Friday 8 September 2017
Ma 2 2 Million Fleet In 2015 The Good The Bad And The Ugly
2.2 million Forty-nine cars worth more at $ dollars arrived for a weeks stay in my driveway during c alendar year 2015. Seventeen of them were sedans four traditional doors, including XSE V6 version of the most popular car of America - the Toyota Camry. Another 15 were a utility vehicle kind or another :. The small Jeep Renegade and Mazda CX-3 to the full-size GMC Yukon Denali and Cadillac Escalade
There were five vans, six saloons, a car and two pickup trucks. Three V8s. Many turbochargers. Five diesels. And two manual transmissions.
I started reviewing cars in 04. After working as an analyst category of space in the food industry for a couple of snack food companies, I merged my tolerance for spreadsheets with my passion for cars to car sales statistics in greater attention in 2010.
I would not have dreamed in 2010, much less 04, that I would be writing for multiple points of sale in 2015, the GoodCarBadCar.net craft a destination increasingly popular for auto sales obsess or spend every Sunday afternoon, refueling , was hing and vacuuming yet another press car initially. There are advantages. I do what I want. I work at home with my family. And I am not constrained by publishers who demand that I change the angle of a story to avoid offending an OEM.
But it is work . Or, should I say, "work."
After another year of this so-called "work", I am once again looking back on dozens of new vehicles that surprised, met expectations, failed to engage and disappointed . Here on the east coast of Canada, in a village / military Fishing called Eastern Passage, we are not blessed with a Los Angeles stock as of press cars from which we can choose: F-Type this week a Miata another, F-150 for several weekends at home reno, and climbing for a road trip for the family. Automakers send vehicles they want to send to an intermediary who then inflicts vehicles for stays of one week with a number of automotive writers, the TTAC the editor included. The vehicles are not chosen by me, nor is the timing.
We acquired our own 2015 Honda Odyssey this year for a number of reasons, one of which was his ability to fulfill all the roles, types of jobs visit our vehicles can not perform all. The Odyssey is a decent player, a family hauler, a van of sorts, and reasonably efficient. The Odyssey is nothing less than terrible summer.
Between these adventures Odyssey, however, I spend hundreds of kilometers with these cars provided by the press manufacturer, through the streets hugging corners Backroad, pick up groceries, and installing child seats. In 2015 comes to a close, my last impressions are clearer than expected: CAD $ 48.560 2016 GMC Terrain Denali has no access without a key, five diesel I drove all consumed precious little fuel, and heated steering wheels make all the difference in. World
And some other things
the biggest surprise. Ford Mustang V6
they, whoever they are, told me that the Mustang would be good even without 5.0 badges behind the front wheels. But I did not find the 3.7-liter V-6 so happy to rev, management would be so sweet, the back seat is usable, and a week on the ice with the rear-wheel drive, tired winter Mustang would be perpetually on the side. I spent a week looking out the window of the drivers side, like a knife in the very affordable Mustang comes so easily modulated
Full of minor faults -., Plus the major flaw of lacking 5.0 badges - Mustang V-6 should not it always reasonable in a miserable winter. But it is
honorable mentions :. XSE Toyota Camry V6, Nissan Micra S.
the biggest disappointment: Kia Sedona SX-L
Minivans should not be able to look this good. But it does not matter how the Kia seems, because the behavior of the heavy road to Sedona and the rear two-thirds of the unfinished cabin caused great expectations crater.
"philosophy of causes of first-comfort The Sedona minivan wallow about in a way that disgust owner of Odyssey," I said at the time. And then a few months later I became the owner of the Odyssey - a real family van About the interior of the Sedona. "as a family van, this arrangement is inappropriate."
Honourable mentions :. Acura ILX, Ford Mustang EcoBoost
Best Of The Best: Audi S3
I felt s o often at a loss to determine what the S3 does not do well. Of course the S3 rises steep, but there is a reward. It is ergonomic happy, attractive outside and in, supremely fast, and handles day. I like to think that I opt for the car of the Volkswagen donor - a less expensive Golf R with the manual transmission - but I grew up in a series of five Audis and the four rings can be encircled me
Honourable mentions :. Ram 1500 Ecodiesel, Ford Mustang V6, Audi A6 TDI
Worst Of The Worst: Buick LaCrosse
manufacturers, whether to keep the spotlight on vehicles at the end of their life cycle or because they need to fill the fleet with anything, all too often send long-in-the-vehicles tooth. What can we expect from a LaCrosse is about as desirable in the Canadian market in July igloos?
Surprisingly, he did not ride as well, proof of always working to create too apparent sweetness of illusion. The interior was not wearing well. It does not handle like a Roadmaster, but it is far from the pace of Regal. Worst of all, the LaCrosse is ridiculously overpriced at $ 52,000 CAD
Honourable mentions: .. Jeep Renegade Trailhawk, Chevrolet Malibu, Smart Fortwo ED
most effective: 2015 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, 44.4 mpg
Five diesel vehicles were tested for GCBC examines in 2015, including Ecodiesel versions equipped with Jeep grand Cherokee and Ram 1500, 3-liter Audi A6 TDI, a Volkswagen Golf TDI SportWagen, and this Jetta
of course, you can not buy a now -. they are apparently emitting more than their share reported emissions. But the ability of the DSG-equipped Jetta TDI sipping fuel in the dead of winter, winter tires, driving with a generally enthusiastic, is nevertheless a marvel. Rated by the EPA at 31 mpg city and 45 on the highway, the mainly urban driving resulted in just under 45 mpg
Honourable mentions :. Golf Sportwagen (40.6 mpg) and Nissan Micra (39.9 mpg)
less effective :. 2015 GMC Yukon Denali, 12.7 mpg
As the new year rolled in a persistent 6.2L V8 GMC Yukon Denali with the automatic 6-speed fuel consumption at a prodigious rate, hampered by idling excessive, city driving, bitter temperatures and snow tires 22 inches. 12.7 mpg is a figure for a decade before. The Cadillac Escalade, with the same engine and more recent automatic 8-speed driven for less bit ter cold at the end of the year, achieved a much more tolerable 17.6 mpg
Mentions honorable :. Toyota Sienna XLE AWD Limited (14.3 mpg), Audi TTS Competition Coupe (16.9 mpg).
CARS
2015 GMC Yukon Denali • 2015 Toyota Camry V6 XSE • 2015 Honda CR-V Touring • 2015 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid Ford Escape Titanium • 2015 • 2015 Toyota Sienna XLE Limited AWD • 2015 Audi TTS Coupe Competition • 2015 Ford Mustang V6 • 2015 Kia Forte5 SX-L Turbo • 2015 Volkswagen Jetta TDI • 2015 Buick LaCrosse AWD • 2015 Chevrolet Malibu LTZ • 2015 Ford Fusion Titanium AWD • 2015 Kia Sedona SXL • 2016 Acura ILX A-Spec • 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe • 2015 Nissan Micra S • 2015 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive • 2015 Audi S3 • 2015 Toyota Avalon limited • 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA250 4Matic • 2015 GMC Canyon SLE Crew Cab 4 × 4 • 2015 Mitsubishi RVR 2.4 GT AWC • 2015 Ford focus SE Hatch • 2015 Chev rolet Volt • 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Convertible • 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen TDI • 2015 Lexus NX300h • 2015 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE 4 × 4 Crew Cab 6.2 • 2016 Kia Sorento SX Turbo • 2015 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Sport • 2016 Mazda CX-3 GT AWD • 2015 Dodge Charger SXT Rallye AWD 2016 Subaru WRX • • 2016 Audi A6 3.0 TDI • 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk • 2016 Hyundai Tucson AWD • 2016 Honda Pilot Touring • 2015 Jeep grand Cherokee Ecodiesel Overland 4 × 4 • 2016 Hyundai Sonata limited Hybrid • 2015 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel Outdoorsman 4 × 4 Quad Cab • 2015 Ford F-150 Platinum EcoBoost SuperCrew 4 × 4 • 2016 Scion iM • 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Crew Cab 4 × 4 • 2016 Honda Accord Touring • 2016 Cadillac Escalade 2016 GMC Terrain Denali • • • 2016 Kia Optima 2016 Volkswagen Jetta 1.4
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net , who is obsessed with the free and frequent publication of US and Canadian auto s ales figures. Follow us on Twitter @goodcarbadcar and Facebook .
