What is "wrong" with these new subcompacts?

Replying to: podred (Jul 28, 2008 8:48 am)

I'm surprised the Civic vs. Corolla thread isn't more active, but I figure the Corolla owners are asleep in their garages after driving home.
 
Just kidding (for the most part, ).

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Replying to: lemmer (Jul 28, 2008 10:36 am)

Drive a new Accord and tell me how much excitement you experienced. When I did, my answer was "not much". They are losing the Accord to the U.S. middle market.
 
As for the next-gen Fit, they have already said they softened the suspension to "smooth out" that great handling, in order to achieve a better ride. I used to call this Camry-ization, but I'm going to start calling it Accord-ization.
 
More articles out there today on the predicament Mini finds itself in: no more cars available to ship for dealer stock for the remainder of this year.

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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 28, 2008 12:00 pm)

...that the buyer ratings on the smart and Yaris (9.4) are higher (slightly) than the Fit (9.2)...go figure

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Replying to: thegraduate (Jul 28, 2008 1:34 pm)

Yes, nothing big, but the folks that wanted the smart must have REALLY wanted it, and the objective problems most reviewers have found with it just didn't matter to them. I wonder how many more folks like that there are out there

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