Comments by "Trevor Sutherland" (@trevorsutherland5263) on "MotoManTV" channel.

  1. Benz has had better rates on the EQ line than on their gas cars for a couple of months now. Their EVs aren't selling. I felt that was more to do with them mostly being sedans up to now, but this makes the third EV SUV they'll have so if these things still aren't moving by June, we know the whole line is a failure.
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  2. None (and I mean NONE) of the major auto media outlets (and very very few automotive Youtubers) tell people that hybrids (whether PHEV or not) cost more to insure than gas engine cars (about 10%). EVs cost even more to insure (30% more than gas engine car). EVs and PHEVs cost more to buy up front too (most everyone knows this). If this were on some super good lease deal I might go for it, but if buying it is SQ5 all day long. If you plan to buy used , get the gas version no matter what.
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  3. The torque converter auto, and typical German build quality would have me pay real money for this over a Chevy Trax\Nissan Kicks 100% of the time.
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  4. I'd buy any JLR product with the AJ-Series V8 (or V6) engine as that thing has stood the test of time, and its only poor maintenance or failed water pumps (that people keep driving), that break that engine. The transmissions are all ZF, bulletproof going back to the 1990s. The new BMW V8s or the 4-Cyl Ingenium or the new I-6, no I will not buy one of those. The BMW is a known failure point at 60,000 miles or more, and the others have not been around long enough to know for sure how they'll hold up.
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  5. I’d love a version with a manual and the VQ37HR for $10K less.
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  6. If it is accurate enough, I don't really have a problem with it. If you don't live in Texas you simply cannot comprehend how widespread and pervasive drunk driving is here. Just a couple weeks ago we had two cars collide because one driver was drunk. Before help even arrived another drunk hit one of the disabled vehicles. Then, while police were assisting the first car (with a child inside) another drunk comes along and hits the previous two cars. In about 8 minutes---THREE drunks---on a Saturday night. Most people here avoid any driving Thursday - Sunday between midnight and 4am if they can. The drunks are so numerous at those times they almost outnumber the sober drivers.
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  7. Agree 100% with you. The decades of F1 racing show up in Jaguar handling in all their sedans, SUVs and coupes. When they took the I6 option away from the refreshed XF it broke my heart. I have a 2011 XJ and they make nothing for me to replace it with. Fpace SVR is awesome but I prefer sedans. Oh well, I just keep driving the XJ....
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  8. That brick has a drag coefficient of 0.29?? Wow! Its not ugly but I don't see anything "graceful" about its looks. In my opinion an F-Pace SVR looks miles better than this, sounds better, and moves better as it isn't saddled with 400lbs of extra "cross the Sahara" suspension gear (that no American ever uses). Oh, and charging extra to replace the expensive leather with cheap vinyl and cloth?? I'm sure that spec only sells in California...
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  9. Every part of me wants this....but then reality steps in and I realize that it can't replace the Audi A4 and Alfa Giulia I already have....it would have to be a third car that almost never gets driven. I hate logic..."
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  10. It is difficult for me to imagine a less exciting MB product right now. This lozenge is the most boring thing on wheels the company makes by far; I feel like I'd need an AARP card and dentures before being allowed to buy one.
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  11. I'm 48 and this is the only Benz I would actually buy----am I crazy? LOL.
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  12. Whatever. It's a failure but Toyota couldn't care less as they never expected to make any money on the "Supra" since they didn't really spend any money on it. Forget this pretender and buy a Z.
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  13. Toyota wasn't "late" to the EV party; they chose not to attend as they knew full well it is just a "flash in the pan" type thing. BEV is not sustainable financially or resource-wise. Now that EU has exempted ICE using carbon neutral synthetic fuel from the 2035 ban, there is no reason to stop using the vastly more flexible ICE or ICE/hybrid EV. 100 years ago, 30% of cars in the US were.....battery EVs. They lost to gasoline and history is about to repeat itself.
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  14. Prius buyers have never given a dam about how it looks or how fast it goes; only the mpg. 15 years ago 50 mpg was science fiction so ppl overlooked everything else. Today Euro sport sedans with 300 hp can get 37 mpg hwy so giving up the massive looks, handling, leather, Burmester sound, etc. to get another 13 mpg is a tough sell.
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  15. I can easily afford an X5, I can't afford this. Oh and X5 looks better, handles better, is cheaper to insure, and feels like a BMW. Y'all can keep this one... P.S. I am struggling to imagine the insurance rates on a car that is made for everyday driving 15K miles a year use and the frame is carbon fiber.
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  16. LOL. I have always considered Genesis to be "Wal Mart" or "house brand" luxury; those products that are good enough to replace the name brand. However some things cannot be replaced; I've yet to find Corn Flakes in 30 years of trying that taste better than Kellogg's. I therefore only buy Kellogg's. Genesis may now be at the point I could stomach swapping it in for a Lexus or Acura, but the Germans? No? German material, construction quality, and engineering is simply too far ahead of everyone else. It just is. I've owned many Japanese, American, and German brands and the Germans win handily every time on those metrics. The Japanese and Americans win on longevity; you can keep them running cheaply far longer. While I personally don't value "prestige" (I drive an Alfa instead of a BMW), it IS a factor when you start hitting the $100K and up range. I might pop for a G90 on a killer lease deal over an A6 or A7, but if what I desire is an A8, you'd have to give me the G90 for free for me to drive it.
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  17. This is 10 inches longer than a Lucid Air or Model S; why they keep comparing it to smaller cars?? The Model S starts at $70K. This thing will start at $150K...(the gas S-Class starts at $95K). This is WAY above any Tesla; more Taycan/E-Tron competition (but larger than those too). This essentially has no competition. However the melted jellybean looks are flat out gross----the Audi E-Tron GT slays this in terms of looks.
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  18. To help sales in the US, LR should include a list of "top ten places you can actually use the off road and water fording capabilities of this vehicle"----if they can even find ten such places in the the Continental US.
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  19. It is really hard for me to imagine people buying $140K cars could possibly care about saving $150 a month in gas. I drive a 2021 Nissan Versa and I don't give a shyte about $150 a month more or less in gas.
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  20. Went to an auto show this week that had an EV "drive along event". Rode in a 2022 Audi E-Tron GT. It really looked, and felt like something out of a sci-fi movie. What a gorgeous, high tech and well built car. I asked the Audi lady "what's the base on this" and she almost was embarrassed to say "starts at $102" we both knew that meant "thousand"... Umm yeah. At this rate, people in Venezuela or Russia or Morocco will be driving EVs in 2259 or so...
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  21. Big, bad and beautiful, but in five years it will be worth $45K as all that German complexity needs replacement at $8K per visit to the mechanic. 2023 IS 500, simple glorious NA V8 power in a beautiful bulletproof sedan that will last longer than your remaining lifetime.
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  22. Really amazes me that so many people think an EV is "futuristic". They were very popular 110 years ago; especially in urban areas EVs eventually were 30% of the cars on US roads by 1912! To a driver in 1900 the positives about EVs (simpler, quieter, easier to operate) are also true today. Convenience is why gas eventually won: the electric starter made ICE easy to start and cheap oil made cheap gas available everywhere that EVs didn't have the range to go. What's new is old, and what's old is now new again.
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  23. All about the same price as this: Audi E-Tron GT $116K, Caddy Escalade , Hummer EV. I'd get either this or the Hummer first, then the 'Slade, E-Tron last
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