I spotted a NEW (insert make/model) today!

texases

3 unusual cars: saw 2 i3's within 6 cars of each other. Used to very rarely see any, now they seem to be more common.

But the big sighting was my first-ever RR Silver Dawn convertible, on the same drive to work. That's some commuter car...

fintail

New Bentley Continental in one of the C-level spaces at work. GLCs are pretty normal here now, a polar opposite to Toyolex "styling".

stickguy

I think the new GLC is really good looking. and really like the interior. I did like the GLK though too, always my favorite to sit in at the car show every year.

fintail

GLC reminds me of a lifted C wagon. Of course, I greatly prefer a real C wagon, with a diesel. Neither look likely here at least in the near term.

kyfdx

Another crossover that I like the looks of is the Land Rover Discovery Sport. Nice and clean, yet still looks like a Land Rover.

stever

Saw three temp tags in a Walmart lot in El Paso this afternoon, a new Soul, new CR-V and a new to the owner Saturn Vue. Not sure about the Soul, I don't know them well enough to tell the generations apart, and the owner was in a hurry and I didn't get a chance to chat them up. May have been a 2016.

iluvmysephia1

What color was the Kia Soul, stever?

stever

One of those generic grayish silver colors.

iluvmysephia1

I don't really like the Kia Soul in silver or the latte brown. I'd pick white, or titanium grey looks good, too.

explorerx4

In the parking lot at work, silver F150 4x4 supercrew, white Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, gray Volvo S60.
Also, at a house for sale just before my street, an all black Challenger Hellcat.

iluvmysephia1

On the freeway heading north on Hwy 69 in the KC Metro I saw the first Mitsubishi i-MiEV all-electric rig I've ever seen out and about. That thing really looks like a little contraption. Kudos to Mitsubishi if they were going for the unusual look. If so, they done nailed it!

fushigi

When it first came out I saw a few of the i-MiEV's around but haven't really seen any OTR lately. One of my sisters, actually her husband, has one. They live in another state so I haven't had a test drive.

Personally I don't mind the rolling egg look. Different but IMO not actually ugly like, say, Aztek or Juke.

stickguy

On the highway, a new looking Mitsu Mirage. Looks like something out of the 80's .

and parked at BJ's, a new (temp tag still on) Genesis G90, So, they sold at least 1!

fintail

Seen a couple new Cadenzas lately. Improvement for sure.

Have yet to see a G90, but I do see an odd Equus/K900 around. Probably a good used buy, but depreciation has to be catastrophic, even worse than German boats.

iluvmysephia1

fushigi - I agree on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV look - it actually draws my eyes in for a longer look. After looking at the all-electric driven car for a while my eyes wanted a longer look. The same thing happens whenever I see a Nissan Versa sedan or a Nissan cube or a Scion xA or iA. The Scion iA is now a Toyota Yaris iA - they've inherited the car from Scion. Every time I see one, I have to stare at it until it's out of sight range. Car hankerings usually remain for a lifetime.

fintail

Saw one of the GLA-based Infiniti baby CUVs this morning - lots of styling.

stickguy

New style impreza sport. Sedan. Red. Very nice looking. More substantial. Nice wheels.

are these even out yet? Was running "vehicle manufacturer" tags (I live real close to Subaru's American headquarters).

Michaell

stickguy said:

New style impreza sport. Sedan. Red. Very nice looking. More substantial. Nice wheels.

are these even out yet? Was running "vehicle manufacturer" tags (I live real close to Subaru's American headquarters).

I think they are starting to show up on dealer lots.

Michaell

fintail said:

Saw one of the GLA-based Infiniti baby CUVs this morning - lots of styling.

That's polite. Did Infiniti poach some of the Lexus styling team?

fintail

Maybe the ones who weren't on board with the predator face. So many swoops and creases, and the fake DLO in the C-pillar isn't what I would call cool. A timeless design, this is not.

Michaell said:

That's polite. Did Infiniti poach some of the Lexus styling team?

fushigi

My wife sat in one of the QX30s (MB-based Infiniti) while we were there to test drive the QX60. She said the QX30 felt cramped. My under-5 foot tall wife said it felt cramped.

I very much liked the QX60, though. With the power boost it can move pretty well. Need a little more time to figure out the gadgetry but I can see it happening.

Mr_Shiftright

Rear end of a 10`7 Honda Civic coupe while in traffic. I changed lanes and felt better.

fintail

Saw a Bentley Bentayga this evening - let them eat cake.

Mr_Shiftright

I read where Marie Antoinette didn't really mean it like that but they didn't buy it apparently.

I knew off-roading could be expensive, but gee, for $280,000 I'd want my own private trail.

fintail

OK then, Bentley Bentayga, because the new Belle Epoque (and we remember how that one ended )

Mr_Shiftright

it's just car pornography....I'll know it when I see it.

berri

So are you "shafting "that model

Mr_Shiftright

Okay, okay, I hide the Bentley Bentayga brochure under my bed.....

tlong

Mr_Shiftright said:

Okay, okay, I hide the Bentley Bentayga brochure under my bed.....

Shifty you are dating yourself.

Mr_Shiftright

That was kinda the point---LOL!

OK, hiding my iPad under the bed?

I dunno---1/4 million dollar SUVs playing with Jeeps at Moab and driven by journalists who will never own one---it all borders on self-parody.

fintail

The idea of of a Bentayga in real world off road use is like the idea of a Bentayga owner being self made and completely ethical and above board.

Saw a Model S 90D in the workplace garage, I so want to replace the Tesla badging (which is in such a dull font, reminds me of a 90s Buick) with an old MB "190D" badge.

stever

2017 RAV4 Hybrid, just purchased by a weaving friend. They had trouble getting the color they wanted - wound up paying "a lot" for a white one that does not have a black interior.

texases

stever said:

2017 RAV4 Hybrid, just purchased by a weaving friend...

Tell 'em to lay off the sauce!

stever

lol, different kind of weaving. Lunch did include some "NM hot chili" squash casserole. I'm starting to develop a taste for that kind of sauce.

anythngbutgm

Mercedes GLC has become quite popular in the Boston area. I counted more than a dozen of them on my way home from there yesterday afternoon. At first it comes off kind of bland and generic but once you really look at the details, it is quite stylish. I quite like it myself.

Saw a couple of new S90's as well. A very handsome sedan IMO...

ab348

Saw something interesting the other day, one of the new Volvo SUVs, I believe a XC90. It was just getting dark out and the driver came to an offset intersection. At first he steered slightly to the right and I saw a light appear on the right. Then he steered left and it went out and a cornering light of sorts came on ahead of the front wheel on the left. He used no turn signals on either side. It seemed like it has cornering lights that are switched by inputs to the steering wheel. Never saw that before, interesting.

fintail

Sounds like a BMW to me

The new XC is everywhere here now. Co-worker who has some dough recently got a top of the line high spec hybrid one. I have yet to see an "Excellence", as for 100K+, I'd take a Range Rover or a mafioso G-Wagen. Volvo is ambitious for sure.

ab348 said:

He used no turn signals on either side.

Michaell

ab348 said:

Saw something interesting the other day, one of the new Volvo SUVs, I believe a XC90. It was just getting dark out and the driver came to an offset intersection. At first he steered slightly to the right and I saw a light appear on the right. Then he steered left and it went out and a cornering light of sorts came on ahead of the front wheel on the left. He used no turn signals on either side. It seemed like it has cornering lights that are switched by inputs to the steering wheel. Never saw that before, interesting.

My wife's Outback has cornering lights triggered by the steering wheel.

ab348

That is a cool thing. I love cornering lights and they are on too few vehicles. My old '79 Park Avenue had them and they seemed almost as bright as a headlight, which was great. My Intrigue had them too but they were not nearly as bright, really not very useful to the driver. I don't think I've had them on any car since. Unfortunate.

fintail

The full LED lights on my E also have a cornering function, I notice it when I am in a garage etc, it puts out extra light sideways when the wheel is turned beyond a certain angle. Not sure of the practical use of it, but it's interesting.

stever

I had cornering lights in my Quest that were triggered by the turn signals. Mine weren't that bright either @ab348, can't say I miss them.

tjc78

Miss the cornering lights from my 04 Grand Marquis, they were triggered by the turn signals. I didn't know about the steering wheel trigger. It only makes sense, all cars now have a steering angle sensor for stability control, so they just use that output.

qbrozen

I do have to say that I miss them. The CTS had adaptive headlights or whatever they are, that turned with the wheel. I live in such a rural area with no streetlights nor ambient light. I did not realize how much difference they made until now that I no longer have them.

tjc78

I think we just had the headlight discussion over in CCBA, but yes Xenons that swivel are fantastic. Our Enclave just has regular Xenon and I do notice a difference from the LaCrosse that swiveled.

explorerx4

My wife's MKC definitely has corner in lights active by turning the wheel.
Back in '83 my Tbird had them too, but I think they were activated by the turn signals.

fintail

I think my mom's 93 Taurus had the turn signal ones - some Ford in the family had them.

tjc78

Alot of upper trim Fords in the 80s had them. All my Panthers did, heck my 79 Town Coupe had them too.

fintail

Now that I think of it, my uncle's 91 Taurus had them, I remember them clearly.

kyfdx

Early and mid '70s Lincolns and Cadillacs both had them.

fintail

Saw a VW Allroad (as I call it) this morning.