lhodge
Lawrence Hodge
lhodge
Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Dad. Lover of all things with 4 wheels. Weird interest in buses.

Same thing with the owner forums. Like this 2017 Ghibli with just 20,000 miles on it. Changed the brakes on it and all the lights came on on the dash, car wouldn’t shift out of park and the AWD drive system stopped working. Read more

Exactly. Im sure you know Im in Cali as well and EVs are pretty much concentrated in wealthier, more well to do areas. Thats no coincidence. Irvine is crawling with them. But go a few minutes up the free way to, say, Santa Ana, and you probably wont even see 5 EVs. Read more

True. But last I checked, even a TRD Camry wasn’t hitting 60 in under 5 seconds. Read more

Sarcasm sir. Thats my dig at Porsche for going to VW for a I4 instead of dropping in the turbo I4 from the Cayman/Boxster. Strange move.  Read more

Im going to address this exact thing in the review. What I can say for now is that this needs a bit...more. Read more

So the MDX is much bigger than the SQ5. Its 14.1 inches longer than it. The SQ5 is 184.3 inches long compared to the MDX at 198.4. With that length, the MDX is almost as long as the SQ7. Theres just 1.2 inches separating the SQ7 and MDX. The SQ7 is 199.6 inches long. Read more

Good question. It faces the same problem as off road focused crossovers: people hardly use it for its intended purpose. Read more

I’ll address this in the review, but ride quality is ok. Strangely sport sedan firm in sport modes. It could be more comfortable though and I think it has something to do with its low profile low season tires and 21-inch wheels.  Read more

This is the very thing im going to address in my review. Its a huge elephant in the room. I can say this now though: while this is a very nice vehicle, its not $74,000 nice.  Read more

Because somewhere along the line, the lines between performance and premium blurred and they came to mean the same thing. So now you really cant have one without the other when a brand is trying to get you to take them seriously. And they usually end up doing one or the other (performance or premium) not quite right Read more

1. Outward visibility is excellent. The windshield is huge and you sit towering over everything. Read more

I got you don’t worry! I do think its better than the competition. Read more

Hey, life is short. If you can take a 120 month loan out on this thing, I say do it. Read more

I was hoping that was the one they were going to give me. But no dice. You can build and price one with the six on their site. But it doesnt look as if they’re at dealers yet. Read more

Oh man. 23 speakers and its surround sound. With the music lover that I am, this is one of the best in car stereo systems I’ve ever heard. Read more

I’d say this thing is on another level just off the attention to detail on the interior alone. The design team showed up and showed out with what they did on this. You’d have to go GLS Maybach to get a better interior at this price point. Read more