Consumer Reports has been going down hill ever since they acquired The Consumerist, which used to be an interesting website before it went total hype.

GR Corolla is a very bad deal if compared vs. MSRP - but it’s what people seem to want.

Weird article. Having said that, at least in the southeast, how is the 4Runner not mentioned? There is not a single 4Runner, or just about every Toyota, that does not have some insanely overpriced dealer added junk to the sticker.

I’m so close to leaving this site, the slideshows are unbearable.

Mach-E’s have markups? I must have seen a dozen of them on the lot of the dealer by me.

Some may have provisions for one. Deaths on a cruise is not an uncommon occurrence. The article is clickbaity. The cruise line may offload the body at the next port to send home or carry it to the origination port. The next of kin are contacted for their wishes. There’s a high percentage of old, infirm, and physically…

I can understand why automakers are worried about their endgame ( profits ) while the EV transition is happening. I get it, it’s going to cost them money. And it won’t be easy.

That said, they should have started that transition decades ago. But they did not. They kept churning the same ICE engines year after year,…

Why can’t the Big Three get it? Build EVs that a LOT of people will want at a price they can afford. The “I can afford a $70K vehicle” crowd already has theirs.

I’ve been considering this car, but it’s just too pricey for me for what it is.

A) The Grand Highlander is not offered as a PHEV; if you really want to get into the electric future of plugging in your car and foregoing gasoline for at least 30 miles a day or so, you have to go with the TX.

B) The interior on the TX is…

I did a quick read on the TX350. O-60 is 7.7 seconds or so which in modern standards is quite slow. That’s about what a 4runner will do which has an ancient V6/5 speed combo. Honestly if they had stuck with the regular 3.5 V6 which makes of 300hp in the last gen Camry they probably would’ve had a great base model.  I…

I don’t understand why someone would get the TX 500h instead of a Grand Highlander Hybrid, which also has “lose the will to live” levels of styling and excitement, and the cheap / hard plastic interior, but gets you there for a lot less cash.

need to haul seven people

Separated at birth?

100% she was texting and driving or scrolling Instagram.

People are really victim blaming here.
Even if the trailer was parked in the middle of the live lane, you should be able to stop before driving into it.

Third gear: valuing used EV batteries is no different from valuing a used engine. Nobody really knows how long that junkyard motor will be good for. You’ll pay more if it has low miles, or has a warranty, or is otherwise desirable.

So yeah, teen driver move, definitely, but in the teen’s defense, I live in Massachusetts, and these landscaping companies are a menace, both when parked and in motion. They’ll happily block off an entire lane (or more) on narrow, twisty roads with their trucks while they’re working, and they’re prone to scooting…

As a person who’s owned a Macan and owns a 911 (997.2) in addition to my Tesla Model 3 Performance, here is my take on it.

I would expect Nissan and Infiniti to rank pretty low, but to see Mercedes and Audi at 24th and 25th below the Stellantis brands? My jaw has half-dropped.

I used to be a fan of Consumer Reports but when they would report on certain products were I would be considered an expert (because of my profession) I realized how misguided some of their findings can be. The car stuff seems a bit more obvious however I am a bit confused by VWs rank in this. Everyone I know with a…