant pickup.

Under $20k but has to be a prestige marque, woe-is-me-my-finances-are-such-a-problem, and oh by the way, my au pair will need to fit in my budget luxury SUV.

Go for the best Sienna SE you can find for $20k. It’s a Toyota, so everything will continue to work no matter how long you keep it. Ignore the miles too, unless it has north of 500,000, you’re fine. You get leather and some niceties, power everything, and power doors that are the key to not wanting to choke your kids…

I can see Genesis competing at the level of the Lexus LC, perhaps even a little bit above that… but at $300,000? At least Cadillac has the pedigree of once upon a time actually being the “standard of the world”. Genesis has no such pedigree. Not saying they wouldn’t sell any, but I would imagine we are taking about ver…

Not worse than an BMW or Audi? Are you familiar with the phrase “...damn with faint praise”?

That’s your fault for buying a Grand Am. Should have bought a Grand Prix with the 3800.. Now, the transmission is another story. At least the motor will run for a long time. hahaha

We’ll check back in a few months and see where you’re at.

Know some folks who work in service for Kia/Hyundai. No thanks.

Hyundai Theta engine has entered the chat...

I still think this should be a huge lift-back like the Stinger.

That burgundy/deep red hell interior in GM and Chrysler cars of the time was just fucking awful. No variation anywhere, just the same red shade on everything. It was like being inside a liver.

That’s actually a very reasonable price spread. Now, how many of them will get marked up or saddled with mandatory addendums is the question.

I experienced the same from 18 Honda dealers and 2 Chevy dealerships.   I bought a Mazda and a Subaru unmarked up.  I had not considered either.  It was quite a wakeup call.

No auto maker is dumb enough to think the NA truck market is easy. If anything, they’d bring a Maverick/Santa Cruz competitor if they had one. The full or even medium duty truck market is something that would require billions in investment and advertising to even earn them a sliver of the market. VW would be…

I was really hoping for...

This is my setup!

ah yes, all the kids are clamoring for beige.

I think I will see a ton of these in California.