The gambling reference was in response to the idea that the expectation was that resale would improve significantly.
Any how, I agree that a purchase choice should be made primarily on the merits of a test drive, and a personal evaluation. Never mind what the reviews say.
After all, do you recall Time magazine's review of Titanic?
That's the clincher for a lot of folks, the 2GR engine is both powerful AND efficient.
Transmission gearing also has a say in how many MPG's you get. Toyota has figured out a happy median between performance and just cruising. Most Toyota drivers do not drive as aggressive as say a Mazda buyer, so, Toyota can focus more on economy, rather then performance their main priority. Mazda is notorious for having higher gearing at higher speed which effects it's highway MPG's. The benefit is your engine is ready to push, which fits the "zoom-zoom" way of building a car.
My Mazda6 2.3L is turning almost 3,500 rpm's at 70 mph and I get 30mpg's. If the engine was turning 3,000 rpm's at that speed, I bet you I would get 32-34 mpg's.
"I think there is a world market for about 5 computers" - Thomas Watson (Chairman of IBM), 1943
640k ought to be enough for everyone" - Bill Gates on computer memory, 1981
...and finally about cars:
"With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't like to carve out a big slice of the US market" - Business Week, 1968
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Any how, I agree that a purchase choice should be made primarily on the merits of a test drive, and a personal evaluation. Never mind what the reviews say.
After all, do you recall Time magazine's review of Titanic?
They called it "Dead in the Water".
Transmission gearing also has a say in how many MPG's you get. Toyota has figured out a happy median between performance and just cruising. Most Toyota drivers do not drive as aggressive as say a Mazda buyer, so, Toyota can focus more on economy, rather then performance their main priority. Mazda is notorious for having higher gearing at higher speed which effects it's highway MPG's. The benefit is your engine is ready to push, which fits the "zoom-zoom" way of building a car.
My Mazda6 2.3L is turning almost 3,500 rpm's at 70 mph and I get 30mpg's. If the engine was turning 3,000 rpm's at that speed, I bet you I would get 32-34 mpg's.
"I think there is a world market for about 5 computers" - Thomas Watson (Chairman of IBM), 1943
640k ought to be enough for everyone" - Bill Gates on computer memory, 1981
...and finally about cars:
"With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't like to carve out a big slice of the US market" - Business Week, 1968
Critics will be critics. Often I feel they want to be seen as fiercely independent so they'll be overly critical of a car.
A good example is Jeremy Clarkson, he's hyper-critical in an attempt to be funny, but some times it just comes off as mean.