Cars
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Vii
LINCOLN MKT Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: 99.9% of the time it's not a good sign when you feel forced to refer to the vehicle's front end as a snout. Ford's "lesser" version of the MKT, the Flex, is far more attractive. The bulge between the...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Vi
HUMMER H2 SUT Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: If you want to look like you're in the army, go join the army. As a vehicle's dimensions grow, so to should its capacity to accomplish things for its owner - the H2 SUT carries little but requires a...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part I
ACURA ZDX Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Acura's MDX, the ZDX's donor vehicle, was actually pretty decent to begin with. The ZDX is less than the MDX when it should be more; and more than the MDX when it should be less than.... in all the wrong...
- The Good 12 Supersize V2.0 - Part Ix
MERCEDES-BENZ GL350 BLUETEC & GL450 Stars have aligned perfectly for Mercedes-Benz shoppers since the GL-Class became available in '06. Mercedes has never sought out the status of "Value Bastion". Yet the Benz GL350 Bluetec and the GL450 utilize...
- The Bad 8 Supersize - Part Viii
MERCEDES-BENZ R-CLASS Before I mock anybody whose weight has ballooned rapidly, I am reminded that thyroid issues - sometimes genetic trademarks - can do nasty things to a body. One mustn't always blame so-and-so's comfort food. Alas, the...
Cars
THE BAD 8 SUPERSIZE v2.0 - PART VIII
MERCEDES-BENZ R-CLASS
Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Jumpins' that's a lot of money for an uglier-than-a-minivan tall wagon. Couldn't Mercedes-Benz think of something better to do with 5,000 pounds of metal and leather? Every single dimension requires an even larger number than you previously though possible.
Alternatives: Mercedes-Benz GL350 Bluetec, Mercedes-Benz GLK350,Audi A6 Avant
Base USD Price: $49,300
Ideal Owner: Jane is a semi-retired realtor in SoCal with a yearning for her first Benz and a need to squish in the grandchildren on infrequent occasions. "But those SUVs are so impolite", she says.
Necessary Incentivizing B4 Purchase: Pricing closer to the B-Class than the GL-Class.
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- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Vii
LINCOLN MKT Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: 99.9% of the time it's not a good sign when you feel forced to refer to the vehicle's front end as a snout. Ford's "lesser" version of the MKT, the Flex, is far more attractive. The bulge between the...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Vi
HUMMER H2 SUT Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: If you want to look like you're in the army, go join the army. As a vehicle's dimensions grow, so to should its capacity to accomplish things for its owner - the H2 SUT carries little but requires a...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part I
ACURA ZDX Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Acura's MDX, the ZDX's donor vehicle, was actually pretty decent to begin with. The ZDX is less than the MDX when it should be more; and more than the MDX when it should be less than.... in all the wrong...
- The Good 12 Supersize V2.0 - Part Ix
MERCEDES-BENZ GL350 BLUETEC & GL450 Stars have aligned perfectly for Mercedes-Benz shoppers since the GL-Class became available in '06. Mercedes has never sought out the status of "Value Bastion". Yet the Benz GL350 Bluetec and the GL450 utilize...
- The Bad 8 Supersize - Part Viii
MERCEDES-BENZ R-CLASS Before I mock anybody whose weight has ballooned rapidly, I am reminded that thyroid issues - sometimes genetic trademarks - can do nasty things to a body. One mustn't always blame so-and-so's comfort food. Alas, the...