Comments by "afcgeo" (@afcgeo882) on "carwow" channel.

  1. “I will critique every little thing on this car!” “I like it all... tee hee!”
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  2. BarTa5oT - برتخوت Reviewers plan these releases because the manufacturers invite them to these events and yes, usually fly them out there. They are not paid. They get a date when they’re allowed to release their videos, but not before. Standard practice for car manufacturers.
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  3. I was hoping you’d say they only “break up”.
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  4. Peter Zerfass I would argue that both are equally as important. When you drive an EV and plan out your charge points, you do so relying on its range capability, so if that’s off by as much as 25%, you’re asking for trouble. Will Tesla refund you 25% of its price since they only deliver 75% of the range?
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  5. Teckniks You honestly think the Jimny would fare better? They won’t even run a crash test on that thing.
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  6. Peter Zerfass Sure, sure. We get it. You will make an excuse for everything Tesla does wrong. There’s a name for people like you, but I’m sure you’ve already heard it many times.
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  7. And is the least expensive.
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  8. Kendrick luke The Audi will be on ice, the Hummer in a mud pit, and the Tesla won’t be charged, so yeah... The Prius is the ultimate car!
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  9. It does perfectly replace the Disco 4, doesn’t it? My wife already wants one. She can’t even deal with the thought of sleeping a night in a tent.
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  10. Except it isn’t. When you can get a more capable, lighter, and cheaper 2-door Wrangler Rubicon, it’s all over for all others.
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  11. Krause Ehre It isn’t. The real question is... why not? If you’re testing for these capabilities and going against the Jimny, then that’s the car to be tested. While we’re at it, test the G350d instead. Let’s have a real go at it, the right way! Both, the Jeep and the Merc would end up being even more capable, at an even lower price! The reason is that they didn’t have access to them, and if they did, they wouldn’t have done this “race” as they would have destroyed the Jimny on every test.
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  12. Krause Ehre Not negotiating a thing. Simply refuting your statement. Why? Because even with the two cars tested, the G-wagen and the Wrangler, there are even more capable, and at the same time, cheaper versions available for purchase. The 2-door Wrangler Rubicon would DESTROY this test and the Jimny, dollar for dollar. The G350 would too. The Jimny simply lacks power/weight ratio, ground clearance, hill descent control and locking differentials, and while it’s good for the price, it simply isn’t anywhere close to being the best off-roader for the price.
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  13. Krause Ehre What’s worse is that if you had the money for a new Jimney, yoi’d be better off spending it on a used Wrangler or G-Wagen 2-doors. They’d be just as capable (or even more), depreciate less and would be more reliable as well. To be fair, the Jimny will be a great used car in a few years. That’s where its value will come in.
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  14. Krause Ehre One can test the Jimny’s prowess against an Opel Insignia or a Maserati Ghibli on an off-road course and the Jimny will come out far on top. Get it?
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  15. It deserves every second of it and VAG doesn’t pay for reviews. No one does.
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  16. Ian Harding It’s what most people want and it’s not like Defenders were ever really reliable. Simple to fix? Sure. They did require fixing quite often though.
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  17. King Zak How about forging? The Jimny can’t forge anything. It’s too small. It will also be destroyed in deep snow or on loose sand because it has no locking differentials. It can’t tow anything. It can’t be modified for larger tires very easily.
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  18. Markus Wiedner Except you’d be better off getting a Niva or UAZ for even less if you want an off-roader. You’re FAR better off getting a second hans Jeep.
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  19. Farmers buy tractors for work and cars for driving. It’s 2020 already.
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  20. 87JRox Although I agree with you, you have to see it in the context of the reviews. Everyone is comparing it to the old Defender and off-roading was the only thing the old Defender excelled at.
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  21. Peter Zerfass Keep in mind that Ford, Subaru and other manufacturers have been sued and fined for falsifying fuel economy numbers.
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  22. Peter Zerfass So... Kia is far more accurate than Tesla, even in the winter, isn’t it? They somehow managed to be 90% accurate?
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  23. People take expensive, luxury CUVs off-road, thinking they’re bulletproof toys and voila, their suspensions fail!
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  24. Pedro Moreira Actually, the “Active” generation Mazdas seem not to perform well in reliability.
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  25. Boii Not well. The side doors are surprisingly good though.
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  26. Is anyone surprised that the list is dominated by VAG, BMW, M-B and JLR?
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  27. If it was a 2-door Jeep, it would have won, but since this test is about making the Suzuki win at all costs, we’ll say it’s “fair”.
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  28. Because “off-road” is in all three’s names.
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  29. If you actually want to see if there’s a difference, use the same driver. Also, they’re automatic, so don’t change gear at all.
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  30. The Seat is a really nice car and a fantastic value, but that copper detailing will turn most people off. It’s hideous!!!
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  31. I give it 30k miles until NONE of those buttons work anymore and the air suspension is stuck on minimum.
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  32. The Jeep is far older than the G.
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  33. Jimny: It’s shite of a car, but it’s so cheap that it’s the best. It’s the Yugo of the 21st century!
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  34. EcSight Games Even IF it ever gets built, and that’s a giant “if”, it will be a much more expensive, bad copy of the old Defender, but with BMW engines, so that it has to be in the shop on monthly basis. No one wants a utilitarian vehicle for £80k+, that’s maintenance-difficult.
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  35. EcSight Games I say “IF” precisely because that happens quite a often. Many startups build the infrastructure and release a ton of press to attract further needed investments and drive evaluations up, but when they don’t get enough, they fold. Yes, BMWs engines are horrific. Land Rover owners know this all too well. If JLR cars are your benchmark for reliability, then this manufacturer will hit the mark well. As far as the pricing goes... Here, read this article, and pay special attention to the very bottom of it: https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/amp/car-news/first-official-pictures/ineos-projekt-grenadier-an-old-school-4x4-off-roader-for-2020/ The old 110 sold for mid-upper 30s, so this thing... My guess is that the starting price will be around £43k and a well-equipped one will be around £50k. And then there’s another possible snag... while the final assembly will be in Wales, for PR’s sake, the ENTIRE car will actually be manufactured, and even painted in the EU. I don’t know if you’ve heard of the whole Brexit thing, but that may be a big issue as well.
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  36. EcSight Games While that’s true, they’ve also said that a long wheel base 4-door model will be the first one, followed by a 4-door pickup, so 110 and 130 competitors, so lets use those prices for fairness. I can’t find any of your claimed quotes, but I linked a quote relating to pricing from one of their executives. He said they can’t sell them as cheaply, and it makes lots of sense. It’s a small production factory of a brand with ZERO recognition, so very limited. It will need to be profitable right off the start to continue to produce and since it’s a modern vehicle with modern emissions and safety requirements, it will be significantly more expensive to produce. Then there’s a whole issue of a non-existent dealer network that will want to make back their investments into infrastructure. My guess is that the first model will actually sell for closer to £80k and will never see any dirt. Footballers and their wives will be collecting them in their Cheshire mansions. As far as the main company having money... that’s not how businesses work. The books are kept separately. Investors frown upon mixing revenues and expenses between different industries. The main company is a chemicals manufacturer and has nothing in common with automobile manufacturing. They will not move the funds around. Ineos is comprised of over 20 separate businesses, each with its own board, budget and Ineos Automotive, Ltd id just one of them. These are basically independent businesses under one umbrella. Meanwhile Ratcliffe and the other two owners are moving to Monaco, they’re shutting down a plant in England, with hundreds of jobs lost, and the car is even supposed to be designed in Germany. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/09/britains-richest-man-to-leave-uk-for-tax-free-monaco
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  37. EcSight Games Right... go ahead and link us that BBC interview or don’t quote, especially since in contradicts the proved quote of one of his executives. By the way, the last Defender was more of a city toy than a farm vehicle for decades. It also wasn’t actually cheap. Not the way it was sold in reality. Many versions topped £80k!
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  38. EcSight Games First off, I am also using the Youtube app and having no difficulty copying and pasting in URLs. That’s not restricted. Second, I’ve done the search and I’ve found nothing. So... your turn. Here’s the interview I did find, but no mention of pricing. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-wales-49733291
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  39. Mirsad Begic That’s the point of a GTI. It’s always been that way.
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  40. Inline 3 FTW Not nearly “every” aspect. In fact, the Jeep has a few perfect scores. Where it fails are the tests that North America hasn’t done in years. The tests that have nothing to do with safety, but rather how much damage will the car do to another car at a low speed collision. The Jeep is heavy and has all-steel bumpers. It wrecks anything that comes in contact with it. It gets fantastic scores on driver and passenger protection. It received a 0 because its lowest trim comes without lane departure warning. Even though all other trims do. In reality, the Jeep is FAR safer.
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  41. Inline 3 FTW Funny how you chose to omit all the categories where the Jeep did better, especially the side impact ones... Funny, but expected.
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  42. Inline 3 FTW What’s important to know (more important than the stars themselves) is WHY things are rated what they are. For example, it was stated that the main reason why the Jeep received only 1 star was that it lacked active electronic safety systems. Except only the base trim lacks them. ALL the others have them standard. That alone pushes Jeep to three stars. The other major categories where Jeep was rated 0/5 are for damage to pedestrians and other vehicles at 5mph. Well guess what... that’s not a safety aspect to me. In fact, in the US, the 5mph test isn’t even done anymore. That’s purely an insurance concern. On the flip side, it was rated 5/5 at side impact crashes for both, passengers and driver, which is a grade that’s very high to achieve. The final rating is an amalgam of things that are important and things that are not so important. A smart person carefully looks into what it all means and doesn’t simply go by the final “score.”
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  43. Anurag In drag racing you’re comparing the drivers, not the cars. That’s how car racing goes.
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  44. Neil Snape Apparently an 85 year-old car salesman.
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  45. Another click bait from a man who looks like and dresses like a 10 year old boy.
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  46. I think everyone watching understands that the BYD is just a cheap knockoff of the Tesla. That’s apparent in the first 10 seconds of the video. These are not mild similarities, it’s exactly the same design language.
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  47. It’s a Škoda version of the North American Jetta GLI and I’d rather have the Škoda. For one, the Jetta is a sedan, which means the boot is less capable. Big, but less capable. The Jetta also has even cheaper materials inside.
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