I agree with everything you’re saying. I have owned multiple Jeeps in my life(two Wranglers, a Cherokee and now a Grand Cherokee). I have some experience off-roading and rock crawling. It’s all about the design and articulation of the suspension that makes the difference in these situations.

Additionally, I think…

Mostly going on what I’ve seen from the early 1.4 turbos, things like oil-submerged timing belts and single use timing covers, and all the stuff that says “this engine was made to be run into the ground by 100k miles and then junked.”

Time will tell.

These are made to disposable. In 4-5 years they’ll make a Chevy Cruze seem reliable.

I knew they weren’t making their own small engines, but I couldn’t remember who their partner was. GM put their name on it, though, so it still counts as GM in my book. Part of why I’ll never understand why Toyota willingly slapped a badge on a BMW product.

I think it pretty much did if GM hoped to stay relevant in their “we don’t want to sell cars anymore” era. It’s cheap for a crossover, but without Sonics and Cruzes to get people in the door and into the brand (or for an upsell), these need to be pretty good. And just going through their small CUV portfolio and making…

Yeah, but you have to look at it every day. It’s just so aggressively bland in that “I can’t find my car at the mall” kind of way that every modern crossover is. Plus GM’s small engine reliabilty is.... yeah. This is evry bit a ‘lease it for three years and then forget you ever had one’ kind of car.

Press X to doubt that Nintendo shared anything Switch 2 related with something called Ai Shark lol. This is just a marketing stunt.

Your headline says “Hertz Is Selling Its Fleet Of Rental Tesla Model 3s For Cheap”. You specify “more than 100" for under 25,000 and their web site shows 356 total Teslas for sale.   This is not “selling it’s fleet”.  

I’d call this a risky bet. On the one hand a used Model 3 is good way to get a decent performing EV on the Tesla charger network. On the other hand it’s Hertz so there’s a very real possibility of being pulled over and held at gunpoint because they reported the car stolen.

I mean it is actually a legit competitor and the two cars are very frequently cross-shopped, so yes.

What a cool little car. If it was any other manufacturer I’d be all over it, tossing my wallet at the reservation screen. But I’ve read nothing but awful things about VinFast. If their $50k cars drive like ass, then I can't I'm what their $20k car drives like.

This right here. There’s no reason to stop making them if they’re selling. 

There’s a few things going on here. Mopar keeps it in production for a few specific reasons, which one is to keep an economical option for fleet buyers or even as a full-size option in the mid-size price range of the its competition.

NHTSA last tested what now is the 1500 Classic in 2018 and it scored 4/5 then. There have been no mandated standards for trucks added since so it still meets standards.

“...with the fleet-like trim of regular cab with the eight-foot bed...”

I can’t be the only one who thinks this is kind of awesome, right? Isn’t this basically peak-Jalop? Buying the cars of yesteryear that we claim to pine for, but also with a warranty?

That was just a decade of bad engines.

This whole thing has really soured my taste with Hyundai/Kia. I used to recommend them to anyone looking for decent, reliable transportation, but unless they fix this out of their own pockets I can’t see why I should continue even mentioning them in conversation.

When it comes to customer support and admitting their cars are garbage, there is no more arrogant manufacturer than Hyundai. Do. Not. Buy. Them.  You’ll thank me later.