First off, I don't give a hoot about backseat room as it's just my wife and me and she usually drives her Suburban LTZ anyway. Being a hatchback it has ample room for 8 bags of groceries which is about what a new short bed pickup truck can accomodate. Paid 15 off lease for it with under 22K miles on it and I see them selling on the net for 20+ currently.
Paid cash for it, like I do for everything. I don't believe in financing unless it's 0 percent.
Paid cash for the Suburban as well. It was a tad more 15 however.
Not for towing though it can be used as a towed vehicle behind an RV.
What was the price of your little turbo hot hatchback that you keep bragging and bringing up , and what would it be adjusted for today’s prices?
How’s the rear seating room?
What’s the storage capacity?
Towing capacity?
I paid 15 off lease for it and currently they are listed used for around 20, if you can find one as they are no longer made. Bought it at a Ford dealer who took it back in when the lease expired. Had 22K on it with the balance of the factory warranty Rummaging in it I discovered it was leased to a gal, probably a younger one. Had the original tires on it and they had a ton of tread.
Not bragging but it was a heck of a deal anyway.
Don't care about rear seat room as it's just my wife and I and she usually drives her Suburban LTZ which she bought off lease as well and paid cash for it. We don't believe in financing anything. I usually keep the back seat folded and cargo capacity is around 8 bags of groceries. Not a tow vehicle in the first place however, it can be towed behind an RV.
Very comfortable. Has Recarro bucket seats in the front and racing harnesses for both seats that I find a PITA.
It was built an Fords Wayne assembly but the engine was built in Germany.
I'm all good with 40mpg combined city and highway.
Of course being a transverse engine front wheel drive, it torque steers a bit if you mash on the pedal, which I rarely do. All I know is, if I romp on it, it will do triple digits on a freeway on ramp and the speedometer goes to 160 mph not that I've ever explored that but I imagine it's capable.
I do get to drive Tesla's as my cousin owns 3 of them. A Plaid, an S and a Cyber Truck and I've motored all of them and I find them quite comfortable and quite capable but I'd never own one nor would I own any EV or hybrid. Think I posted that we went on a late fall Whitetail hunt in North Central Michigan on out remote hunting property only accessible via unplowed seasonal road. 3 of us went and it did admirably on the unplowed seasonal road. Never even spun a wheel and hauled out 3 gutted deer, 2 bucks and one doe in the bed, all our hunting gear and the 3 of us, no issue. Very impressive vehicles, just butt ugly.
