Yes, I started updating again. Yes, it's been a loooong time. So sue me... it's easy to lose photos in the morass of data I have stuffed into my laptop, and with the magazine starting up and BBC undergoing a change of status, it's hard to know where to start.
I know most people won't find two liters excessive. In fact, for some, it's probably a bare minimum requirement for interesting cars... others might even see it as inadequate.
But your basic commuter... the person most likely to buy cars like these... doesn't really need the power to overtake semis on the highway. Or to hit 200 km/h. Or the ability to do scandinavian flicks...
Okay... so WE like cars that'll swing wide under trail-braking, but then people like us don't buy gray cars, right? Right?
There's sometimes a deep-seated disconnect between what car manufacturers sell and what buyers want. In this case, I think both shots are pretty wide off the mark.
1 comment:
It's more about a fake status feeling than anything. South African Corolla has even some versions with a 1.3L gasoline-powered engine. I'm living in Brazil, where the engine's displacement is often seen as a "prestige" feature, and anything smaller than 1.6L is often considered "inferior", maybe because it would be closer to the 1.0L class, benefited with some different taxes to be taken as "popular" vehicles.
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