The difference is, most of the other companies chose to make structural updates to respond to that test. Fiat only did it for the all-new 500X, leaving the 500 and 500L with a glaring marketing weakness.  Most US-market cars these days can reasonably deal with that IIHS test.

This is what the Kicks should have been, but alas, it was not meant to be for American rental lots.

The US-market 500L finally got a facelift this year. I’m surprised as well. I honestly think it would’ve sold a lot better if they marketed it right, and made some simple structural upgrades for the IIHS test.

Really, wear items?  I’m curious, which parts are expensive?  Thought these were supposed to be easy to maintain, if not the most reliable car around.

I suspect the Panda is also too small and dated for the US market.

That colour and spec, WANT!

The IIHS small-overlap test is not something that non-US carmakers design their cars to, unless they plan to sell the car in the US. The 500 aced the Euro-NCAP tests and had very high safety ratings in its early life.  It’s just unfortunate that Fiat only gave the 500X the needed structural reinforcements to deal with…

This annoyed me greatly in 2015.  But at least Fiat had the mercy to bless the US models with the interior updates.  The gauge cluster and infotainment got the much needed refresh just like the Eurasian cars.

Tow rating as a bragging right is as old as people have been into pickup trucks. So, not new.

This isn’t surprising, as the North American assembly line continued producing the old 500 body style to this day, when the Poland factory had already been producing the exterior facelift for 2015 Europe/Asia models. This plus the general slow sales of small cars in the US has always put the 500 at risk of…

It’s not much different from any other car in its class that was also designed in the mid-2000s. When it was released in 2007, it performed better than the competing Mini models in crash tests. Difference is, Mini got continued investment in its cars and has already at least 2 facelifts and 1 complete redesign in the…

Part of them probably wanted to see how far this church wanted to take it. It’s not the most logical thing to do, but if someone got the time to out these clowns, I’m OK with the free entertainment.

Most of these people hiding behind the Bible haven’t actually read the Bible, nor can they grasp the fact that there aren’t really any white people in it, or the fact that none of the Bible was actually composed in English.

“God’s original English”?  You sure he didn’t say “God’s original ‘Merican”?

Another way to look at is, the liquor store guy could be afraid that even if he is confident in his tame words, some Becky-type might call the police anyway or, worse yet, hire a lawyer and embellish the story to cause a huge legal headache.

The solution is app-based taxi service. Uber and Lyft were supposed to be catalysts to improve the taxi service industry, but it doesn’t sound like they are taking the hint.

I’m cool if anyone feuds with the White House these days (that’s all it deserves), but...

Out of your list, only the Accord competes with the Mazda. All the others belong to a smaller size class.

This way the X6 looks better.

I would specify, “point of a three-row crossover/SUV.”