Which, to be fair, is less efficient than the Cruze new or old.

My mothers 2009 focus, which by American yearing would be 2010, was a little shy of $2000, yet a 2007 mini cooper would cost the same or more despite being a considerably worse car

But it would still take half a decade for the cost to even out between a Corolla and a Prius

the focus is more practical, it's more reliable, it's cheaper to maintain, it offers the same fuel economy, it is marginally slower but considerably more comfortable with more features inside

I suppose it's just consumers being weird, really

but a mini is a mini!!!1

There's no practical reason to choose a Prius over other econoboxes

Or, hell, over other hybrids

I guess the mini is probably nicer to drive

I'd buy an Ioniq

That car seems fun

Dual clutch transmission and instant electric torque?

Yes plz

but.... I dunno, if I'm buying a cheap car I don't care all that much about what it's like to drive

I just want it to be reliable

It's why I like focuses, they're reliable

and cheap

I wish the fiestas had more timing chain engine options

Yeah, about that EcoBoost engine lol

Pretty much all of them are at risk for head warpage prior to 50k miles

The cylinders have a "water cooled jacket", so they're only attached to the rest of the head at the bottom end

New Focuses aren't too reliable

The automatics at least

I wouldn't buy an ecoboost

Didn't they fix the warping issue after the first few years?

I don't like the idea of less than 4 cylinders in a car

I know the next gen 3.5 has a different head design

@LordCaledus It's an inherent flaw in the construction of the head. They'd have to drop the whole concept of a water jacket

isn't the sr20 a water jacket engine?

Strange. I know the 1.0T is unreliable

But I've heard nothing but good stuff about the post-2015 3.5, 2.3, and 2.0

I meant the block my bad haha

Yeah I can see that being an issue in a boosted motor

Unless you make the cylinders out of like Titanium or some shit

I'unno, they must have changed something

I rarely hear about problems with post-2015 ecoboosts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8ptqDnwvc

Wot is rain? you bogans!

I've heard that a lot of hospitals have some pretty dark terms for motorcyclists in the rain; rolling donations and such

which reminds me I really need to get my back tyre switched off my old wheel

https://carnewschina.com/2018/07/19/the-tri-axle-motorcycle-dump-trucks-of-china/

Buy one of these instead