Compared to many years ago, I find motoring journalists (with the exception of a few like Clarkson) these days not so critical when carrying out test reports on new cars. This makes reading these reports quite worthless and a waste of time.
In my opinion, in this age of commercialisation, one bad report and thats the last time that magazine would get another new car to test. Pitty!
Some testers tend to throw in a few bad remarks, but I find these to be rather pathetic excuses then anything quite tangible.
Here are few such comments from various local and foreign magazines........
Toyota Hilux D/Cab.........."central locking makes noise" (does this matter???)
Honda Civic............" looks a bit like a frog" (shouldn't it be the buyer that should make this conclusion?)
350Z.........."not much boot space" (it's a sports car for crying out loud!!)
Nissan Murano........."not so much an off-roader" (Nissan does not clain this to be an off-roader. So tell us something new!)
Nissan might close down operations in 12 -14 months? https://www.carscoops.com/2024/11/nissan-exec-says-we-have-12-or-14-months-to-survive/ Are we going to see more companies shutting down or is this a one off. So much for the new GTR and the new Patrol.
Is there an alternative to the Maruti 800? A friend of mine is looking for an extremely cheap to run and fix car for around 1.5M. While I do advocate old Japanese cars in that budget - if his need is basic A-B motoring at the lowest possible cost - maintenance wise and with fuel - is there any other option that I am forgetting?
Does anyone know how exactly this is supposed to work? They haven’t really started brand new imports again right?
Pricing seems relatively fine in the grand scheme of things, given how 10/15 year old cars are still pretty expensive in our market
A guy advertises a mileage blocker on the quick site saying that his device blocks the vehicle mileage from changing on the odometer. Is it legal to advertise stuff like this?
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Duncan
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Compared to many years ago, I find motoring journalists (with the exception of a few like Clarkson) these days not so critical when carrying out test reports on new cars. This makes reading these reports quite worthless and a waste of time.
In my opinion, in this age of commercialisation, one bad report and thats the last time that magazine would get another new car to test. Pitty!
Some testers tend to throw in a few bad remarks, but I find these to be rather pathetic excuses then anything quite tangible.
Here are few such comments from various local and foreign magazines........
Toyota Hilux D/Cab.........."central locking makes noise" (does this matter???)
Honda Civic............" looks a bit like a frog" (shouldn't it be the buyer that should make this conclusion?)
350Z.........."not much boot space" (it's a sports car for crying out loud!!)
Nissan Murano........."not so much an off-roader" (Nissan does not clain this to be an off-roader. So tell us something new!)
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