BAM! Takata airbag through the heart!

but WTF will you do if it rains while you’re shopping?! Without AWD, that Honda would slide, flip, end up at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean no matter if you’re parked in Colorado or Vermont.

Yeah it’s 0-60 time is like a Ford Maverick Hybrid or base Honda Civic. It’ll be absolutely fine in traffic, but this is no modern sports car.

At least it was an I6 — that provided a bit of differentiation from the ‘rough’ GM V6's and 4-cyl engines from the Accord and Camry. These days literally everyone has a 250hp I4t in just about every vehicle — I can imagine a world where there is just 1-2 stock 2.0L i4t that are shared between *all* car companies the…

This is disappointing, and just last week Anandtech shut down as well.

It’s a sign of how far BMW has fallen, IMO, and that in the US market there is no excuse for BMW to offer a generic 250hp i4 in anything but an entry level 1- 2- or 3- series.

Yeah a crown isnt my choice of daily driver but I’ll take it over a k5 or a stripper model of 5-series.

Damnit I’m always typing v6 instead of i6!

I like the design although I’m torn on the rear of the vehicle. I do not think these outdoor photos with all the shadows show the car in the best light, so to speak.

I disagree — no one is cross shopping these and the price difference is like 50% of the Kia’s price. If what people say about the Kia experience is true then you can’t hurt their reputation in a comparison like this.

From what I see at Kia.com, the K5 GT does not come with summer tires. It costs about $40k loaded versus the $58k base price of a 530i.

I had a 2012 XC60 with the I6turbo that started to eat oil like crazy at around 50k miles so we traded it on an XC90 with the I4 turbo (not the complicated turbo+supercharger). Other than an initial service / recall that replaced all the spark plugs at <1000 miles, it has been completely reliable for ~6 yrs. 🤞

If someone threw an orange cone on your hood at a traffic light would you just keep driving like it wasn’t there, or would you pull over and take it off?

No. Please stop this bullshit copy-paste reply. I’ve read this at least 3x now in the comment threads.

I personally like the idea of a sporty EV coupe because just about every other EV sold is a CUV / bloated hatchback. I bet Dodge will even offer it in real colors.

Clarkson is 64? I’d have guessed 75.

I’m guessing that a car of this age and mileage that was outdoors enough to need both new paint and a dashboard cover (to hide cracks) will also not have original seats. Maybe they’re a reproduction of the rare half tweed seats, but they are definitely not original.

1. I’m not sure what you’re asking — vehicle manufacturers do tons of testing in cold/snow environments and collaborate with autonomous vehicle development companies. (The autonomous sensors and compute are not just strapped onto a vehicle like a roof rack, it’s a deep collaboration with the manufacturer.)

Realistically this is at LEAST $15K over a price where it would sell in some volume. This vehicle is going to sell a few copies to wealthy people who want a quirky non-luxury car. Here’s just a few alternatives to serve as a family vehicle in the $60-70K range

I think most of these autonomous vehicle groups have done astronomical amounts of simulated testing, some amount of closed course testing, and then tons of real world testing with safety drivers.