I could see a de-contented Miata ringing up closer to 24 grand, but 20 is a tall ask for a car that sells about the same number of units per month that the CX-5 sells per day, and shares no platform with any other vehicle they offer. It hurts. :(

Just a quick correction - when costs go down and all other factors remain constant, that’s an increase in profit, not revenue.

Shit, I’m closing on my first house purchase this Friday and the process has been more straightforward than buying my first new car. Bring on the death of the dealership model swiftly!

An electric hot-hatch actually sounds pretty sweet. If the car’s not built for long-distance cruising, then why not dial up the power and beef up the handling for a small range penalty? 

Highschool? I’ve been out of college for ten years and I still pine for a CRX Si.

1st Gear: Look, if you want to work your way up to Toyota build quality you have to start somewhere.

Considering cars loaded with 10 times as many cameras, sensors, and possibly LIDAR still can’t quite get the aviation definition of “autopilot” right...I don’t think retrofitting cars with only basic crash-avoidance is a move that’s going to work.

So which are there more of now: Fire Emblem characters in Smash, or Western-localized Fire Emblem games?

Those are achingly beautiful cars.

Neutral: The day I became eligible my driver’s test I took it and got licensed. I don’t think I studied that long or willingly for anything else in my life since - I spent months reading my state’s Rules of the Road book every night before bed and logged triple the permit-hour minimum to take the test, much to my…

Almost looks like an early ancestor of the “double-bubble” roofs that would come to market decades later. Pretty clever design tweak!

Bingo. Ironically enough I’m in market for one of these but $10,000 is my absolute limit, and sub-100K AWD examples around that price are plentiful even in New England.

I feel like I’ve only seen AlleyOop on Mazdas equipped with an automatic. Curious to see if and how they package it here - this seems like the kind of feature both automatic-equipped and RF models could use to offset their added weight, but would be a much tougher sell on manuals and soft tops.

“95mph in the fast lane of the Garden State Parkway” isn’t exactly what I’d consider a track day but truck bros gonna truck, bro.

The reader says they drive the car daily.

All the terror is rooted in the fact that electrics require fewer parts to build and have much less to break over the life of the product.

That’s...not a bad take by Hachigo at all. He’s right that there are numerous hurdles to an EV replacing a gas-powered car at this time, and it’s not something that looks primed to change within the next decade barring an unprecedented investment into global infrastructure.

Within a minute of pulling out of the parking lot I noticed perhaps the best pedal feel on the market today mixed with incredibly communicative and responsive steering.

I feel like off-roaders are the one car segment where an electric powertrain doesn’t make sense. There aren’t exactly recharging stations out on the trails, and solar panels will only get you a couple miles extra range per day whereas the fuel in a jerry-can will take you a hundred miles.

Just did a quick search near me and WOW - there are a ton of 2019s and a few 2018s hanging around on lots with absurd discounts here in the Northeast.