Once you read a “journalists’/writer’s” articles about something you know a little about, through say a hobby, you realize how ignorant and off the mark they often are. Now make the topic of the article about something you really know about and you might get depressed about the stupid things they say.
Poor Tiff. They pushed him out of Fifth Gear too, on account of being too old and not hip enough. I always liked the banter between him and Jason Plato.
And he is right, even straight line racing can be treacherous in very high power cars. Simple mistakes that have no consequence with lesser cars drag racing can lead to accidents with beastly cars.
The dealership model itself has a lot of modernizing and updates in general that need to happen…
It’s incredible how backwards they are. When they list cars on their sites or third party sites, they still post very long lists with all the old school crap like “Power Windows,Power Door Locks”, but with many not even listing the actual options on the car, or the exact color, describing the color as just “gray” when there are two different types of gray offered. It’s hilarious.
better than used car salesman Doug.
I think the driving impressions part of his reviews absolutely suck!
I said “VW has lost its way” a few weeks ago and that got some people angry here.
I understand the focus on SUVs, but:
They cheapened the US version of the Jetta and also made it very ugly.
They replaced the B6 Passat with a low coast barge for the US and Chinese markets, and now they have pulled it out of the US market.
All their direct injection engines are prone to carbon buildup (not sure if it is worse than with other manufacturers though).
The Arteon, basically a slightly stretched CC with a bigger turbo and slightly nicer interior starts at around $49k for the AWD version. And they slapped ultra low profile 20" tires on them that are getting shredded on a regular basis when hitting potholes. For that price I can get an A5 Sportsback that is put together much nicer, yo fool. The extra 4" of legroom in the back doesn’t justify all the corners VW cuts with the MQB platform versus Audi’s MLB Evo platform.
All their SUVs look like boxes. So does the Golf, but it had some character.
Their electric offerings are meh.
I say all this as someone who has owned VW’s for the last 22 years. Maybe saying it has lost its way is unfair, but in the US it used to be the brand for people who were moderate enthusiasts and/or who wanted a little more handling from their cars than what the CamCords offered. The customer base seems very different now. it’s all about boxy SUVs.
A lot of people would be gunned down.
in france and mostly paris
“Mostly Paris” is key here.
The towing capacity is great. I will only need it to push slow pokes out of the way with my optional battering ram, and it is more than good enough for that.
Let the jinxing begin.
This isn’t the new A4 Avant, though.
Then proceeds to explain that it is given the new naming convention.
Nice curled up mustache for the grill. I am starting to wonder whether car designers are starting to use AI to come up with such soulless designs.
I will take an Audi S5 as a daily and a Vette or Cayman for tracking, and would use the remaining half a million on hookers and blow.
The UK, becoming more and more the black sheep of Western Europe.
You are gravely confused about the identity of the Camry.
It used to be a super-boring appliance sedan. But it has now much more decent handling and doesn’t feel like a complete econocar anymore from the SE trim and up. Adding a dash of “sportiness” does not make a car sporty. And the V6 is more for luxury than sport. Only car ignoramuses buy V6 Accords/Camrys thinking they are driving a sports car, or even sporty car. A little zip and nos as shitty handling as in the past do not change the nature of the car. It’s no-nonsense transportation. Mentioning the WRX in the same sentence as the Camry makes no sense.
Also, China is where the US probably should be with EV adoption
Also, the adoption is thanks in part to the super cheap EVs China is building, but that would never make it past our safety standards in the US.
China is making a lot of super cheap EVs.
Thumbs up for: nice Brembo brake upgrade, nicer tires (but who “rallies” on elastic band tires?), alleged better suspension tuning, no sunroof, and some nice interior touches. So far so good.
But $10k+tax for that?!? You have got to be kidding me!
Is this an issue of having too many gears or is it an issue of lousy transmission programming?
But I could easily be convinced to
Love the leather color. But I doubt we will see a starting price of $80k when the sedan starts are a hair below that.
If only there were enough people to afford $85-130+k cars.
Here is something to mull over: this guy is getting paid to write articles that a high school teacher would rip apart and throw in the face of the student who turns it in.