Car and Driver, what the hell are you doing?

Kinja'd!!! "signintoburnerlol" (signintoburnerlol)
06/03/2014 at 19:38 • Filed to: None

Kinja'd!!!5 Kinja'd!!! 7
Kinja'd!!!

In the recent issue of Car and Driver, Vol 60, no. 1. They did 30 cars under $30K.

You know what's #1? The 2015 Ford Mustang Ecoboost. I'm not mad about the choice as a whole, but they didn't even drive the damn thing. All they did was ride shotgun. #2 is the current Miata and #3 is the Toyobaru twins, cars of which they have driven and know about.

The fuck?


DISCUSSION (7)


Kinja'd!!! Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > signintoburnerlol
06/03/2014 at 19:40

Kinja'd!!!0

I am going to reiterate your last question:

The fuck?

Now hang on a sec! They didn't drive it...BUT, rated it best? I'm so confused.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > signintoburnerlol
06/03/2014 at 19:41

Kinja'd!!!0

Typical buff book bullshit.


Kinja'd!!! themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > signintoburnerlol
06/03/2014 at 19:43

Kinja'd!!!0

Probably thought "Well if we put one of the STs in here people are going to think we're boring......I KNOW! WE'LL PUT IN A NEW MUSTANG THAT YOU CAN'T BUY YET! BRILLIANT!"


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > signintoburnerlol
06/03/2014 at 20:17

Kinja'd!!!0

If you take a closer look you'll see that they're not ranking the 30 best cars under $30k, merely listing 30 good cars under $30k in no particular order.


Kinja'd!!! signintoburnerlol > Jcarr
06/03/2014 at 20:36

Kinja'd!!!0

Not really, look at six (Fiesta ST), seven (Cooper S) and eight (Abarth), those are ranked in order to how they liked those three cars. Even if it's not a best 30 cars list, it's definitely biased to 1 being best, 30 being the least interesting. Look at the last 10, those are some...pretty average cars...not really loved by the car community.

You can see it starts from cars with sporty intentions to then just commuter cars.


Kinja'd!!! Jcarr > signintoburnerlol
06/03/2014 at 21:11

Kinja'd!!!1

Yes, they ranked those three, but only against each other. Nowhere in the section does it state that it is a ranking of best to worst with 1 being best. The Mustang is listed first because it's brand new and most newsworthy.


Kinja'd!!! signintoburnerlol > Jcarr
06/03/2014 at 21:25

Kinja'd!!!0

Argue all you like but this list is defiantly biased from my point of view .