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

Thats the part that doesn’t make sense to me. It would make more sense to have one stop in the high desert, another in Barstow, the next be somewhere at or near state line like Baker or Primm and then Vegas. Read more

Ford hasn’t exactly been clear on that yet. But if you go off the outgoing Mustang, the manual and 10 speed auto could be had with either engine in coupe and convertible. Read more

Oh its definitely the latter. Speaking from my experience in finance and lending, most people are driving around in cars they can’t afford. The last few years haven’t helped things because auto makers and dealers have been playing into peoples impulses. Custom ordering, wait lists, reservations, “First Editions”, they Read more

I see them often too but you’re probably just seeing the same ones over and over again. According to the state’s Energy Commission on 3,392 Polestar 2s were registered in California in 2022. They don’t sell many. Read more

Its not that simple though and a lot of people seem to misunderstand. People-myself included- don’t want the warehouses at all anymore. Developers have been in the pockets of our local politicians for awhile now and they keep approving them while ignoring the bigger issue of our housing crisis. The land used to build Read more

The drive they had us on was short. I wish I had more time. But the two hours I did have it it drove fine and handles ok. Its not a sports sedan by any means. But on the short drive we had through the mountains it handled the curves pretty well. I tried to push the Sport trim to the limit and yea it wasn’t having it. Read more

Why can’t automakers and/or automotive journalists find / show us graphs of the power curves of these engines? They all blab all day long about peak hp and peak torque, but say nothing about the area under those power/torque curves. Does the bulk of the power come in sooner in the powerband? Is it a broad protracted Read more

The fact that you said you went three weeks without another issue says ALOT.  Read more

Damn. You make me want to a piece on just mechanically complex and crazy these things are, sort of like we did with the VW Touraeg a few years back. Read more

Right. Some days in some areas here if you stand at a high enough elevation you can literally see the pollution collecting in the bowl valley below. Its disturbing and gross. Read more

Well this isn’t just a pretentious Hyundai in the same way a Lexus isn’t a pretentious Toyota. It’s a legit luxury sedan. Unfortunately though they’re still building brand awareness. Though I see that as a benefit. While a six figure BMW or Benz is obvious money, this thing flies under the radar. You look classy and Read more

Looks as if they haven’t because this thing doesn’t have wireless mirroring. Which isn’t a bad thing. Ive mentioned before on here that wireless smartphone mirroring isn’t as great a feature as its made out to be. I find it to be laggy in most vehicles its equipped in. Just my opinion though.  Read more

Thats a previous gen G90. This new one doesnt have a front license plate.  Read more

Oh yea I agree with you that there could be some good cases. The three year terms for instance would work for someone whose leasing their car. Read more

I can attest to this. I live between two houses that are packed full of cars. The house on the left has seven cars and the house on the right eight. Its ridiculous as they routinely take up street parking. And a few of them sit and aren’t driven regularly. Who really needs two F-150s when one sits on the street 3 days Read more

Just a bit, but it’s an overall average. Their data showed that the the average loan length was 69.7 months in Q4 2022 along with an average APR of 6.5%. I would’ve liked to see more data regarding these $1,000 payments though, specifically the length and APRs that came with them. Read more

Good one but I’m sure he, like anyone else, would rather drive something thats backed by a company that, you know, is going to be around in 4 years.  Read more

I thought that too and checked. A lot of what I found was speculation, guesswork. But there is nothing new coming from them for 2023. The only new model that recently came out was the Q4 e-tron and thats been available since mid 2022. Porsche has the Macan EV coming but it’s not due out until 2024. Read more