Just because the Mercedes A45 AMG isn’t coming to America doesn’t mean that Daimler forgot about us. Instead, we’ll get the three-box version.
After a long slog through NAIAS and getting TTAC’s house in order for the new year, I was delighted to see the response to my first big endeavor of the year, my Generation Why piece. But with 174 comments and multiple tangents, I wanted to open up the floor to clarify a few things.
BMW’s debut of the American-spec 320i at this year’s NAIAS may have been big news for the American auto press, but up here in frigid Canuckistan, the 320i is old hat. Roughly a decade ago, BMW launched the $33,900 320i, along with an ad campaign touting its price, which was comparable to a well equipped Honda Accord.
Just in case you need further proof that luxury has been democratized, Mercedes-Benz has blessed us with the CLA250. It’s got front-drive, a 208 horsepower turbocharged 4-banger, and it looks like a pastiche of every M-B design and “lug-zhu-ree” styling cue in existence. Yech.
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Summicron - Anyone else think Schmitt kinda looks like Einstein in that photo?
DeadWeight - 1) By Porsche alternatives or alternatives, in general? 2) Define “bad.”
Don Sum - Same problem here on my Spark. Hole in the condenser first time using AC less than 8k miles on it. Dealer said $730 to fix it, costed me around $150 to diagnose...
MR2turbo4evr - Couldn’t have said it better myself, Junebug.
Demetri - True Delta has the Mazda2′s reliability as being right on par with the Yaris, that is to...
28-Cars-Later - I haven’t been in a S40 post MY2007, but I wonder if they exist to help sell the S60 which i think you’d find a bit more comfortable.
JMII - Agree on the center console – this seems to be a theme in many vehicles. I test drove a Volvo S40 and basically ruled it out due not being able to get my feet/legs...
Lie2me - I stumbled onto this site a few moths ago as the result of a google search and have kind of hung around ever since. The reason being,...
7402 - From pic 4 it looks like Jaguar has committed the horizontal version of the vertical sin it committed with the early “flat floor” E-Type. Big feet will not...
Land Ark - As a fast wagon lover/owner and former Audi owner I am a bit conflicted by the RS2. On one hand, YEAH! WAGON! and on the other Audi??? Run awaaaaay!!!...