Don’t underestimate dealer shenanigans. I’m a highly informed and financially literate car buyer with an 830+ credit score and I’ve dealt with all manner of shit from car dealers.

HyunKia have really upped their game in the past say 3 or so years. We just got a loaded Kia Seltos SX for my wife not because it was “fine” but because it was objectively the best of any car we looked at.

I tried a quesalupa recently, and I dunno if it was lacking in execution on the part of my local Taco Bell, but it was just too much bread and cheese on the outside vs fillings on the inside. I’ll be sticking with regular chalupas.

Last time I checked, an A8 is a car produced by Audi. 

It’ll look just as fine for its first out-of-warranty trip to the mechanic.

The closest comparison is a Kia Stinger which offers this exact same form factor but rwd or awd and up to a 3.3 liter 365 hp TT V6, for similar money. Which I would easily take over a shitty Audi or much-shittier Lincoln. 

My wife drives a CX-5. We bought it because she felt it was tidier and easier to place than a CR-V. But the swoopy styling means interior room is small for the segment. The CR-V, RAV4, and plenty of other bigger "compact" crossovers are far more practical. 

If it’s any consolation Mitsubishi probably was stuck with that layout from sharing the Nissan Rogue’s gubbins.

It probably *is* a Nissan Rogue.

Forced induction 6 cylinder large midsize premium CUV starting prices. Assume much lower starting options content on the Euros vs the GV80.

Range Rovers have been out for a while now, jussayin.

This is not at all a correct use of the word capital-D Daddy. 🤦‍♂️

The new one is arriving soon. Looks to be much improved like the new Rogue and most everything else Nissan has introduced the past couple years.

“SUV” is very much in air quotes here. Think of the absolute smallest cheapest CUVs available in the US like the Hyundai Venue or Nissan Kicks. All that’s happening in the Euro market is the absolute smallest cheapest cars are getting squeezed out, and subcompacts/compacts are increasingly becoming crossover-ified.

The Japanese car companies were building luxury cars a lot earlier than they started tailoring them for and importing them to the US.

The HyunKia 3.3TT V6 is GDI.

Sure, a longitudinal engine platform can help with making for more attractive proportions, and yes the RX is weird looking. But there are plenty of good enough looking 3-row transverse engine CUVs out there.

Counterpoint: most crossover & SUV buyers, luxury or otherwise, don’t give a shit whether the engine is mounted transversely or longitudinally, and probably don’t even know what the difference between them is.

Seriously. I ran recruiting at a civil engineering firm for a while. Even they knew that you can be an lowercase-e engineer without being a licensed PE. The only reason a civil engineer needs a PE license is to official sign plans for submission to customers (especially when those customers are state & local…

The Si isn’t what I would call fast. My previous car was a modified BMW 335xi making about 375 whp. But it had its issues, and I modified the suspension for great handling but kinda ruined the ride quality. I wanted to be beat up less and have something screwed together a bit better, plus ideally something that holds…