Overall it looks like a Jaguar XF with a weirdly sloped quasi-hatch rear end to me. Oh, and also some unnecessary aftermarket looking lighting accents. I’ve liked a lot of what Genesis has done in recent years, particularly the G70, but this is a hard miss for me.

I don’t understand why every other car with a large grill gets slammed, but enormous, boring, geometric disaster gets a pass.

Sweet mustang, bro

I hope not, because even with as laissez faire (spelling?) as a lot of people are being about the virus now, you know that even two years down the road they would see that on the Carfax and be like “I don’t know....”

My mom had a Continental with the trunk closing mechanism you're referring to. Anyone know the point of that feature?

The more I look at this little thing, especially in the dark copper, the more I think it might be my wife’s next car. Despite the tiny 3-cyl, I think it should be sufficiently peppy to replace an 09 CRV. I’ll have to wait a bit and see how they do for reliability, because she’s used to a car that needs an oil change…

I guess it’s also compared to the Scion xB, but that’s a 15 year old car in a different category, so really still included as a fun anecdote rather than a relevant comparison.

It’s really just reporting what’s available. I can’t find anywhere listing curb weight for the Trailblazer yet. But in defense of the article, it’s weight is never really compared to the weight of it’s actual competitors, just Torch’s Nissan Pao, which is obviously a ridiculous comparison.

I believe 4189lbs for the Trailblazer is the GVWR, whereas the 2906-3150lbs reported for the HR-V is curb weight.

The front and rear look like two different cars, and neither of them are what I would call well executed.

Could they not have found a way to make the side mirrors look less idiotic and tacked on?

I’ve never understood how Zagato can make a business out of sticking hideous rear ends on other companies’ cars. In this case they managed to ruin the front as well!

You’ll have to excuse Brownell. He seems a little disgruntled lately. Wintertime blues, perhaps?

That steering wheel looks like it has some kind of cancer.

This is bad and they should feel bad.

Assuming they do a respectable job with it, whatever they put it in will be my next car, regardless.

I can’t decide whether your original comment or this follow-up should be COTD

Concerning...

Regarding your disappointment with the car’s lack of any sense of urgency, you might consider having the ECU reset. After years of likely staid driving by the previous owner, the ECU/TCU will have adjusted to that style of driving. I had a 2009 Legacy that had to have the ECU reset due to a recall and I initially…

“you feel instantly more connected to the road.”