"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
12/05/2016 at 14:53 • Filed to: None
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"IanZ - limited-slip indifferential" (ianz-limited)
12/05/2016 at 14:53 • Filed to: None | 5
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The C-HR is the new sports/off-road/coupe/bullshit from Toyota. And I can barely stand to look at it. It’s not overwhelmingly ugly, but it’s just so . . . purposeless.
But let’s start with the name. C-HR. There’s a movie production company called The Asylum . They’re most famous for producing Sharknado , but before that they made a number of tiny budget knock-off films, apparently called “mockbusters.” Atlantic Rim, Transmorphers, The Da Vinci Treasure ; stuff like that. Anyway , what I’m trying to say is that C-HR sounds like a cheap ripoff of CR-V.
Back to the looks. It’s dramatic and mostly terrible. But there are some positive aspects! . . . I assume. It has the most deeply sculpted body I’ve seen on a production car. It’s actually kind of impressive.
But what gets me most is how utterly useless it is. It’s a coupe “ ” so rear seat room and cargo space will be miserly, it’s not AWD so it’ll be useless as far off-road as these thing go, (like, in a field maybe) and it’s a Toyota so it won’t even be fun to drive.
And then look at that D-pillar and imagine how utterly useless that rear window is. They needn’t have bothered.
And
they’ve nicked the taillights off a Honda Civic.
The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 14:55 |
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Having a thick d-pillar, & tiny rear window mail slot will increase the chances of the Camry dent. Saying that I’m use to driving with massive blind spots, my old job I drove a panel van with no side windows.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 14:58 |
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It looks like a civic from the back.
Probenja
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:00 |
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Also the interior is terrible, the “integrated” tablet looks like an afterthought and it’s huge!
Also it’s CVT only so it instantly makes it worse than all of it’s competitors.
HammerheadFistpunch
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:00 |
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http://oppositelock.kinja.com/c-hr-v-1789110870
Stapleface
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:01 |
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It just looks like a downmarket Rav-4. Honda did it with the HR-V, Toyota had to follow suite.
Cé hé sin
> Probenja
12/05/2016 at 15:05 |
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There’s a manual on the 1.2.
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:10 |
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Out, but with a W - has found the answer
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:12 |
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I kinda like it, looks good and un-Toyota-like in the flesh. Too bad it doesn’t come with 200hp though.
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Probenja
> Cé hé sin
12/05/2016 at 15:12 |
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Probably Europe only though :(
SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:13 |
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Cool fat xd!
PontiacAttack
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:14 |
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I thought it was a nissan with the D pillar slope/cut-out/kink. Looks a bit too much like their design language to me.
MonkeePuzzle
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:17 |
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how come civic tailights?
vicali
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:18 |
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I always sold that thing as fast as I could...
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IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
> MonkeePuzzle
12/05/2016 at 15:18 |
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They’re pretty much the same. I think the C-HR pulls the look off better, but it’s a weirdly derivative detail.
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IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
> Probenja
12/05/2016 at 15:19 |
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The interior is its best feature, in my opinion, but that harsh auto show lighting certainly does it no favors.
cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:22 |
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omg thank you. Absolutely my least favorite car on sale today.
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cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
> vicali
12/05/2016 at 15:23 |
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Ah the good old Costa de Almalfi rally. $264k credits in the game for selling that thing.
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vicali
> cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
12/05/2016 at 15:27 |
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If you couldn’t beat that celica you need more tune..
Vicente Esteve
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:37 |
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It’s one of those cars that looks PAINFULLY slow.
Wacko
> Probenja
12/05/2016 at 15:37 |
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it’s pronounced YUUGE
duurtlang
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 15:46 |
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From what I’ve read from European sources it’s the only (FWD) Toyota that’s actually fun to drive. Very different from other Toyotas. They might have very different chassis tuning for the US though, and did someone mention you can only get one with a CVT in the US? Ugh.
About the looks: while I can’t say I like how it looks, I will say that I appreciate it’s not so offensively boring as other Toyotas.
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Cé hé sin
> Probenja
12/05/2016 at 15:49 |
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Possibly much of the world!
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/05/2016 at 18:02 |
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Surely you can at least order one with AWD even if it isn’t standard?
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IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/05/2016 at 18:33 |
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I’m pretty sure I read on Car & Driver that it was fwd only.
Deltatango
> IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
12/11/2016 at 13:18 |
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Looks like Toyota copied the Nissan
JokeJuke
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IanZ - limited-slip indifferential
> Deltatango
12/11/2016 at 18:33 |
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I’m not sure how being in the grays works, but at least this comment is. :)