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

thebean

Bentley Bentayga in Plano (north of Dallas). White with Montana plates. You don’t see many Bentleys in this area.

gsemike

That would be hard to get used to

fintail

The redundant little screen low at center bugs me somehow.

Michaell

thebean said:

Bentley Bentayga in Plano (north of Dallas). White with Montana plates. You don’t see many Bentleys in this area.

Not surprised by the Montana plates. Probably registered to an LLC set up for just that purpose.

ab348

The right half is merely for the entertainment and amusement of a passenger on that side. I believe I heard it can be turned off if desired. Just more evidence that auto designers are struggling to figure out what to do with screen tech and design. Hopefully there are no touch controls that the driver may need to access over on that side. Why a driver should ever need to access touch controls on a screen is a mystery in itself.

fintail

Got behind a Cayenne coupe today, something seldom seen in these parts. Soon after saw a Q5 coupe, maybe not new but also rare here, CUV coupes are not my most favorite design.

kyfdx

I think Audi does a decent job with it. The Q8 is basically a Q7 Sportback. The Q5 is okay.

BMW and Mercedes, though..

fintail

Q8 is ok to me, but the Q5 has too much MB "coupe" energy, which is adjacent to the X4/X6 (not meant as a compliment).

It's funny how MB and BMW go back and forth. MB has a 4 door "coupe", BMW gets one, BMW makes "coupe" CUV/SUVs, MB follows suit, MB gets sporty while BMW leans into luxury.

fintail

Saw an Escalade IQ, didn't expect that here, pricey thing.

explorerx4

Saw a Tacoma Trailerhunter yesterday.
It's pretty big. Rhought it was a Raptor until is got close.
I was in the Explorer, so the driver knew enough to stay behind me leaving at the traffic lights.

kyfdx

Newish Ferrari convertible. Front engine. Red over tan. Top down.

Don’t see many of those pulling into the local strip center.

ab348

For a relatively small city there are a remarkable number of flex-mobiles here. Lambos, Ferraris, McLarens, and all sorts of G-Class Benzes of course. I guess the tech bros and the high finance types living here do pretty well for themselves. The G-Class is the only one I would want to drive on our potholed roads.

thebean

Saw a matte black G53 today. Hard to tell what year it was since all look similar.

Also a royal blue C8 Vette. I don’t recall seeing that color on a C8 before. It looked darned good.

texases

Saw a red C8 yesterday, off the side of the road in the grass, (rear) hood up...uh oh...

sda

A woman talking on her phone in her black Maybach SUV was tailgating me on I-485 at 75+mph yesterday morning. I thought if I had to tap the brakes it would be a sad time. When she finally passed me, wow that thing has some wide tires. It is quite the beast.

kyfdx

We have a local restaurateur that has that Maybach. It's crazy

gsemike

Starting to see a couple new Muranos around. Man, that thing leaves me cold.

The front looks like something someone would have thought was futuristic 25 years ago

explorerx4

Saw a new Rolls(temp plates). Black with a kind of bright blue interior.
It seemed a long as a Suburban.
Edit: Forgot, a new Bronco Raptor parked almost close enought for me to touch it while I was sitting at an ice cream stand.

laurasdada

Driving to/from the BMW dealer in Hyannis yesterday, I spotted 3 Lucid Airs! As well as a couple of Lambos, and a Ferrari Lusso and an Alfa 4C... on a flatbed.

thebean

That’s the Alfa’s natural habitat.🙂

fintail

I saw one of the Alfa CUVs the other day, moving under its own power.

kyfdx

fintail said:

I saw one of the Alfa CUVs the other day, moving under its own power.

I like those. In theory

fintail

I think I saw a new style Armada - big brick. Also some kind of late model Ferrari, but they all look the same to me anymore and are seldom-seen here.

stickguy

classic Ferraris were so good looking. Timeless and elegant. The new ones, are not.

bhill2

At the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon (although I don't deny it) beauty has taken a back seat in most cars.

texases

Saw my first Macan EV. $90k-$110k, looked like this:

kyfdx

We saw one when we were in Atlanta, in May. Most of them are colorful.

texases

I wish. The dealer near me has 11, 8 white/silver/grey/black, 2 navy metallic, one kind of a taupe color.

kyfdx

texases said:

I wish. The dealer near me has 11, 8 white/silver/grey/black, 2 navy metallic, one kind of a taupe color.

The EV we saw in Atlanta was a really nice green.

Of course, the gas models are all black, gray and white, mostly

texases

For $13k you can get all kinds of neat colors on the Macan. 'Regular' colors (besides black and white) are a couple of grand.

kyfdx

texases said:

For $13k you can get all kinds of neat colors on the Macan. 'Regular' colors (besides black and white) are a couple of grand.

Ah, we never shopped the EV. Didn't know the paint was that high. (though it was $2900 on the unit we bought)

texases

kyfdx said:

texases said:

For $13k you can get all kinds of neat colors on the Macan. 'Regular' colors (besides black and white) are a couple of grand.

Ah, we never shopped the EV. Didn't know the paint was that high. (though it was $2900 on the unit we bought)

Here's the paint picker off the configurator, the colorful colors live at the bottom:

kyfdx

I think the one we saw was the Green Legends

fintail

stickguy said:

classic Ferraris were so good looking. Timeless and elegant. The new ones, are not.

I am in the same boat. I can ID most of them until maybe the late 'oughts, then it all becomes a jumble as for the most part I just stopped caring. To be fair, I can say the same for Lamborghini and McLaren etc.

fintail

Visited my uncle, who at 79 just bought a new car - Honda Passport. I don't know all the trim levels on these, but this one is hard loaded - leather, big roof, HPD wheels, etc. I think he said it was something like 53K.

Michaell

fintail said:

Visited my uncle, who at 79 just bought a new car - Honda Passport. I don't know all the trim levels on these, but this one is hard loaded - leather, big roof, HPD wheels, etc. I think he said it was something like 53K.

Trailsport? I think that's the only one where you can get HPD trim attached to it.

fintail

Pretty sure I saw an Ioniq 9 at a Costco the other day. It's kind of an oddball, with the very strong "generic EV" styling that is the latest fad. Marketing propagandists will call it a CUV or SUV but it sure looks like a van to me.

explorerx4

For our vacation, one of the kids flew to Norfolk then got a rental for the rest of the trip, a Wrangler Sahara.
Got a ride in it, about 30 miles round trip.
It was much quieter and rode better than I expected.
Also felt narrow and the top of the windshield frame resticted my view.
A tall step in without running boards.
We didn't take the time to remove the roof panels or take in in the sand.

tjc78

I know people love their Wranglers, but I've been given a few as rentals and could never live with one. I wasn't very comfortable and my full size pickup feels much more stable at speed and handles better.

roadburner

explorerx4 said:

For our vacation, one of the kids flew to Norfolk then got a rental for the rest of the trip, a Wrangler Sahara.
Got a ride in it, about 30 miles round trip.
It was much quieter and rode better than I expected.
Also felt narrow and the top of the windshield frame resticted my view.
A tall step in without running boards.
We didn't take the time to remove the roof panels or take in in the sand.

As I've said before, If my Wrangler's off road abilities aren't needed I'd rather drive my C43 or Club Sport- but I certainly don't consider my Sahara 4xe to be a penalty box. It ticks all the boxes for me; I prefer driving it to 95% of new vehicles priced under $50,000. Exceptions would include the BRZ, Elantra N, GR86, GTI, Type R and WRX.

fintail

I've spend much of the past week in the small town where my mom lives - one that has a few new car dealers by virtue of it being the largest town within maybe 60-100 miles from some points. Most surprising new sighting is several Toyota Crown CUV models - maybe the local dealer got a special shipment, as I wasn't aware it was miuch of a seller.

fintail

Another long day on the road, saw a couple more Crown CUVs. Over the whole trip saw nothing really remarkable, no exotics or brand new models. Rarest late model spotted on the road was a Dodge Hornet. Around Puget Sound and on the highway I did notice a lot more light bar facelift Teslas than I see around Spokane (these seem to almost not exist where I live), also saw 3 or 4 Cybertrucks.

stickguy

house near me must have some wealthy friends. in the driveway a nice Macan, and a gorgeous bright blue Lotus. Whatever the current model is.

fintail

Not brand new, but saw a facelift E63S wagon parked in downtown Spokane. White, appeared to be non-pearl- very rare spot in these parts and was maybe a visitor.

stickguy

Walked the dog and in a few blocks a bunch of new style traverses. Looks like a Tahoe now.

tjc78

stickguy said:

Walked the dog and in a few blocks a bunch of new style traverses. Looks like a Tahoe now.

3/4 Scale. I like it

texases

New Wagoneer parked across the street, that thing seems huge. Saw a Hummer H2 a few minutes later, no longer seems so big.

tjc78

@texases said:
New Wagoneer parked across the street, that thing seem huge. Saw a Hummer H2 a few minutes later, no longer seem so big.

They have two lengths I’d assume the longer one is around the same size as my truck. Definitely not small.

ab348

Saw the Edmunds review of the electric Escalade IQ, a cool $180,000 vehicle up here. Ridiculously heavy, not fast, doesn’t handle. Needless to say they weren’t thrilled.

https://youtu.be/Kiyakr1HNLg?si=gFTTjwGV43hBe8yp

sda

I like the medium shade of blue.