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 V
FORD RANGER Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Ranger hasn't been redesigned in this century. The design from last century wasn't even all that modern at the time. Do you know how good other small trucks are these days? Alternatives: Tuk Tuk, used...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Iv
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Generally speaking, in 2010 you'd want to buy something with relatively recent engineering - not something from 1877. The headlights look like they each have a runny nose. This vehicle, without...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Ii
BMW X3 Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Abhorrent styling. Incomprehensible dynamic deficiencies. Overwhelmingly better rivals. Alternatives: Audi Q5, Mercedes-Benz GLK350, BMW 328i xDrive Sports Wagon Base USD Price: $38,850 Ideal Owner: Reginald, a recent...
- 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...
Cars
THE BAD 8 SUPERSIZE v2.0 - PART III
BMW X6
Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Was there something wrong with common sense? Must we be opposed to somewhat more delicate rear ends? Why does BMW want us to pay more for a loss of usefulness?
Alternatives: BMW X5, Infiniti FX, quitting your efforts to be idiosyncratic
Base USD Price: $56,500
Ideal Owner: Mike & Sally, 30-something professionals who met through eHarmony, don't like grey Toyota Camrys but do like painting their bedroom walls purple and their kitchen cupboards pink and telling everybody, "We're different." Uh... yeah.
Necessary Incentivizing B4 Purchase: $15K off the MSRP plus a large beaked baseball hat and jumbo sunglasses.
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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 V
FORD RANGER Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Ranger hasn't been redesigned in this century. The design from last century wasn't even all that modern at the time. Do you know how good other small trucks are these days? Alternatives: Tuk Tuk, used...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Iv
FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Generally speaking, in 2010 you'd want to buy something with relatively recent engineering - not something from 1877. The headlights look like they each have a runny nose. This vehicle, without...
- The Bad 8 Supersize V2.0 - Part Ii
BMW X3 Top 3 Reasons For Avoiding: Abhorrent styling. Incomprehensible dynamic deficiencies. Overwhelmingly better rivals. Alternatives: Audi Q5, Mercedes-Benz GLK350, BMW 328i xDrive Sports Wagon Base USD Price: $38,850 Ideal Owner: Reginald, a recent...
- 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...