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So many likes. Modern Ferraris look like dogshit.

Another art history major car guy here. Best semester of my life was driving a manual diesel Renault wagon (green, not brown) to museums and cathedrals all over France.

The drawings look better than the full-on 3D rendering. Either way at 15K this is all I need as a commuter cart for the next 20+ years. It is really +2 as well?

Well, they’re the only people who sell a gigantic manual wagon in the US anymore. (Until last year at least.) I got it for 22K new. I can’t say I love it, but it ain’t bad and it’s what my family needs for a few years.

Would look better with smaller wheels and no iPad glued to the dash.

Is this really much worse than the “cheating” car companies are doing on EPA mileage ratings with turbo-4’s? These engines ALMOST NEVER get the real world mileage they claim.

If they wanted to make it sexy they would have made it a wagon.

I haven’t driven one but in my head this is still the most fun car available for any price today.

Thank God VTEC never kicked in

Well, it did sell in the US with a truck engine.

If that’s really shorter than a Fiesta, I wish the Fiesta were that boxy. I think I could fit my dogs and kids in the Clubman.

Big enough for a club, man.

I was just in Maine and every other car on the road was getting eaten alive by rust.

Simultaneous rolling dream and rolling nightmare.

America’s love of the small FWD sedan and rejection of the hatchback is the most insane thing ever. Small sedans are useless. They look stupid, are too small for four average size people and the hauling stuff utility sucks! At least my wife’s Accord can be treated as makeshift wagon. It’s huge on inside and she didn’t

More like, Audis looked best in the 90’s.

Toyota lost money on every LS400 they sold when they came to market. My dad bought the first year for 35 grand. I remember reading they were losing 10 grand per car or more. Granted those are 1990 dollars but as a percentage they were losing more than Tesla is losing.

I had a recent Elantra as a rental car once. It was a hateful driving experience. Coma-inducing bland handling. Bag of gravel engine. Trying too hard exterior. Stupid blue lights everywhere interior. It made a Corolla or Camry riveting in comparison.

Better than a Land Rover for the same price. Built to last 30 years, much cheaper to maintain and 90% less pretentious. MSRP too steep out the door but makes a fine buy in a few years.

I think it’s because of modern safety standards for whiplash protection, but I think modern headrests SUCK. Don’t move far back enough.