Congratulations, Misters Chariotoflove, Curiousplay, Max0253, SessileRaptor and Ash78, on COTD! I have a IDK for you all which this lovely babe will deliver soon.

“Here’s the rub for me: When you start to move towards a carlike construction you limit the aftermarket and ability to modify.”

Please elaborate on this point. Because if you throw a set of solid axles on a unibody truck, you can have aftermarket support for days.

The suspension design, not the body construction,…

“Honda says 95 percent of mid-size trucks live on the pavement. But Sweers says 45 percent of its Tacoma buyers do go off-road, and that many spend lots of money on aftermarket accessories. He says “the typical after sale spend for pick-ups, depending on region and segment, is $3000~8000,” a significant figure that…

Here’s another one:

No one their right mind is going to buy this car. No one.

If that were Tesla people here would be shitting themselves over the new delay.

That’s actually pretty close.

Customer: “So when can I order a Bolt?”

I still think GM is missing out on potential sales. That Bolt thing needs to look like this in order to capture the imagination of the driving public.

So you are telling me this isn’t a Dodge Colt? I’m so confused.

I’m somewhat of a CR dweeb and look at the Overall score. I know what you’re getting at with the used costs, but Volvo’s TCO score is “fair” and it puts it at par with German car manufacturers. Being that my wife is a nurse and need availability at all times with little or no down time, and the budget we’re at....it’s…

Ford Tried with the Lincoln backwood and Mark Lt then found out that nobody bought them. Then in 2009 they decided to put the ford badges on the Lincoln pickup and sold a ton of them while Mexico still got the mark lt. I think that the top their pickups are just as nice on the inside as the 5 series /a6 /E class. the…

I got used to Air conditioned seats and automatic wipers on both my wife’s and my cars.

Was about sold on a Mazda 6 until I realized I couldn’t even get auto headlights with the stick- it felt as if I went back in time 20 years...

Why won’t more trickle down quicker!

There is a difference, though. My SO drives a Hyundai Veloster. I drive an Acura TL. Mine’s a little older than hers. She has every gizmo in her car that I have in mine with the exception of power seats. She also has keyless entry, a smartphone app that she can start her car with, and a few other doodads that Acura…

1st & Neutral: If I were buying a new car, I’d probably go with a “normal” car. Most of the luxury cars (unless you’re buying something like a Mercedes as opposed to a Cadillac or Lincoln) have the main-stream car components with different cladding.

“I enjoy knowing that every single Escalade buyer is a dummy.....why would anyone buy a $100,000 Chevy...or a $60,000 V6 Camry disguised as a Lexus?”

Neutral: We’re in a Market to replace out TDI soon, so we’ve been just test driving all kinds of cars in the past month (me and my wife). We went to luxury brands first, because my wife associates MB as being noticeable and in a status. I associate it with money being thrown out.

Neutral: As Mercedes, Audi and to a lesser extent BMW have continued to cheapen their own brands with vehicles like the CLA / GLA, A3 / Q3, etc. They are neither exclusive nor luxurious if you measure luxury on things like quality of materials, features / tech and design elegance (objective). It is, in my opinion, a…

Neutral: Is It Better To Buy A Nice Normal Car Than A Luxury Car?

Some people just have money burning holes in their pocket and don’t want peasants on their same level