Ugghhhhh, more stuff by default and higher prices. Not a good trend. If I didn't do 10 miles of bumper to bumper a day, I would have got a manual and I still somewhat regret it. Post covid the trafffic isn't as bad with everyone working from home 3-5 days a week. Everyone left the city and the offices are still mostly dead. So dead they dimm the lights in the building to save money in the middle of the day on Mondays and Fridays.
Auto climate control is garbage, and give me manual windows if we can save some more money. If they want to throw more in do reliability upgrades like better metal treatment or disc brakes in the rear.
I guess $16k will be the new cheapest MSRP in America.
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View my fuel log 2019 Mirage ES 1.2 automatic: 38.8 mpg (US) ... 16.5 km/L ... 6.1 L/100 km ... 46.5 mpg (Imp)