Comments by "SHROOMY" (@shroomyesc) on "TheStraightPipes" channel.

  1. Hard to believe the same company brought us the classy and elegant new 3-series and then this.
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  2. 5:15 The blue on the headlights and the porsche text are just one of the billion options Porsche offers for personalization, not just a cross turismo thing. I would get those in the frosty light blue colour but maybe not in this paint.
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  3. It's so wild that the only reason this isn't as MASSIVE of a departure for Toyota is because the absolutely insane GR Yaris came first. In isolation, this is such a wild car for Toyota to have released. It's just the GR Yaris being fully bespoke bodied (where this has a modified Corolla body) makes it that extra bit special.
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  4. From a diagonal angle the rear actually reminds me of a Kia XCeed, which in my opinion isn't a bad thing at all. Of course, you guys don't have it over there in Canada.
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  5. A lot of people in parts of Europe are really into pickups style, but the only pickups that fit on our roads are the completely utilitarian kind like Ranger or L200, so it would be really cool to see this one over here especially since Ford already sells the ranger anyway but doesn't seem like they will, which sucks. Even Jeep is bringing the gladiator over.
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  6. 0:44 They don't sell the Touraeg in North America or ?
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  7. "Car disguised as an SUV" ...are SUVs not cars?
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  8. Coming from Europe where we have loads more EV offerings in this size, this straight up sucks. They tried making a BMW i3 (recycled materials, suicide doors, oddball styling, low range) for probably no real reason besides compliance with regulation and lowering their emissions average. It costs way too much. They literally could've just done the same but keep the CX-30 practicality and just styled it like this but nope.
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  9. Oh no, it's not for improvement. It's cost saving because touch surfaces are largely about software so you don't have to develop individual buttons and molds etc, and then they can advertise it as "intuitive and innovative".
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  10. Please don't insult Kia like this.
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  11. This is 40cm (1.3 feet) longer than a GV70 they don't really compete lol. Even the GV80 is still plenty smaller than this.
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  12.  @Mike.3GS  Extremely, extremely few people who are buying brand new cars are gonna keep that car past warranty at least in years, mileage sure.
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  13. TheStraightPipes make an EV review without whining about public chargers for half the video challenge (impossible)
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  14. They've recently started exporting new Escalades and large trucks from the US here in Finland and the escalade is so big and heavy that you actually need a truck license to drive it, a car license isn't enough.
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  15. It looks like a chinese knockoff of a Renault Megane.
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  16. ​ @TheStraightPipes  Still a CX-90?
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  17. If you're spending more than 1-2 minutes in the toilet, please seek medical attention (unless you're doing it to avoid working in which case please continue)
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  18. It looks like a Lexus from the back
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  19. The rear design definitely doesn't fit on such a flat box rear end. It works on the NX, but it looks out of place being so curvy.
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  20. I don't really get the AMG-line looks on this, I feel the more rugged styling and more substantial wheels suit this much better than these spindly thin spoke AMG-line wheels and the foglamps suit it more than the fake ventery in the front too.
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  21. 3:49 Whooooo brought a Fiat Multipla to the meet? That's awesome! How the heck did they get that car to Canada? Those are already rare in Europe cause they were just cheap cars from decades ago that people used up and then scrapped but to see one in North America outside the lane motor museum is wild.
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  22. The title doesn't mention acceleration specifically, this is way faster than both on a track with Nurburgring as proof (albeit not sure the Air has gone round it?)
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  23.  @jeffdaman6969  Priced like a supercar in what markets? At least in my market the i8 is priced around the same as a (realistically specced) Cayenne or Q7, a supercar would be hundreds of thousands more.
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  24. Volkswagen already promised they're going back to physical buttons and revising infotainment after they fired the previous CEO for the infotainment issue. Thank god. The positive changes should make it to the Golf refresh.
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  25. The front looks like the old X3 but I really really don't like the rear, looks like an X6 at the back which is really not a good design. Looks saggy.
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  26. Shoulda had a hatch. Then it would've at least kinda made sense to steal some "coupe" SUV customers now it's just an impractical sedan but on stilts so there's no increased crossover appeal actually. I'd like it otherwise but if I can't put anything in the trunk besides suitcases it'd be useless
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  27. "this is how boring design is now" no you're just getting old and starting to not be able to tell the difference. All cars in the 80s looked exactly the same as each other, same as the 90s, same as the 70s, same as the 00s, you're just behind the times and can't recognize the differences.
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  28.  @louc8782  Finland, our roads are some of the largest and longest in Europe due to our miniscule population density so people already import loads of new F150s, RAMs, Silverados etc here anyway, people are fans. But a Maverick would actually fit our fuel economy standards and in any parking lot.
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  29. This works as a sports car for someone who doesn't want their car to spend most of it's time at a dealership or sitting in their garage. Someone who actually wants to drive it.
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  30. Now I don't know you of course so I don't know maybe there are work related reasons, but in general that sounds like a really unhealthy amount of non-stop driving you're talking about. I've done long road trips across the country in my gas car and I could only go for three hours at most before I need to stop for at least half an hour anyway to stretch my legs, have a cup of coffee to re-energize before I can drive again.
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  31.  @ConfirmedPatriot  Toyota gets 261hp from a 1.6 3-cylinder it is absolutely not a war on oil issue it's a lazy engineer issue.
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  32. 5:15 I actually wouldn't get adaptive cruise on this car just because it fully ruins the looks completely, the camera is plopped front and centre of the grille really visible and it cuts the chrome strips in half.
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  33. I mean I don't get the split. Plenty of car models have an optional third row and since the EU market CX-60/80 cars are actually different sizes I was expecting the 70/90 split to be the same but no?
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  34. 7:25 This is especially true on the new Lexus LBX that's based off the European market Yaris Cross. The design looks pretty close to newer Toyotas like the Prius and apparently it's not even that nice inside.
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  35. Exterior is fine, interior is cheapened from previous gen and all touch is atrocious plus the downloadable DLC always online stuff is an absolute deal killer. No idea why people buy into "innovation for the sake of innovation".
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  36. Well they've been putting lowered suspension on SUVs for a couple decades now and calling them sporty so oxymorons in cars should be expected at this point
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  37. I mean I've always said Zed when there's another letter after it and Zee when it's by itself and I'm not even Canadian. Or American. Or English. I'm Finnish. It just sounds better.
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  38. It's not as good as it could be but it's luckily nowhere near as bad as it was in the mid to late 2000's, when Mercedes interiors were assembled seemingly drunk and looked like they were made of the same plastic as BIC lighters, around the time they had those giant phone keypads on the dash.
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  39. To be completely fair it's a refresh of the Toyota Auris, although the Auris is also going to be renamed to a Corolla soon but still.
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  40. 5:14 Why do North Americans refer to SUVs and cars as separate things? Are SUVs not cars?
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  41. Even though I wouldn't be interested in a Rolls even if I had the cash I still respect that it's distinctly Rolls unlike the Bentayga which is just an obvious Q7 especially now that VAG has shoved a bunch of the luxury features of the Bentayga to the new Touraeg. Also 5:30 I mean come on though a Ford Edge or Peugeot 3008 has that
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  42.  @krane15  I honestly do not understand how that is relevant to this comment like yeah sure a couple decades ago they were the same car but we're talking about their brand new SUVs under their new parent companies
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  43.  @peterburrows1702  Besides the price of Defenders varying a lot between countries, an old Defender is probably not exactly the top performers in every day usability/tolerability compared to the Jimny. Unless you're doug demuro of course.
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  44. There is one. Just not in North America lel
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  45. It may not be as luxurious (at least in the back) as an s-class, but fair play because it is also cheaper than an s-class. If it were a direct EV S-class it'd probably be bigger and more expensive. Not saying it's cheap, but it's cheap compared to an s.
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  46. How do they get so little power out of such a big displacement
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  47. Now if only someone actually made a modern day Alfa Brera
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  48. The brabus logo looks so silly, tiny little B letter in that giant circle
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  49. I don't think the design elements of the car are a problem as much as the general shape and proportions
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  50. I live in a cold climate so I wear gloves while driving for half the year. Makes the whole interior essentially useless. It'd be slightly less offensive if the climate controls were in the touch screen straight up like they are in the Skoda Octavia that's based off this golf, but the sliders are awful and I can't imagine them lasting very long very accurately. But for me one of the biggest crimes is that now they've hopped on Tesla's bandwagon of charging people for DLC, effectively. Tesla's doing it with the ludicrous mode and VW group are doing it with stuff like the ambient lighting, the LEDs are capable of all the colours, but you have to buy the software for more colours.
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  51. Probably cheaper than an engine rebuild for the G63
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  52. What V6?
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  53. I hate the rear lights, there's clearly a shape in the bodywork there for a custom light but for cost cutting reasons I guess they just implemented off the shelf round lights instead. Besides that it's cool, although not for me with it being a bit too agricultural in nature and that's fine, not everything has to be for me. Could've still done with a driver's display/gauges though.
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  54. Chinese market luxury cars are already putting the screens on robotic arms so they turn to face whichever front occupant is using it, stabilization doesn't sound like a massive step from that.
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  55. The rear looks really strange to me, I'm sure they could've made it look less bulbous like the CX-60 looks way better at the back.
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  56. The shape of this looks the sportiest and most on-brand out of all the luxury/supercar SUVs, but that might have something to do with it being on a bespoke platform instead of being a redressed Audi Q7 like most of the other ones.
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  57. What you wanna bet even with this new generation people will still keep calling the ecoboost the "V6 Mustang" despite it being a 4-cylinder just like prev. gen.
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  58. The VW group has already hopped on the downloadable DLC bandwagon that Tesla started so they're already charging for software that activates hardware already installed on their cars, so I honestly would not be at all surprised.
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  59.  @ragweedmakesmesneeze  Oh yeah software updates are great, however the car being constantly online (and you having to pay for that) and features physically there but you having to pay for extra software is awful.
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  60.  @federalbureauofinvestigations9  Then select another interior option.
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  61. One word: blob. Although for an SUV the Cayenne is surprisingly good value, where I live it's just 5k more than the average VW Touareg.
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  62. Even if I liked everything else about this car I wouldn't buy it just because of those awful, awful doors.
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  63. Tesla doesn't have a press department, so they don't have press fleets either to loan to car journalists, they would have to rent one themselves to be able to do a review.
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  64. I'm not so much bothered by the size of the grille as much as the shape, it kinda looks like it's grinning at me and I don't want my car to look like it has a face.
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  65. What's the difference
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  66. Honestly my biggest confusion about the ecoboost mustang is the fact that SOOO MANY car guys online and irl call it the "V6 Mustang" and say "Ecoboost? Who'd get a Mustang with a V6?". Eyes and ears, use them people
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  67. I hate the little front corner vents on the bottom sides. If they got rid of those I'd love the design. But I hate it as it is because those little vents make the front look droopy.
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  68. It looks rather silly with the short bed and single cab, but still the full width and height, the huge front.
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  69. They probably gladly would if it came to Canada or North America at all, but unfortunately it isn't there nor will it come.
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  70. 4:33 Why does the electric tailgate sound like an air raid siren
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  71. It'd probably be good for like a chevy sonic not a silverado lmfao
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  72. Honestly my issue isn't as much with the grille as much as with the aggressive grille combined with the soft and cutesy headlights. The headlights look so out of place in an otherwise angular design.
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  73. The i30 N Fastback is fantastic but maybe Hyundai's market research team knows something we don't
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  74. The minivan vs mpv thing is interesting cause I'm pretty sure outside North America all minivans are called MPVs by default, so I guess Kia just wants to import that term.
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  75. How many years does the base Mustang have to have a 4-banger before people will stop calling it a v6 stang
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  76. Anyone wanna explain why the Arteon has the cheap steering wheel from the Golf in north America instead of the sporty bespoke one it (and only the Arteon) gets in Europe?
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  77. I don't get the interior defender comparisons it's not even the same amount of spokes on the wheel
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  78. I really don't get why North America still has this severely outdated design for the Passat when the new one came out in Europe like three years ago
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  79. So if that's so then there's basically no SUVs on the market anymore?
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  80. Not only do they call it a coupé, they also call it a 4-door despite it being a 5-door.
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  81. Definitely a good thing about this collaboration is that unlike Toyota, BMW knows how to do interiors, so all the buttons are in the right places and you know where to press.
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  82. Seeing this ancient relic still being sold anywhere is crazy to think when you see the new Micra on the roads here.
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  83. @Aryan A Agreed, but that is only the case on the AMG-Line, the front design is a lot more consistent on the electric-art (aka regular) exterior.
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  84. Okay now I really want a Kia Pincher.
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  85. You must not actually watch their videos lol they complain about almost everything in EVs
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  86. The exterior spec would be perfect if it weren't for the red calipers, makes the car look a bit christmassy. Perfect for this time of year I guess lmfao but otherwise I don't support red brake calipers being put on every single performance car nowadays.
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  87. 14:08 Well if you buy an Audi Q4 the base wheels are steelies, so... Not unheard of in the premium segment
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  88. Honestly if you're looking at EU market cars, take a look at the Kia ProCeed! It's gorgeous.
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  89. I would buy it over an Ecosport, but then again, Ford is replacing the Ecosport with the Ford Puma in Europe, and I'd rather get that.
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  90. 8 months late but yes the GAC owned brand Trumpchi is intending on entering the US car market but whether or not they succeed depends on modifying their cars for US regulations and trade and what not. Also they need to change the name first probably to be taken at least a bit seriously.
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  91. I don't get why you don't just get the Ceed instead of this
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  92. My thing with Subaru (Suzuki too but they don't sell in NA anyway) is that their interiors are perpetually stuck in 2013. Even further it confuses the mind when they didn't change the interior at all between the Forester generations, but it's not old school in a good, simple way either no no they still give you a vertical screen with all the function integrated into it. It all just looks ancient.
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  93.  @Hefe179  It's not, I tried to imply that that's the one modern thing they decide to put in there so it's not nice and simple like a lot of 2013 interiors. Although, you don't have to go much further than to 2015 and Citroen, Renault, Tesla and Volvo will've already shoved everything into a center screen.
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  94. You have every right to criticize this Nissan but please, The bZ4X is the most outdated EV currently on sale even though they just released it, and it's one of the least practical choices in it's segment especially for the price with one of the worst range drops compared to official estimates. Just because it's a Toyota doesn't mean it's good like a Toyota should be...
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  95.  @famster8853  Idk if they do in North America but in Europe at least they offer two tones for the GLS
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  96. Yeah this North American HRV is sold as ZRV internationally
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  97. I don't like the oversized grille (or the bulbous c-pillars) I think it looks fine with the front plate, but my bigger question is where do the fog lights go?
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  98. I have only one bigger issue with the looks, the rear looks way too much like a Fiat Tipo hatch, which you don't get in Canada so not really an issue there but here in (most of) Europe...
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  99. Late but yeah Trumpchi is planning on entering the US market but before that they might have to change the name while modifying the cars for US regulations...
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  100. Man am I glad we get the brand new Fiesta and Focus STs in Europe.
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  101. Everyone else has figured out how to integrate the radar sensor so for a brand new car in 2020 to have that obvious of a radar on the grille? Kinda disappointing.
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  102. God, imagine tying your masculinity to the vehicle you drive...
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  103. It is somewhat strange to see a model of car where between trims even the headlight clusters are completely different
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  104. I think if you're still looking at non-NA market cars you should take a look at the Kia ProCeed or maybe even compare the Ceed with the Forte. Or even better, check out some of the brand new Peugeots like the 2008 and 508
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  105.  @harrisonsloan6036  That's kind of my point, it's already installed but you have to pay to use it which while nothing new just makes the profit maximization so obvious since software doesn't cost anything to produce, only to initially develop.
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  106. I don't understand the appeal of the Golf's interior or why journalists are raving about it, the materials just look mismatched to me and everything is blocky and straight edged so it looks cheap like a 2009 Dodge Journey or something
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  107. It's like... So many other brands are doing touch screen only climate control and that's fine and all, but VW somehow found a way to make that even worse? Like if you're gonna remove buttons and dials just remove them instead of adding the worst of both worlds.
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  108. Chevrolet is estimating (we'll see when it properly comes out) a $30k starting price for the new Equinox EV, that should be a mass seller.
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  109. Yeah they turned up the upmarket in the Pacifica especially after splitting it up from the prefacelift which they renamed the voyager (for a cheaper minivan now that the grand caravan is dead)
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  110. Oh, can't you get the X1 as electric in Canada? I assume if the iX1 was available it would've been worth a mention.
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  111. The CX-70/CX-90 are North American exclusives and the rest of the world has CX-60/CX-80 as the equivalents. The latter are both smaller, especially in width
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  112. They cancelled the Mazda 6, there won't be one anymore. They were originally gonna make one with this platform and engine but canned it. Or at the very least they said it's an extremely low priority after they've gotten all the SUVs out on the platform, and even then only if the SUVs do really well.
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  113. The funny thing is that companies who did it way back in like 2012-2013 learnt from their mistakes and later put physical buttons back in later cars, while other companies are only trying haptic stuff now.
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  114. Wha... Huh? They make an automatic 86/brz? What?
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  115.  @Wingingtie3  Not super familiar with the model, I just thought it seems a bit counterproductive to put an automatic in a car focused on driver engagement? Came as a surprise is all. Don't get me wrong, I love automatics for comfort and maybe higher hp vehicles but I don't get the point in an 86/BRZ
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  116. This car doesn't looks pretty quirky in a high trim like this. But in a trim level actual people would actually buy it looks absolutely disgusting.
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  117. They used to sell a rebadged Land Rover back in the day
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  118. Hate the taillights, putting the Mercedes star in them like that is so corny. At least if you're gonna include the star in the design (like they do succesfully in wheels and grilles) it should be sharp like it is in the logo, not this rounded off version they use in the lights.
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  119. I'd rather have no radar than a radar with a cheap looking sticker on top. They are all so hideous, these, jaguars, all of them
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  120. Why do they both have the rear door handle in the wrong place, especially in the Toyota. That car is absolutely horrible if you have kids or carry anyone in the back ever
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  121.  @nandakore2275  Certainly at least fake carbon fibre, I've come to hate it even in expensive cars because I can't help myself associating it with cheap shitboxes that want to look "sporty"
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  122. I don't mind the ride height because I look at it and it tells me it's actually usable. Especially here in Europe if I had that much money to spend on a car I would want to actually be able to park it etc, or even use it in winter like you guys did.
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  123. China sorta has that, since they have the G350 which is a 2 litre turbocharged four cylinder while all other markets get only 6 or 8 cylinder options. Interior is probably not that stripped though.
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  124. Eh having the indicators on all the time as running lights seems a bit confusing as in the daylight it's a bit hard to see the blinking, even worse than the rear brake light indicator tradition.
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