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All the auto themed swag I have was free. :shades:
15cm gap and they parallel parked it sideways. :shades:
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/06/02/david-coulthard-catches-speeding-golf-ball-at- -120-mph-in-mercede/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5eSf9rdV1So
This Legacy spent months at the bottom of a lake. Owner pulled it out, changed the fluid, and it freaking started!
Would be a fun test, should be done with similarly aged cars to see which ones survive. I bet a few would, and especially some older ones (MB W123 probably wouldn't even need a fluid change), 21st century cars probably wouldn't.
Thank you Subaru!
Still, can't wait to see one on the road.
Or run out of gas. For the whole 3 months.
Don't you love shaky camera work?
BTW, if you've never seen that orange color in person, it's incredible.
My first thought was, "Tell you what, you tree-hugging little snot, from now on you are hoofing it to school. You can save the planet by walking your prissy green butt off."
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Good commercial by a great American company, Ford. They make many good commercials, such as the recent one for the 2013 Mustang driving slowly on big city streets and changing colors. The exception is the goofy one with a NASCAR racer driving a Taurus.
There are still people in some car companies and their advertising agencies that think that sliding around on paved roads, on gravel or on hard sand in a desert sells cars.
There are still people in some car companies and their advertising agencies that think that sliding around on paved roads, on gravel or on hard sand in a desert sells cars.
OK, I give up; who are you really? The joke is funny, but you've finally tipped your hand with the over-the-top Joan Claybrook/Pollyanna safety weenie nonsense.
Is it you, fezo?
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Since I drive a C5 I find the Corvette blowing out candles just a little annoying.
More of a short movie.
And no, not as good as Inner Mustang.
Balloon one seems a bit long.
Father/daughter one is a little corny, but cute.
Both are well targeted at the Subaru buyer.
Even if it's just a $40k model, at 6 seconds, he earned $24,000,000 per hour. :shades:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLHuSyPrS5s
Because everyone shopping for 36 thousand dollar 4-door sedans considers a 3 ton blinged out schoolbus for gang bangers costing 3 times as much and geting 1/3 the gas mileage as an alternative... :sick:
Does that Bimmer come with a mod paisley top?
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Still looks like a 5 series that got hit by a giant fly swatter.
Is that a red/white interior I saw? Or was it the lighting?
MB gets credit for the CLS that everyone else wants to ape.
But at least they looked good! That's all people really care about.
Which is why I wonder about that BMW. Nothing special as far as the exterior goes, except the price. :confuse:
Maybe cars without style (Equus, Camry) are immune.
I challenge you to find a vehicle with better visibility than our Forester. And it's much roomier than a WRX wagon.
You won't beat the visibility unless you're in a convertible with the top down. And you won't beat the cargo space unless you're towing a trailer.
So maybe a Cross Cabrio pulling a trailer, but that's about it. And who would want to drive that?
Perhaps the Forester is the exception, as many crossovers go in the X6's direction. The original CR-V and Escape were also boxy, with great cargo space and visibility. Less so now.
Style over substance pretty much defines the class.
Speaking of dumb commercials, the Acura ILX "office" commercial is lame, mostly because the car is lame.
The Forester was a lot roomier than the Impreza wagon.
The CR-V was a lot bigger than the Civic Wag-o-van it essentially replaced.
The Focus wagon may have been bigger than the Escape, though, not sure.
The RAV4 is a lot bigger than the Corolla wagon (Fielder overseas).
Only the wagons based on bigger cars offered more room (Accord and Camry wagon for instance).
Even then, you could argue the Pilot and Highlander replaced those, and they're far bigger as well.
The trend is toward style, a la Evoque, but not all crossovers are impractical.
They offer greater profit margins, which is why the marketing side embraced them, giving them the masquerade of style to people who think a Corolla is nifty. Not all crossovers are impractical, but most require sacrifices that are not worth the gain unless you just have to sit a little higher and pretend to be rugged and capable.
Subaru dropped the Loyale wagon. The Impreza "wagon" was really a 5 door hatch, the Forester was essentially the wagon. It grew taller over the years.
I know you dislike the class overall, but the fact is many are quite practical, roomy, have great visibility, and offer a high vantage point which probably appeals to the often female demographic that buys them.
Just because they don't serve you doesn't mean they don't serve a purpose to someone else. It's much easier to fit a child seat in a CR-V than in a low Civic or Accord. The AWD is for honest all-season use, not off road use.
To me that's better than pitching XTerras to soccer moms with extreme rock climbing commercials. They were buying the wrong type of vehicle for them. Crossovers are better suited to their needs than 4x4s ever were.
Would you really rather see soccer moms driving Jeeps and XTerras? Not me.
Too gimmicky for me.
Honest all season use in sunnier climes - it's not about the ability, it's the image. Child seats are kind of a stretch too - how many of them are actually fitted with these? People like to pretend to be rough and adventurous. Line that up with the potential for high profit margins, and a new fad is born.
Not to mention how the things are like magnets for those with zero situational awareness.
It's handy to slide in vs. having to drop down (sedan) or climb up (4x4).
magnets for those with zero situational awareness
Is that the vehicle's fault?
Conversely, wouldn't you rather have that person in a car with good visibility, AWD, and slower acceleration than a wagon would have? Sure the prices are higher but they all got stability control well before wagons did (the class pioneered that feature).
My sister just test drove a CX5 and her favorite features were the back up cam and lane departure warning.
Shoot, I hope she gets them!
ILX, a pair of Prius, X6...I'm not sure if this is a list of popular cars, or the ones you hate the most.
Half the list are crossovers - X6, Soul, Q7, Q5, CX5, CR-V, X3, ...
People like 'em for a reason.
They got stability control because they were poor designs that tended to be poorly driven. The visibility is now debatable with ever-thicker pillars and higher beltlines, and it doesn't matter much when the driver never puts down their starbucks or iphone (with the bigger geebees) anyway.
I will say that the average driver who swoons over these soft roaders needs all the help they can get. If you need a lane departure warning...well, I will stop there :shades:
Soul is a crossover? Nope, it's a Kia xB.
A good line from "Tommy Boy" starts with: What the American public doesn't know is what makes them...
What their moms drove, in other words.
...wow...
It's as if he thinks the cars are at fault.
There have always been terrible drivers on the road, it's not as if it started with crossovers.
Insurance rates are far lower than for sports cars, should we generalize and say they all drive better than those supposed enthusiasts?
The other day a Benz lady driver had her Kindle in front of the steering wheel, reading intensely. It was not a GLK, not that it matters! :lemon:
http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/03/top-10-cheapest-vehicles-to-insure-fo- r-teens.html/6
Including our Forester. Touchee! :shades:
2. Toyota Sienna 4 cylinder -- $1,101
3. Toyota Sienna LE -- $1,108
4. Honda Odyssey LX -- $1,115
5. Nissan Murano SL -- $1,128
6. Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport -- $1,131
7. Honda Odyssey EX -- $1,138
8. Toyota Sienna 6 cylinder -- $1,143
9. Ford Escape XLS -- $1,150
10. Toyota Highlander -- $1,154
The most expensive to insure? The Mercedes SL65 AMG, with a national average annual premium of $3,544.
Read more: http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/kiptips/archives/10-cheapest-cars-to-insure.htm- - - l#ixzz1yMKWqcb8
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3 crossovers in that top 10 list.
Crossovers are among the safest cars on the road.
AMG drivers are definitely the worst.
Perhaps they, what was it, inspire false confidence and encourage vapid distracted driving.
Must be why those rates are higher than other cars in its class.
but, I do agree that recently style has gotten in the way of functionality. I prefer something boxier in the back, so you can actually get stuff in there. Instead, the roofline is being slanted and angled forward, and the side windows are becoming massive sails.
The Escape is like this, along with the upcoming new Santa Fe.
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