You could also rephrase this as, even the F sport models of Lexus drive like 4000+ lb SUVs.

What blows my mind is that they released a 280-mile car to begin with, versus doing whatever it took to bump it to 3xx, if for psychological reasons alone (same as doing prices like 49,995).

If they’d admit they’re just summarizing someone else’s content in blog form that would be fine.  But pretending it’s journalism or some kind of partnership (“Jason’s here to give us the details”) is disingenuous.

Absolutely not.

From the same Mazda that won’t give us a car with more than 186 horsepower? I’m surprised they have the money to develop new engines.

I think most of Mazda’s cars have an understated sharp look, especially in the charcoal/dark grey, like Subaru used to do with the Legacy GT. This one looks kind of like a long-hood BMW SUV from the side.

You can keep raging at strangers on the internet, or you can get some experience with real people in the real world.

Our typical family visits involve half a dozen cars Tetris’d into one corner of the driveway, with only one or two needed to run errands. And your latter argument is the reason that many, many people buy trucks (“mall crawler” kvetching notwithstanding)...

Renting a car to drive a couple hours, park it for most of a holiday week, and then drive it back will get you some of the most expensive miles possible.  And I don’t know anyone who’d want to mess with scheduling a truck rental and going through all the paperwork every other week for yard/home projects.

Thing is, “star-crossed” doesn’t mean lucky, it means doomed. The two lovers aren’t the stars set to cross paths; their relationship is crossed/unfavored by the stars/heavens.  So the star-crossed Chevys will likely both have fender benders that crinkle their new hoods, if I had to guess...

Also, take "big engine" as shorthand for top drivetrain. AWD vs. FWD hatch, manual or DCT or new 10 speed vs. old torque converter auto, etc 

For the truck? The specifics are speculative but the EE video extrapolates from their other vehicles. We know what an 85-100kwh battery weighs, and the range on an S- and X-weight vehicle, so he picks a reasonable truck weight and 200kwh battery to base the rest of the calcs on.

Its never the same, but all else equal (FI vs. not), I'll take the displacement because it's a fundamental limitation I can't fix aftermarket. 3.5TT over 2.7TT, 2.5T over 2.0T over 1.6T. 3.5TT over 5.0/6.2 gets a little tougher...

It might be the real engine in something, but not a car built for the 6.2. Same reason the 2.0T is the real engine for the Golf but not an A4/5. If Chevy builds a Focus RS (AWD 5-door Cruze SS?), I’m in.

I don’t understand how this is remotely related to cars.  “You’re All Pluralizing Xs Incorrectly” where X can be any word...

I guess it was only a matter of time. Celebrate it or your social credit score will suffer.

I’m fine with your scenario except I want the real engine. Instead of a base spec and a loaded spec, make a sport spec (all drivetrain) and a luxury spec (all knick knacks).

I would rather have the big engine than heated seats, 10-way adjustable anything, and 12 speakers.  Not saying we have to go back to rollup windows and no cruise control, but I already ignore 90% of the features on cars from last decade.  Trading down to a tiny 4 banger in exchange for motors all over my car is a…

It’s the proportion of overall weight.  An extra 500 pounds in a 6000 lb truck isn’t much.  But the truck is half battery, and you’re talking about pulling another two trucks, so now you need a truck and a half of batteries (vs. say 200 lbs of gas for a massive tank).

You’ve made multiple incorrect assumptions, and the accusation of name calling is hilariously hypocritical. I would suggest an iota of self-awareness to go with the blood pressure medication and antidepressants. And maybe get out into the real world once in a while.