It’s not a faux pas. Istanbul is split between Asia and Europe. The dealership shown above is located in Europe.

One of the side effects of costco having dramatically higher minimum wages is getting people to genuinely care (or at least more lol).

Why the hate on the Ford when the #1 selling Hyundai HB20 gets the same score? Seems odd to bash one and n0t the other....

300/month is not that a great deal. Definitely good for Mazda.

Mazda is just not Mazda anymore. Who of their buyers actually wanted/needed them to go upmarket? It was nice back in 2004 (and in 2014) when the interiors were slightly better than the competition, but that was enough. They didn’t need to go after MB to win against the Elantra or Civic. Likewise, it was nice when they…

Aiming at A3 and A-class is a mistake as Audi and MB customers do not cross-shop Mazda. I hope Mazda doesn’t follow Hyundai down the path of thinking they can compete with established luxury manufactures.

It’s a foreign concept to a lot of the commenters here. 

Why do you need room for 4 if you have no family?

Exactly... Sounds like it would be awesome for the first 30-40 minutes, then it would just annoying and you would start to be embarrassed after annoying everyone else around you. then you would start to accelerate as slow as possible just to minimize the noise... ive seen the same in people driving hondas... they…

For that first part, do all stations where you are carry mustang oil filters?

I’d say an easier way to an enjoyable life is to drive something that isn’t a total PITA to own.  

Most definitely. The engine life on one of these was around 40-80k miles, few made it past that before the apex seal popped.

I’ve been scorned for saying this but I wish that Mazda had also made this car with the Mazdaspeed turbo four. They should have figured out a way to leverage the goodness of the chassis with a conventional engine as well as the Wankel. Could have called it the MX-8.

Do you want to feel even more outraged? I’m from Brazil, where the EcoSport was created, and here it’s an upmarket premium car. People actually aspire to buy this two-story tall Fiesta.

Nope. They're not that bad.

Surprised to hear that. I rented the last-gen Cruze a few times and liked it just fine. 

Oh yeah!  Get it, former intern!  Welcome back, and congrats on the editor gig!

There are basically two Amtraks: the Northeast Corridor (about from DC to Boston), where almost everyone takes it, and everywhere else, where almost no one takes it. In the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak is so popular that many more people ride trains than fly. Amtrak runs at a ~50% financial surplus there, and their…

Oh look the poors are at it again

Who let you out of the greys.