Because fat boomers need a taller vehicle to reduce the strain on their knees.

Teslas have the Supercharging network. There is no comparable CCS network in North America. Even if the majority of owners don’t actually rely on those 99% of the time, most car buyers aren’t rational people (otherwise everyone would drive Toyota Corollas) and the knowledge that they can take cross country road trips…

Teslas are priced as premium products and don’t compete in the kei-car segment. I’ve been to Japan and there are plenty of affluent consumers who at least have apartment parking spaces big enough to fit a Mercedes S-class. Walk around the Ginza district of Tokyo and it’s almost impossible to see any Japanese cars…

It’s both. There are plenty of racist cops and plenty of cops who are “equal opportunity assholes”. 

China. As a foreigner I’m not actually allowed to drive there unless I actually reside there with a Chinese license. However, my local friend got too drunk to drive after dinner, so I had to take over and pray we wouldn’t get pulled over.

Interesting. In the US and Canada the 1 series is basically a golf cart. Why do people even bother building driveways over there if a 1 series is too long? 

Acura is not circling the toilet the way Infiniti is. It seems like they’re mainly targeting the kind of people who would’ve bought a Mercury (good riddance) or a Buick if Acura wasn’t an option.

Luxury brands are like that. Adaptive cruise control and lane keeping are now standard on the Corolla/Civic, but they’re options on Range Rovers.

Exactly, a lot of people see the letters “SUV” and think it refers to a Chevy Tahoe or some other monstrosity.

Audi A1 is 158.6" x 68.5".

Yes, width is a constraint. Height isn't. Europeans are buying subcompact SUVs in the size class of the Chevrolet Trax. They aren't buying Ford Expeditions. Tiny SUVs like the Trax are more than capable of fitting into the smallest European parking spaces. 

Subcompact SUVs have the same length and width as those hatchbacks. They just have more height to reduce the strain on boomers’ knees.

They still do. The top selling SUVs in Europe are either subcompacts or compacts, which have roughly the same length and width as the small cars Europeans used to like. The only real difference is in the height which boomers like.

Subcompact SUVs are almost the same size as those famously small Euro hatchbacks, just with more height. Compare the length and width of a BMW X1 with a BMW 1-series. It becomes obvious why those things are doing well in Europe despite the “SUV” label.

My favourite wheels are whatever the smallest ones are with the thickest possible tire sidewalls.

Nissan should just kill off Infiniti altogether, or maybe rename it as a highest-trim level on Nissans, just like what Mercedes did with Maybach.

Ignoring the usual arguments about the technical issues with streaming, Stadia is doomed simply because of its pricing model.

Doesn't mean we have to shut them down yet. We should just stop subsidizing them with tax dollars and let the free market lead the way. 

Everyone keeps talking about the difficulty of getting private cars to be electric, but what if we went another way and actually invested in (green) transit in metro areas that would get poor people out of cars completely and reduce congestion and emissions across the board? Trapping poor people in perpetual debt…

I find that the “smart” aspect of any smart TV... isn’t.

I find that the “smart” aspect of any smart TV... isn’t.