The Clock is TICKING for these Iconic Japanese cars...
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- #toyota #lexus #honda #acura #nissan #infiniti #subaru #mazda
The end is near for so many historic Japanese cars. #sedans and #coupes are getting harder to find every year and the future isn't bright for some of the best cars on the market.
#nissangtr #lc500 #rcf #skyline #wrx
00:00 - Bodies are stacking up
01:55 - Toyota/Lexus
07:37 - Honda/Acura
09:34 - Mazda
10:22 - Subaru
12:08 - Nissan/Infiniti
15:24 - Mitsubishi
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Just FYI, but I’m a car guy, always have been. But SUVs, CUVs? I have zero interest. I grew up reading “Car and Driver,” not “Truck and Driver”. Sure, they’re vehicles, but they ain’t cars. Alas, sometimes I think I’m the only person left who feels this way. 😔
No gladly you are not, I agree with you 100%😊
Sames
cuvs suvs no thank you.
Coupes and sedans all day
No same here I’ve always had a love for sedans even as a kid my dream car was a e55 amg with over any lambo lol 😂 it sad to see where cars/suvs are going!
Your not alone. Get the politicians and the stupid Karens to back off of our cars.
Not the only person nothing beats a sports sedan! Good looks, fast, and usable for the average person to daily! Me personally I’m looking forward to maybe a Corolla hatch with some kind of hoped up Hybrid MAX performance version?!? Like a GR Hybrid?
I'm tired of seeing crossover suv only car company They no longer have any idea how to make a car
Why make something that doesn't sell well? Makes no sense.
Sedans and sport cars have been on the decline for decades. And you sedans have to sell in volume in order to make money on them. You can’t continue to chase segments that aren’t making you money.
@@andyleo8418 Sedans aren’t going anywhere, people will always need affordable and economic cars that are aerodynamic and fun to drive. This is not a federal election where the lower count candidate gets discontinued.
Screw the Karens and the politicians for ruining car culture.
Manufacturers sell what people want to buy.
I wish every Lexus was built like the LC! That thing is such a gem
It is!
We are about to live in a world where all the cars on the road will look like the same boxy CUV/SUV, have almost the same features, and power. I hope the TLX recovers somehow.
it will, the TLX/Integra production line at Marysville was closed down to make room for EV production. But for now the TLX/Integra has to share a production line with the Accord and CR-V's which takes a huge priority due to sales volume.
I contributed to it by purchasing a '24 CR-V Hybrid Sport Touring. Lol
That’s a good thing. I mean every car should have same feature. Why should you get a HUD, 360 camera, and other luxury features while I don’t? In fact, if anything, there needs to be 360 cameras, HUD, dash cam should be included in all trims as part of basic feature.
Do not make room for EV production, wasting money.
All the designs look very similar - it’s the conditioning of the mind to make people slowly accept one design.
Soon owning a car will be deemed “stupid”.
At 42 now, I still remember my childhood being in love with so many important sedans at their brands’ inceptions, especially the earlier Lexus and Acura models, and even once owning a ‘92 ES300 with which I fell in love as a kid when a best friend’s mom bought one off the showroom floor that we often rode in. It’s just so unconscionable that we’re now in a period of sedans actually dying out. I’ve been looking for another ‘92 ES and also considering something else “legendary” to garage and cruise periodically. “What a time to be alive.”
… watching the video, but just thought about when the my friend’s mom traded her ES250 for the ES300, and the first-gen long wheelbase LS400 another friend’s dad had, and the GS in 93 coming on-scene. If the LS goes he way of the GS, I’d be shocked for real. Crazy times.
I love this! I’m 42 as well and I still remember the first time i saw the ‘92 ES300; and falling in love with the design. There’s just something about that shape and proportions that has a timeless elegance. No SUV will ever exude the elegance that a sedan has the capability of (in my opinion). Even those “coupe SUVs” don’t hold a candle to the proportions of an elegantly designed sedan. In my opinion, those look even worse - as they look they’re trying to be a sedan but they just look like tall blobs on stilts.
@@donteadoss amazing what insecurity marketing can do for the average car buyer.
They’re the reason everybody has SUVs now.
We need a consumer group to advocate for buying cars over SUV’s and trucks.
right !?
It makes me sad to see so much change in the automotive industry. 😢 I wonder if this is what it felt like to be a car enthusiast in the ‘70s when that party came to an end.
Well just hope when the right politicians come out manufacturers can actually make a comeback. Politics is what is killing the cars we love. You have the Karens that keep complaining about everything such as they don’t have a flat screen T.V. in their car, they don’t have enough boot space, they want more room in their car, they want better gas mileage, they don’t want to look after their car since its too much work, etc. You have politicians that are killing combustion engines in favor of the stupid green deal plan. Yet they are supporting manufacturing companies in the East that supports human rights abuses and genocide. Until those things die out I have little hope in humanity that we will learn from mistakes that are made in the past and for car guys like us will die because people make stupid decisions.
I simply don't like big cars, I'm happier in a hatchback or sedan
Me too. I prefer public transit and cycling but if I’m gonna drive something it’s gonna be an easy-to- drive sedan or hatch.
I bought a new WRX in April. Trying to keep it alive 🙏
Just got mine a week ago!
I also just got mine in April too!
The new WRX is dope
Picked up mine on Apr 25th. Physical gauge is a rare sight nowadays.
Nice!
I think it's unlikely subaru will kill the wrx, they just introduced a new engine for it which is doing much much better than the old EJ and I have been seeing a bunch of WRXs on the road than previously. I feel like they will kill the impreza and keep the brz and wrx as their performance line up
Agreed
It’s going to come down to sales. As long as they see growth they will. Also as kirk stated Toyota is thinking about going it alone with the GR86. If they do that Subaru won’t be able to keep BRZ going they need Toyota to split the production costs.
They are way too many crossovers and suvs for sale and anything that isn’t a crossover gets turned into a crossover
Scary isn't it crossovers and suv are now a main priority as if every car enthusiast wants a soccer mom mobile imagine how Paul Walker would feel if he was here to witness this epidemic and see the eclipse go from iconic sports coupe to crossover
Kirk, regarding the situation at Acura. The TLX/Integra production line at Marysville was closed down to make room for EV production. The TLX/Integra is instead being produced on the Accord and CR-V's production line which takes a huge priority due to sales volume.
EV cannot go far.
I just bought a 2024 Subaru Legacy and was hoping the next generation would bring a hybrid so im pretty bummed it's going away...
Subaru chose to let the Impreza sedan and legacy die rather than redesign them and make them hybrids.
The legacy really just needed an infotainment update and Subaru as a whole needed a design language shakeup and the legacy would be back in it. Even without those things I still recommend it to people I know, so long as it's past those 2010-2016 years where Subaru has trouble with wiring things correctly
I know everyone getting crossovers and suv but I stuck to my guts in getting my Lexus IS back in 2021 and I love it!.
Same here!
Yep, same here with my 18 GS!
Believe Highlander will go away, RAV4 will grow to make a bigger difference between the RAV4 and Corolla Cross. This is a very crowded group for Toyota, with Grand Highlander, Highlander, RAV4 and Corolla Cross. That makes more sense than keeping the status quo.
IMO They will keep the hybrid, discontinue the turbo/ICE.
Crown signia too
@BrianEugeneLee-xq2hy I’m going Pathfinder. 😂
@BrianEugeneLee-xq2hy I think it’s mostly Toyota’s choice. Others still have V6 engines in their mid-sized SUV’s.
I feel like Acura is struggling to find a position in the auto market. The vehicles that they have produced in the last 15yrs have had the right idea but not executed well. When they introduced the TLX I honestly felt they were confounded on what vehicles to produce to keep them competitive.
I am 22, my dad, mom, and I have always had sedans, and my sister a coupe, now a sedan. I love CARS, maybe because I was raised in a car family (aside from my dad’s Sierra AT4.) I like an SUV, but the style of a car is just so much more customizable and varied than trucks and SUVs…very sad to see lineups being a bunch of boxes and bean shaped crossovers 😞
Please don't kill off the wrx...I need to get one 1st
I hate SUVs. They're so ugly. I miss when people all had smaller cars in the US. It's so refreshing to drive in UK or Japan.
Lived in Japan for several years and have visited the UK, it is indeed much better. The quality of driver is also higher too, which makes driving much less stressful
Too many big trucks and SUV! Bring back the Yaris, Fit and small trucks. Like the small cars in Europe and Japan.
This seems like a repeat of the 70s and early 80s where everything got smaller at least for cars. We’ve had cuvs in the form of station wagons, suvs, vans and now egg shaped crossovers. Since Honda is bringing back a Prelude my guess is we will just have small displacement sports coupes. Ford just needs to bring back the legendary Probe (sarcasm).
I don’t want the GR 86 to leave the market. I hope it will have a 3rd generation model.
me as well, but safety and emission current euro regs is the culpirt. so i think maybe we need the succesor of it to make it comeback
I’m not sure what’s going on with the TLX’s inventory. I have two local Acura dealers, and there’s only 2 new TLX’s available.
There's a few more over here in the northeast where we have a lot of standalone Acura dealerships. The dealers are still holding onto them via markup/inflated used prices. MDX sales are apparently more than enough to keep them afloat waiting for someone to take the bait, and the SH-AWD makes it popular here over the Integra
no one wants them
I'd argue that the ILX being ditched in favor of bringing back the Integra was a good thing.
I mean, the Integra was literally their replacement.😂
It was more so like a name change and full refresh being as tho they both share civic platforms
TLX should be rear wheel drive.
The Infiniti Q60 was discontinued. Last year was there last. I have aQ60 red sports and it is so much fun to drive.
They are discontinuing all the fun cars to drive
I love mine, I’ve owned my AWD Q60 RS for 3 years & it’s been a joy to own! Perfect daily driver, add a tune & it’s a riot to drive 🙌
Glad you covered Mitsubishi, Kirk.😅 The Outlander Sport is discontinued production since April meaning that it’s dead now. BUT, Mitsubishi has a PHEV categorized “2-row SUV” coming out in the 2024-2025 timeline in their Mid Term Strategy from last year, so I think we can expect to see a new PHEV Outlander Sport soon. There’s nothing from Mitsubishi about the Mirage so RIP. The Eclipse Cross still has several years more. Outlander might get a performance Ralliart variant with over 300hp this year. And Mitsubishi is going to bring back the Montero/Pajero in 2025. Also, I don’t know whether the Triton is coming stateside, however Nissan is basing their new Navara/Frontier on the Mitsubishi Triton platform, so by then we might see joint production in the US, but that’s a far fetched guess. Yeah, there’s still some Mitsubishi news to cover, Kirk.
LS is the top like S-Class, I remember my uncle had LS400 , hopefully Lexus still keep it
Subaru announced recently that they’re going to sell the WRX Sportswagon Hatch in Mexico. America isn’t getting it.
Why aren’t we getting it?
Because wagons don't sell well here. I would have purchased a wrx wagon if it was available rather than my wrx sedan though.
@@enmass90Subie Fans, has been asking for WRX wagon. But Subaru of America doesn’t listen to the feedback of their customers. 🤷🏻♂️
@@rileypart1 The subie fanbase consists of some of the most annoying and fickle fans in the automotive space. Subaru has likely already focus group tested that model and determined it won’t sell here regardless of what the community claims they want.
Case in point, they think every WRX is ugly when it first comes out then they like it years later. It never has enough power even though the WRX objectively has a good power level for its price point.
Plus, I would argue that the community would rather have an STI sedan over another version of the WRX. But that area is crowded now (GRC, Golf R) and is a low volume segment.
The writing is on the wall for the performance sedan segment unfortunately. The VB WRX is probably the last hurrah for an ICE only subie performance car. That’s why I grabbed one.
Folks. It's time to welcome our neighbors to the south into the Union. GR Yaris and wagon WRX here we come!
We have the current WRX wagon in Australia, formerly known as Levorg. However, CVT auto only and $$$$.
14:18 Altima and Rogue both had hybrid powertrains.
Q60 is discontinued. I am sure they are still selling leftovers
Kirk, everything you said about the Acura TLX about 9 minutes in is spot on. However, I would add that the TLX needs to be quieter in the cabin. I’ve owned two TLX cars, and both of them felt like Honda Accord on the inside. Riding in a BMW, Volvo, or any other sedan costing $45-$55K feels/sounds nicer than the TLX. Unless something drastic changes, I won’t own a third TLX for that reason.
I hope Toyota doesn't stop making the Supra and the GR86, I've been trying to save up to get one of them.
The only thing makes me sad is hearing rumors about Lexus killing their iconic car, the LS! They should never kill that name, never! Instead make such a good car that people from Audi and BMW would choose the LS instead!
Whether it gets discontinued or not; I am glad I recently ordered a 2024 BRZ Limited! I’ve always wanted a fun rear wheel drive car and this will be my first one. I will drive it spiritly; but will NOT track it! I intend on taking care of it and keeping it as long as I can,
As a person who has owned 3 GS's and still drives one. That is the one that makes me the saddest. I don't think there is a better car that gives you reliability, fun, rwd/AWD, some performance, and great looks into one package. I don't want any of the faster less reliable options.
I test drove a Q50 Red Sport and it was very numbing. From the steering wheel to the seat. Even pushing the accelerator felt slow. I bought a Toyota Camry V6 and I felt more enjoyment driving that. I hope Nissan gets their GTR engineers to improve the Q50/Skyline in Japanese market.
I guess there has to be a give and take with all these new models coming out. RIP Subaru Legacy, Acura RLX, Toyota Avalon, Nissan Maxima, Infiniti Q70, Infiniti Q60, and Mitsubishi Mirage, as well as some others. I doubt the Subaru Impreza might go away because it’s more popular in other markets like Japan.
@BrianEugeneLee-xq2hyMitsubishi still plans to stay.😂They have a new Outlander Sport arriving later this year.
If Toyota puts the G16 engine into the GR86 I’ll buy one. If not, I’ll just keep my RSX-S and SW20 MR2.
If Toyota took 2 G16 engines and lined them up into an inline 6, and put it in a Supra, I’ll be first in line. Wishful thinking…
I’m thankful I just placed my order for the LC500!
😮 Must be nice being rich. I drive a 98 Sentra
The LC500 is so brutally and criminally ignored by the media, it's sad because it's maybe one of the most important and fantastic grand tourer available in the past decade.
I’m sure the LS will be discontinued soon. But it will be reborn as a full-electric car. The current generation only has the long-wheelbase version and yet its combined legroom (79.9”) is less than a Camry (80.1”). It’s ridiculous.
I'm still not understanding. Truly. I had to wait 12 months to get an allocation on Supra manual. I've been actively looking everywhere for them and they get sold immediately. Hence, I'm not sure how the sales for Supra's is horrid. Can someone, please explain.
Low supply, low demand.
Hate to see the UX go, if it does as you suggest. It was a superb starter car for a single or a couple. People liked the price, but wanted to stuff a family into a vehicle that was made for a more limited purpose. The mistake was not to call it a CUV, to differentiate it from the NX. Also they should have marketed it specifically for the Single Female Professional. (My single daughter bought one and thinks it the best car ever!)
I drive it, love it and we're gonna keep it for 250k...if possible.
Hey Kirk, what AE86 model is that in the background?
One other angle to consider when guessing which cars are getting axed: location of production. Those that are not locally produced are more likely to be axed due to recent supply chain issues and the government push to create more manufacturing in US.
Maxima was discontinued in 2022 lol this is late info. I used to work at Nissan Smyrna Assembly Plant and they stopped production while I was there
The Highlander may be going full hybrid, but will not be fully electric. Strange that the Mirage is killed off as it's sales have recently recovered.
sad to see the GS gone :'( honestly I wish LEXUS just make something like of a FAST BACK / SPORT BACK! an A5/S5 competitor in their sedan line up...........................
ES is ideal for that! Camry is too good now for it just to be a fancy Camry. It needs a lift back and big phev power.
Dealer keeps wanting me to trade my GS for an ES, I say, no way!
@@charley95sheridan44 EXACTLY! Unless the ES has AWD, a performance HYBRID etc. then yea its best to not Trade in your GS
It's difficult to buy a TLX when they aren't producing any to buy. My local Acura dealer has 0 TLXs and I put my order in back in February 2024.
TLX can be bigger, but it needs to be lighter. MOST IMPORTANTLY, for the Type S, it needs to deliver on the Type S performance. It was back of the pack upon its debut. If Honda is cool with the car floundering, proceed forward. If they want sales volume, they need to offer a better prospect to consumers.
Sad to see the F car RCF head out not really concerned about the LC but I do hope Lexus continues the RCF into a new chassis. It brought me back to the brand. Lets see what Lexus do with its F car brand!
Did u buy one? Why that over the LC (besides cost)??
I purchased a new 23 RCF over a used LC500 for three reasons. 1) I wanted the new car experience. 2) The price is considerably lower. New RCF for about 2k more than a new is500. 3) I’ve wanted an “F” car since the 2008 ISF
@@astizzo what's the insurance costs for you?
@@antwontwontwon2378 Thanks for asking for my personal view as a huge fan of Lexus ; The raw truth is drove both the LC weighs over 400lbs more than the RCF TE and is a significantly larger car. Over 400lbs difference is quite astonishing for a performance car. It's the reason it cannot evenly compete with even a IS500 on a track with all due respect to both products. It's a car designed to be the best road car via the way of pure ambience in my view and it does that well. The RCF TE also has far better performance oriented parts for my needs loving the Lexus brand and for me being a duel track GT need the LC was the lesser car. The LC gets gapped by an even a standard RCF pretty bad on track much less the TE at its weight reduction 3781 just isnt possible on a LC being based off the heavier LS chassis. The LC overheats when pushed and weighs to much for my taste and I prefer the mechanical feel of the 8SPD then the smoothness of the 10SPD which in my view numbs the driver feel rather than the head moving 1st,2nd aggressive feel of the 8SPD ( reminds me of a R8V8 R-Tronic. For my use the LC would be a poor choice. Im not concerned with price in this segment just a Lexus fan. The RCF TE is just a better-performing car in every category factually by significant margins. After driving both it was quite obvious that the LC was designed for a different demo and not me coming from M cars. I personally have zero interest in an LC with all due respect and was never impressed with the model and would never buy one in its current form. I much prefer the RCF TE/Fuji model its pedigree and hope the RCFs larger resume success in GT3 racing which dwarfs the LC and even the mighty iconic LFA in terms of wins and sheer number of podiums have proven to Lexus it deserves a newer chassis.
@@antwontwontwon2378 I’m in my 40’s with a clean driving record and multiple cars on my policy but it’s about $75 a month
I love my 18 GS F-Sport I bought new with 14k on the clock. I'm obsessed with keeping it detailed and clean. Unfortunately, I have to park it in the winter here in the rust belt. I take it to The Car Care Nut for general maintenance. If I ever sell it you won't find a cleaner one!
Sad how car sales are dying to extinct for every brand, i hate crossovers so much
High costs, high interest rates, low demand for coupes and sedans, sad but demand is for SUV's...when you see Bentley and Lamborghini make SUV's its clear.
True story
2024 is reportedly the last year of the RC-F.
Everything is so expensive nowadays nobody wants to spend unless they get a return on that which just doesn't happen with cars. The supra decline in sales blew me away, must be all the youtubers' complaints about how it's not a roomy SUV that has enough seats for all 4 homies. The RCF had poor sales since the beginning. It wasn't as fast as people hoped (old trans, older engine). I see people saying EVs aren't selling well, which gives me hope. The SUV market confuses me because those vehicles aren't fuel efficient, which is the problem with sports cars, so what gives? At the end of the day, I'm too broke to afford the drop-dead gorgeous LC, but for those who do have the money, I hope they consider it. I wish I had gotten one before covid, covid ruined everything.
The return on a Supra is the joy you get driving it. I had a cx-30 loaner vehicle for 3 days and compared to my Miata or even my Mazda3 i felt like I was just not living when I was on the road. Despised the dynamics, hated the seating position. Wasn't the turbo so power was down. I genuinely just felt so unathletic behind the wheel.
I’ve owned all 4 generations of WRX in the US, currently in a ‘22 Premium, and I really hope it sticks around for the promised next generation hybrid. The new Forester is going to use Toyota hybrid bits on a boxer engine. Imagine the WRX using an FA24 with the hybrid system from the new Tacoma’s turbo 4 cylinder tacked onto that boxer engine.
The VB chassis is downright excellent, so all it really needs is a facelift and the hybrid bits to knock it out of the park.
Also, while the WRX might be in a sales slump, the new generation sold just as many in ‘22 and ‘23 as the peak of the last generation. We might be seeing potential buyers waiting to purchase the new TR model or the potential facelift in ‘26, and not some sort of sudden dissatisfaction with the model or the price.
Growing up, my dad was a wagon man; Ford Country Squire's specifically. But after us kids grew up and then left the house, he started down the Japanese sedan route. First was the 1st generation Accord, then the 1978 Mazda 626. Then the 1989 Maxima, and finally the 1994 Lexus ES300. I drove them all, inheriting each one as my father got a new one.
Now? I guess I am "part of the problem." As a cyclist and former dog owner, I went with the Honda Element. The versatility is just too great. I LOVE my toaster. I can only hope Honda will make a future E in case my current one should die.
Was in the market recently thought of a used gr corrola. Ended up with a used 2020 haundai veloster N manual 55k miles with 120k mile warranty for half the price
Man, I forgot about them too until you brought them up at the end, but Mitsubishi used to be so cool. The eclipse, the lancer, 3000GT. RIP
I kind of want to buy a TLX this year, but it's bloated curb weight makes me hesitate. Looking forward to test driving one.
Kirk,
The GS is also my favorite model of Lexus. I’ve owned the ‘11 GS350 AWD, ‘15 GS350 F sport(still have), and the last model year ‘20 GSF.
I’m torn between keeping the ‘20 GSF or trading it in for ‘24 LC500 coupe.
Lucky to be in that position mate! I've never driven the gs f but if you have a 350 already, I'd take the LC over the gs f unless you put a killer exhaust on the F
I understand the complaints but honestly SUV’s are just way more practical than sedans and sports cars. It’s easy to sit back and complain, but the only thing that will change this cycle is for the complainers to become apart of the NEW car market, which doesn’t seem to be the majority. Honda plans on giving it one last shot with the upcoming Prelude. Let’s see just how many people will go out and buy one.
Sports cars are on decline cause they are friking expensive!
Agreed sports cars have gotten pricey Supra, and Corvette have become a privilege to afford
Hard to believe we're living in a time where a BMW M3 is 90k +
what isnt expensive?
compared to SUV's they're a damn bargain.
@@cedricmiller4370 Supra, corvette, M cars were never cheap and are probably cheaper now than they were 20+ years ago if you adjust for inflation. The mkv supra barely sold any because it was 60k+ in the 90s which is probably over 100k now.
The Maxima might not be gone forever, I read on a car and driver article that Nissan could be bringing it back as a electric midsize sedan to compete with a Volkswagen ID seven
Where can I find how many cadmium orange LC were made
Harder to find Japanese color production numbers like the American brands give out
Kirk, please give us some good news. That does not include a new stupid crossover btw.
To pay omage to these models could you get one of them on your channel?
2024 Mazda3 AWD GT Sedan (191 hp). Such a great car.
The Venza always had the bulbous lights the Crown Signa fixes that design quirk.
At a huge price premium
@@KirkKreifels The Venza has the LE at $35,070, but the XLE is at $39,280. The regular Crown doesn’t have an LE version and starts at XLE at $41,440 so about a $2,160 increase. I haven’t seen pricing on the Crown Signia yet but if it is close to the regular Crown it wouldn’t be too bad. Definitely much better than the price increases on the Tacomas. We would be interested in the XLE version anyway. But of course if they increase the price too much then the Grande Highlander XLE at $45,020 or Highlander XLE at $44,120 becomes the much better option. Hoping the Crown Signia XLE comes in at no more than $42,000-$43,000.
toyota most likely won't ditch the supra nametag. it's too valuable for the whole brand
Cars like the LC, NSX always come and go. They're never intended to be produced long term.
Another problem with Subaru Impreza cuz Subaru of America failed listening to their customer feedback like for example 2024 Impreza RS fans thought Subaru will bring back 2.5RS like 1st Gen . But nope, they just slapped on badge calls it. Not even put too much effort put 2.5i or 2.4 Turbo on it and Hybrid/Plug-In Hybrid.
Can’t believe Toyota is canceling the Venza already such a great vehicle. We love our 2023 Venza
I saw a new Z for the first time the other day, it was blue....sadly did not have those goldish wheels.
Subacute just need to make the Impreza and WRX look better. That's all.
I might be picking up a 24 ES 350 this week. Finally no track pad. lol
Get the new Camry XLE/XSE instead.
@@KirkKreifels I did consider it, but I like the NA V6 and interior better in the Lexus.
Totally understand the v6
The maxima was such a seller for Nissan. But now I see the Rogue everywhere. 😂Pathfinder’s are on sale. The Murano is strange. It has a V6 but it’s smaller inside and out. Needs an update.
Yea Maxima will be missed it seems unreal they no longer being built
@BrianEugeneLee-xq2hy yea Maxima impacted a lot of people when it came to buying a Nissan I remember in the 90s if you had a Maxima you was doing good for yourself sunroof open and some sunglasses on with quality factory door speakers and a torquey V6 you know the world has changed when Nissan prefers keeping small cars like Sentra and versa in production instead of the Maxima
These are great cars, I just wish I could buy half of them
You skimmed over the Passport and Pilot. I've never understood why Honda has so many SUVs, are both of these really on solid footing in the lineup?
I too am a car guy and I would never buy an SUV or a truck. But it seems to me some of these sales numbers are low because the companies aren't trying.
Supra - I had a manual version on order for 18 months and finally cancelled it because Toyota just never delivered it. If you want to sell the car, you need to fill your orders!
Integra and TSX: My son and I are both 6'1". The Integra has no headroom in the rear. The TSX has knee room - this vehicle is practically a two seater. If people can't fit in your cars, they aren't going to buy them!
I would buy a truck of it was like an El Camino....like a Camaro with a bed....other than that, no
Would love to have a Supra but a lot of us boomers can’t get in or out of it.
If there's a will there's a way
Its a BMW. Doesn't count
The contract with BMW expires in 2025. What is beyond, in house engine?
Would love to have a Supra as a Millennial, but I can not afford it, and it has a BMW engine. I guess I will just stick to driving my 5 speed manual 1998 Nissan Sentra.
@dukejukebox775 If so, would maybe be the inline 6 from Mazda.
When did Mr beast start doing car videos?
rumors a GRMN Supra will end the Supra for years. The RC is so old it needs to go. I would love an LC. I hope Toyota goes all hybrid, ev's are horrible. We need the LBX.
They will go hybrid for the time being since EV sales have gone terribly wrong. Tesla firing their employees because Elon doesn’t want to lose his pretty money for himself. Many of these companies are greedy and don’t care for the people. Toyota is in a struggle because the salesmen in Toyota are trying to ruin the brand and Toyoda is not having it and he is doing what he can to prevent that while he is still working for his family’s legacy.
Make a crosstrek wrx
No mention of IS500 in the doc?
Yes is500 will die by 2026.
@@KirkKreifels Love my 22' Iriduim IS500, will drive it to the end.
Toyota killed off the Lexus GS and the LS when they started making them look exactly like the ES. 🤔
There are very few of us (driving enthusiasts) left. Younger men are all about their i-Phones, today. Sporty cars are going to disappear, since less that 3% of drivers want a manual. Not much more than that can even drive a stick.
People are realizing the mazda3 sedan is a looker and not the main attraction of the 2
I’ll be honest and say the LC is the most important vehicle and it will leave pretty big shoes to fill
Crazy and sad times we are currently in...
I’m still waiting for a Toyota engine Supra🤞
I think it was a mistake for them to drop the GS
Facial hair on point. 💈
I just want Toyota to bring the GR Yaris to North America.
I would like that too but it's never going to happen unless they reintroduce the non GR Yaris, and even then it would be redundant. That's mainly the reason why they brought the GR Corolla here. They already sold the Corolla Hatch so it was way easier to get it through regulatory processes.
And this is one of the reasons why I moved to Cyprus. Aside from ACTUALLY overlanding, there is very little reason to have a SUV. I drive a 1998 Z4 and ride a Tracer 7. America is a tasteless fat idiot Olympics and I'm so glad I got outta there.
I think we need to rememeber that thankfully other parts of the world love sedans and coupes. North americas vehicle preference just sucks right now haha
I DONT REMEMBER ANYBODY ASKING FOR A BEV INFINITI ANYTHING, ESPECIALLY THE Q50. ITS LIKE THEY DONT REALLY CARE WHAT WE WANT
Someone get a mirai while it’s cheap and do a crazy swap
I actually think the UX 250 is the 5 door wagon Americana want, but Toyota could've help themselves, had to slap a Lexus badge on it & charge more money than what a wagon is actually worth. Think I'm full it? The CH-R is the actual Toyota counterpart, they have the same front end chassis, & wasn't priced anywhere near what a UX 250 is right now.
Maybe Lexus should get rid of whole lineup and get the blue print for the 92 Caprice from Chevy. Simply put a hybrid in that and stick the Lexus label on it.
wut
acura needs to up the power on all vehicles