Worst 14 new car trends which must be STOPPED!
We all know that trends come and go all the time. And let’s face it, there are more than enough of those in the car world! Sure, some are good, but some… well, the least said the better! From fake exhausts to a lack of spare wheels, we’ve pulled together a list of 14 automotive trends which we literally can’t stand! But which do you think is the worst? Let us know in the comments below!
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4 Doors with a slightly slanted roof being called a coupe. SUV coupes are the worst offenders of them all.
Yes yes yes I sooo agree!
That's so true!! :D.
the cls is cool tho
Should've called it fastback SUV
SUV 'coupes' - eliminate them with fire! An abomination of design sense of the highest degree, every time one of these is seen rolling around, designers and artists across the globe dies a little inside.
Every single car manufacturer needs to see this
Thats not Yanni عبدالرحمن مجرشي
MS ok tanks
Sending this to BMW ASAP
I strongly disagree with the start stop buttons, keyless go, start stop button is a bliss and after owning a car where you don't need key anymore you just can't go back to old. I mean really key in pocket is uncomfortable? I have like 2-3 sets of keys in my pockets all the time, get more comfortable pants then.
@@DuBstep115 💯💯facts
My car has a "Sport Mode", which basically makes the dials go red and pumps a really bad fake engine noise through the speakers. I use it quite a lot cos I'm a fucking idiot.
And that's the reason why car manufacturers put these things in their cars. We know it's ridiculous, but a lot of people kinda like that stuff. I don't blame anyone. I still chuckle when I see expensive cars with fake exhausts tho. Especially during the winter when you can clearly see no steam coming from the fake exhausts. Makes an expensive car look like a cheap piece of kids toy to me.
buy a real car m8 :) no offense
@@martinivanov1319 What are you assuming I have, I wonder?
@@hoagy_ytfc idk man, u described all new fake cars
😂😂😂 which car you have
Thanks, Matt didn't know my car has fake exhausts until you told me. Now I feel embarrassed every f***ing time I go out in it.
Most annoying new trend: THE PRICE!!!!!
Finally someone said it.
Egzon Shala oh no, they go up... just as the value of the currency declines.... terrible.
Shum e vertet
Egzon Shala and Electric Cars
Egzon Shala Inflation my son. For example, the 7er started at like £47k in 2005. After applying inflation, that would be around £70k in 2020. Newer cars also come with a lot more standard kit, so often work out cheaper than their counterpart from a decade ago.
The piano finish will scratch if you "look at it too hard" 😂
😂😂😂
The piano black on my 2017 E300 is fine to this day even with normal daily usage. I think Matt sees them a scratched all the time on his press cars (which are often abused).
I’ve hated fake vents for a long long long time. I didn’t even know about fake exhausts, or the numbers which look like they tell you engine size but don’t. Thanks for adding those to my first-against-the-wall-when-the-revolution-comes list. (Full disclosure: I once bought Oakley trainers which had pretend carbon fibre tops and sports-bike tyre soles)
BMW have been guilty of the engine size numbers for a while, but the opposite way around. The 2002 318i had a 2 litre engine, whether it was 1800cc or so originally or not I'm not sure.
I fully support your view on these fake exhaust (or even real ones protruding from the bumpers) and the controls all imbedded in the computer screens. Just not practical for owners!
Agree with everything! Especially the touchscreen - In Australia you get a fine for even touching your phone in the car, but you can spend 5 minutes while driving to sort out your touchscreen settings...go figure!
My wife's Evoque is like this. To turn on the seat heater, you press the climate control knob, but this doesn't turn it on, it just brings up the complicated graphical menu for the seat heaters, where you then select the bottom or back of the seat, and click the "up" arrow to turn it on. Only, you can't do this when you first start the car as the whole thing is booting up, and you can't do it until you've reversed off the drive either, as the controls don't work when the reversing camera is using the screen... It's bizarre - as you say you (quite rightly) should not be dialing numbers on your phone while driving, but have a full Windows desktop for turning on the heating.
No, you get a fine for HOLDING said phone.
@@coover65 Have your phone in a holder and get caught touching it, you get a fine. Be teaching your kids to drive, in the passenger seat and touch your phone and you - the passenger get a fine!
@@stevenclarke7777 In Qld. you can touch your cradle held phone to take calls and navigation.
That's why there are all these safety features like autonomous braking. They save your life while you're distracted by the car itself.
Why every car needs to be "sport"? What happened comfort?
true. Sport means uncomfortable.
Yeah, for fuck sake, everyone should just fuckin stop using the word SPORTY to describe literally every car and every aspect of it
I love comfort and i drive my a6 all the time in comfort
I think BMW is the worst in that. Every single car should be sporty, including 5 series and 7 series
Agree, who would want a bumpy ride in the long run? At least mercedes has comfort seats as an option.
Exceptional! More people need to learn how to post from carwow! Very informative and hilarious! I was hoping to hear his thoughts on the Lexus "Alien" grills that keep getting larger and larger and totally angular designs. Would love to see his video on the Jaguar F-Pace as well as all the electric cars coming out... Excellent work!
Totally with you. I have a 2010 Audi S5. It has real exhausts, it has real carbon fibre trim, it has real noise. To cut a long story short, ITS REAL. My Wife's Passat GTE does have fake engine noise because the people who are oblivious to their surroundings can hear it when its in elec mode. All the best & thanks for a great vid.
Piano black trim: " Scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7"
Jarry.. Is that you?
JAJAJAJAJ , Jerry Rig Everything??
We need a new trend: Chauffeur gloves. :-D
well.. it's a plastic, so "plastic start scratches at level 2 and deeper grooves at level 3 and 4" LOL
plastic is plastic, and plastic scratches.
Automatic Hand Brakes: For safety, Every moving machine needs a manual brake which is completely independent from the machine's electronic system.
i can not agre more! stop the all electric era!
would be fun if the military starts jamming drones and suddenly cars start flying across the guardrails
Yeah, because with electric hand brakes you cannot make turns :(
Can't agree more! I was stuck because of the electronic handbrake of a Tiguan
ali youtube Very inteligent observation but Who cares for our priceless life?
Similar to the start/stop button trend that bothers me are key fobs that don't have a hole to attach it to a keyring, it's just more cumbersome to carry and keep track of two separate pieces instead of being able to keep it together
every point you made is on my list too. I will not buy a car where I have to go into the entertainment system to increase the fan speed. When I started driving cars, (a very long time ago) there was an ignition key and a pull lever (I think lever is the best name) to start the engine. We also had to get out of the car and turn the rear lights on! It was a long time ago. So some changes were an advantage. Heaters and fans were an optional extra.
You forgot the worst trend of all: huge wheels with ridiculously low-cut tires and almost no rubber, mounted for no reason on family and saloon cars as well as small SUVs, resulting in less comfort in daily use (and the tires are more expensive to replace). Even worse: as you move up to premium trims of the same car, you get bigger wheels and less rubber, so premium models are less comfortable than the entry-level ones. It started as a sales argument, trying to lure buyers to spend more on their new car: If you'll shell out a couple of grand more, we'll give you this and that, and ah... you'll get BIGGER WHEELS (which you really don’t need) - Bigger is better right? wrong in this case. Yes, they do look epic as someone here put it, but they are a pain in the ass... literally!
Idan Reiss I’m down with 20 inch on some cars but anything bigger is atrocious. I think it’s bad too if you drive over 20 inch may cause a lot of discomfort. SUVs as well sitting on 22-24’s.
They look epic
Mercedes are one of the worst for this they give you no choice whatsoever, but this policy appears to be confined to the UK
@@vojvoda-draza Epic or back pain you chose.
@@flyxingu It's not confined to the UK, it's global. It started as a sales argument, trying to lure buyers to spend more on their new car. Bigger is better right? wrong in this case.
Piano black fact: It'll scratch even just if you look at it for too long 😂
Walid Jami I'm dead when he said that
Me: 👀 Fake Piano finish: *Don LoOk aT Me LiKë ThaT😖*
i have to agree about the stupid idea of puting the climate control on a touch screen rather than a normal knob.
Absolutely , even wiping over with a brand new microfibre cloth will ruin it. High quality synthetic detailing brush and a Hoover are the best chance of cleaning with minimal damage.
Mine was scratched to ‘F’ on my X1 before I even got it! 😡
5:38 "when you multiply that (not having a spare tire) up..." with getting flat out in the middle of nowhere, it equals NOPE, for me.
Last Number 14. Starter War - is Amazing 🤩, Easy & Wicked I Love ❤️ The Keyless 🔑 Entry & Start/Stop Engine. Best Ever Invention in Cars 🚘 Till Now. 13 x Others I Agree ☝🏼 They Should Be Stopped 🛑 ASAP
Actually for me: - Prices that going higher and higher even though, the cost of production doesn't. This all the effect of getting the leasing/credit to buy a car made too easy. Car dealers prefer to sell car on leasing or credit than in cash, as they are getting "thank you gift" from banks! - The "Packs" that are locking you to pay 9 things even thought you really wanted just that one option.Or that you can't get best engine on cheapest trim level?! Why? Cause! But you can have your UltraSportLine on cheapest engine. - The ads that shows top trim,but price listed that is for their cheapest model. That should be illegal. - Just too much bling-bling. Disgusting.
Yeah it sucks how expensive things are these days
Screw those packs. I have a 2014 Kia Soul. Dealer said I needed to spend an extra 1100 to get a base automatic if I wanted cruise control and keyless entry. They weren't even options with the base manual. It's litterally a 2014 with no cruise control, and I have to stick a key in the door to unlock it. Cruise control was an easy fix, the plugin for it is stuffed behind a blank housing. Just had to buy a new housing with a switch on it. Kinda makes me wonder why they didn't just put it in there anyway.... oh yeah, money! Sorry this came out much longer than i thought.
Cost of production absolutely is getting higher and higher. Vehicle manufacturers are lucky to average 5% profit margins on cars. Manufacturing itself is very streamlined these days, but so much is spent on R&D because of overly stringent emissions and safety regulations. How does every new Suzuki Swift need a mild hybrid system? Every car sold in the EU must include collision mitigation technology, which sounds great, but it adds weight and cost, even on a small city car. Cost of raw materials have been steadily increasing over the last 3 decades as well.
Agreed! The industry falsifying emissions data from exhaust gases is also far more annoying than fake exhaust pipes.
Yeah the price hikes are bad, how much more can Nissan inflate the GTR's price.
Exhaust pops and bangs. Better in the “old days” when it was more random
but u cant get that back cause if your fuel pumps are precise it cant do it and they cant do them unprecise cause you would have bad fuel economy, less power, more emissions
Time to let it go then.
@@charliehmi76 ok go out and tell it every country, EU and so on... good luck on that sir.
@@reddington_f87 ?
The turbo roar from an rs turbo cannot beat it
That start button is really nitpicking. I've got one on my Toyota Auris Hybrid and I love it. My key chain has my car keys, house keys, garage keys and a clip so I can easily hang it up at home. All the stuff used to just be hanging and banging everywhere and the easy start button got rid of that. It's also much faster to start if you're in a hurry and no scratches around the key hole.
Having to put the key into ignition was really annoying, the key is often attached to several others, that then just rattle around hanging there. The startbutton is a good invention here.
It's not a invention as other vehicles have it since long. I don't think it's a good idea
What annoys me is when cars have 1 rear foglight and 1 reverse light... Looks really fugly... Just design the lights correctly....
It's a way to cut costs, two lights on every car is like ten bucks but multiply that by half a million cars, and divide that figure among a dozen directors. Adds up to a nice bonus doesn't it?
Totally agree. Since then it's been difficult to park at night when you try to use mirrors rather than park sensonrs.
ali youtube the answer is buy reverse camera with night sight. Ohh... forgot. Its a premium feature 🤑
i love my rear fogs in bad weather or to piss off the occasional tailgater 🙃. i have a Audi A6 c6.5 and im one of the many few drivers with lights on both right and left had sides.
Different countries have different requirements.
I absolutely hate fake things on cars, its tacky and cheap
Ford Fiesta didn't need fake noise exhaust would normally fall off and you have all the noise you ever wanted
I agree with everything, with the exception of the last bit of the starters, pulling your keys off of your belt to put them into the car to start it for me is a big nuisance, I love that I switched to a car that has a push start button, I leave my keys on my belt the entire time in my car, and with my car unlocking the door as I put my hand on the handle, I never touch my keys after I first put them on in the morning.
Should read up on how easy it is to steal your car with that - - --
8:20 about the "line" badges, Opel (which is the german vauxhaul or buick) also owns up to that trend with the "OPC-Line" which as some of you may already guessed is the VXR variants, for example the Astra VXR is the Astra OPC. the Insignia VXR is the Insignia OPC ,etc.
15th trend: Being expensive.
Ive always bough pre-owned with cash. I think the reason corporations are able to get away with such high new vehicle prices despite wages being relatively stagnant is because of the amount of people that like to take on debt & do loans, leasing, & credit. The governments likes to do the same thing, spending in excess, while printing money indefinitely & giving bailouts to mismanaged corporations. It's the reason the global financial system is collapsing & fraudulent. I'm glad to be in my late 20s, never owned a credit card, & debt free with a nice Manual BMW E82 without any of these bad trend features.
@@DigitalDissident Amen, brother.
@@DigitalDissident no mortgage? also there are benefits to using a credit card such as a small % cash back, and you can easily set up a direct debit to pay off the credit card each month which also helps your credit score!
PREEEEEACH!
Coen Bolks People should simply stop beimg poor😅
Mercedes AMG GT has carbon ‘fabric’ chairs as well. Good list. Don’t agree about the starter buttons though. Love that.
Same here. Starter buttons, and cars unlocking on contact with your key in your pocket has been one of my favorite changes cars got in the recent years. Very convenient, and any time I go back to driving a car that I have to use a key, it gets annoying.
Starter buttons are good only if you can open your doors without them ! For instance, in my bmw, i can’t open the doors without pressing the button on the keys, BUT i have a start button and nowhere to put my keys inside besides cup holders and stuff like that. I end up always forgetting where the keys are. Honestly it’s a pain in the ass and it’s stupid i don’t know why they did that shit.
@@BerserkFury89 Yeah, I don't get Mat's hate for the starter button. The only thing that is a little annoying are those cars with starter buttons but without keyless entry (where you touch the handle), requiring you to fish the key out to unlock it. Still, the whole issue with finding a place to put it?? Just put it in your pocket, Mat. It's not all that, mate.
Kamal Berrada you didn’t pay for all the extraaaaas :) there is a keyless entry on bmw , but it’s so expensive that most people don’t bother in having that
@@kamalberrada put it in your pocket. Why is this so hard? Do you not have pockets?
Those fake exhausts, grills, and badges have been driving me nuts for quite some time. Finally someone points it out! Also, the new VWs have some white illumination across their front between the headlights, and it looks like @#$%.
Only the Supra's are there for a reason, for simplifying homologation. But they contacted after market companies to produce and integrate GR grade carbon fiber vents which do actually work
All of you out there, please remember this, each time you're speccing up your car to buy: every electronic gadget is just a way to get your money cheaply. Every "option" is FAR less expensive to build than the price they charge for it. Every new electronic way to operate something that used to be mechanical (handbrake, start button, any knob or button on the dash) is a cheap substitute which is cheaper to build than the original mechanical kind and which is marketed as a "clever", "modern" and "comfortable" alternative. But it's just clumsier and more dangerous to operate.
thanks, captain obvious
Plastic engine covers are so naff. When I open the hood I want to see a motor, not a slab of plastic.
I thought they had some kind of safety feature, I could be wrong tho.
oh come on don't you know this it's too quiet the car down it's not there to look good because you can't see in the first place
So is it an engine or a motor? If a motor then who cares about seeing it. Good luck trying to see a motor in an electric car. I'm saying this because I'm tired of people refer to these the incorrect way. Motors are electric, engines are combustion. Very fucking simple!
@@y.a.46 On some cars they use them to keep engine heat from burning the paint on your hood. Mostly they're used for sound proofing but you won't really notice a difference if you take it off.
Even EVs are big offenders of this as well.
I totaly feel all of this, especially No. 2 its insane having to click around on the Touchscreen to ajust the aircon🤣🤷🏻♂️
Touchscreens in general suck. I'm sad that at this point, Mercedes and BMW seem to be the only manufacturers who still offer alternative control methods, such as a swivel wheel or a touch pad.
I absolutly love the start engine button in my car. it's much easier and faster to press the button then putting in and rotating the key.
How long does it take you to turn a key that it makes a significant difference?
Same
Thank you to have opened my mind! I agree with all you say, especially the fake exhaust pipes on electrical cars.
9:20 Epic .. piano black trim gets scratched even if you look at it for too long ..You just nailed it Matt 😂😂😂😂
"atleast we wont have it with electric cars i guess" 2030:electric cars with smoke machines in the exhausts
😂😂😂 they will hear you
@@theGTmanmihai lol
Why do you think it will take that long?
Every car will come with the "Old Diesel Beater Kit" as standard.
DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS
Very true for most of these. I sometimes look at all the screens in in a new car (hello Tesla, Mercedes etc) and think I've wandered into the TV section at PC World!
You are absolutely right about the climate control integrated on to the touch screen. One simply cannot adjust the controls when the car is in motion. Just like the Piano Black interiors White and light coloured interiors really get messy with time and usage. I am in India where most of the time it's really hot and greasy. We try everything to keep the sun and heat out of the car. The latest trend is all about PANORAMIC SUNROOF. I simply cannot buy a Full option car minus the SUNROOF.
true..pllus sunroof is literally hell to have in Indian summers.
Those SUV “Coupes” Like That Just Makes No Sense
its an oxymoron
INS4RT-TECH an example is the Mercedes-Benz GLC350 Coupe
Yah it looked really...ugly
Does
INS4RT-TECH It doesnt have to make sense. You dont like the look but someone else does.
Most annoying new trend for me: 3 cylinder motors in "Premium" cars.
Well, climate change is not a trend that we can ignore sadly 😕
@@lostsquirrel788 it's good because less engine means less emission? That's a way to common mistake. No, smal 3cyl engines are mostly even worse for climate. On higher speed (and I mean 90 kph or higher) the smal engine has to work very hard where a big engine runs smoothly. It's also better for the health of the engine. And changing engines more frequently because they tend to break down more often then 4 or 6 cylinders isn't good for climate either.
Koenigsegg manages to squeeze 600hp out of a 3-cylinder engine. I'd call that pretty acceptable for most cars.
@@anidiot2818 you don't have a saying in that, we will stop massproducing v8s v10s, the v12 is already gone, and in 20 years or so there wont be a car that does less than 25-30 mpg whether we like it or not. Dont tell me if we would trash all 2.5+ liter engines now, the Co2 levels woultnd drop. Don't get me wrong, as a patrolhead myself I hate is as much as everybody but so what? Anyway we will run out of oil in 40 years, than what? 😂
@@anidiot2818 And it's ony a metter of time and we will make these little 3cyls more efficinet and powerfull. Its the same deal as it was with the electic car. 20 years ago it was only a joke, now teslas humiliating most sportscars.
At least now I know somebody else is annoyed about starter buttons. I mean, why give us a key anyway?
You can still enter car with the built in conventional key if battery in 'key' is flat
@@GrrMeister well... Good point. Just if anyone breaks in, it's much easier to start and go... Just saying...
@@tryhardfighter1833depends, it won't start if the key isn't near ofc a good thief knows how to start it anyways
@@Myranos I mean yeah... But that key does add some extra layer of security
@@tryhardfighter1833 how
Loving the "Yorkshiringham" accent on the spare wheel segment 😂
That rather foxed me as a (part-) Yorkshireman, because it sounded so authentic, although he's a Brummie.
a friend of mine told me that his uncle bought a diesel 8 series, and when he arrived at my friend's house to show the car and stuff he revved the engine to impress him, but from the outside, all you could listen was the rattle of the diesel engine hahaha. My friend had to explain to him that the car makes that noise from the inside and that the engine doesn't actually sound all that exciting
Lool its so ridiculous u only wanna hear it from the inside if you know it sounds a beast from the outside.
Wait there’s a diesel 8 series?!?
Shame man😂😂
I like the 840d, it's on my shop list for the next car !
I like the 840d, it's on my shop list for the next car !
having noises play over the engine is REALLY bad. being able to hear the car is essential for picking up on new problems.
Buuut... my vroom vroom sound?😳
the car makers know the public are dumb,the main issue is we fail to see just how dumb we really are.
If you don't pick up early on new problems, the chances of a critical fault are higher. So maybe you'll buy another one sooner?
nowdays the cars are literally riced straight from the factory xd
@@rubbelkatz3672 Pretty much yeah! Modern cars are designed with the 3-year lease in mind and nothing more. Manufacturers have increasingly little incentive to make cars last beyond the warranty period or the initial lease contract.
EXCELLENT video, awesome content! Thanks for that.
Loved this ! It's about time !!!
Agree on every single point. Everytime I spent time in the new S4, S5, S6, S7, SQ7 and SQ8, I was so angry! It must stop. Better have a sporty diffuser without any exhaust, than fake ones!
One of the reasons (among numerous others) that I moved backwards from the 2019 model Audis
Well, the diffusers are largely fake as well...
@@testacorsa150 they might not do what a diffuser on a race car does. But it is not fake. But you don't want race diffuser on your daily. And it's often looks good some car don't (but every one can not like everything). I have not found any fake exhaust that looks good.
If you ask me I dont really have any issues with this, they look real, they are fake, but like what's the big problem here, thye just want to make their car look more sporty, and I don't really have anything against them
Merc have fake exhausts lol
"Over Geared" : Fast and Furious franchise disagrees. :3
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Wouw. I fully agree with all of them ( a bit less with start/stop button, discussable). Most of the cars become ridiculous honestly. Thanks for this excellent video.
Agree on every point but the start button. It’s nice just leaving the key fob in my pocket.
I can imagine where the fake vents come from: - Designers draw the car with lots of vents everywhere because it looks really fast and sporty - Engineers actually put the design through CFD analysis and find out the grills actually make the car less aerodynamic and slower - Designers/directors won't budge and really want them in because they look so cool - Engineers put the grills in, but block them off ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I think it’s the same with big radiators - designers are scared of cars looking boring.
@@shakers4u i'd say most cars nowadays look soo boooring. It's like everyone is driving the same car
With the new supra, yes, the vents are fake, but they’re designed to be removed or replace it with a legit on. They did it deliberately because they knew that the tuning community would be doing a lot with it, and since the car didn’t need all of the vents, they just blocked them off and gave you the option to use them
Sérgio Alves and block them on social media
Daniel Spooner the new supra is dumb, because all those empty spots for “tuner” companies basically showed that Toyota could’ve given a better car w more stuff for the price but they just said “let the customers do it
I agree with everything. Especially the idea of making everything more complex without addding to practicality or efficiency
Exactly! That's another annoying new trend: trying to sell cars based on useless stuff instead of performance, safety or comfort.
Matt, I so agree with most of your points! Keep: Keyless entry - so much easier than fumbling into your pocket or handbag for keys, then selecting the correct key and having to line it up with the door lock or having to locate the correct button when you have your hands full; Keep: Tailgates and boot/trunk-lids that open/close automatically; Keep: Starter buttons (keep your key in your pocket or hanging from a belt loop); Keep: Head-up displays; Keep: Electronically adjustable and folding exterior mirrors; Keep: Hi level /Third brake lights; Keep: Sat-nav screens for sat-nav, map and navigational instructions, twin the latter with head-up display (and sat-nav screen for maybe a few other functions such as ICE display, not control). Lose: Controls placed out of sight at knee height in front of the steering wheel but below it); Lose: Headlights too bright or set too high; Lose: Running lights that come on at the front only; All running lights should come on when the car's engine/motor is turned on; Lose: LED lights anywhere, too bright at the front, too bright at the rear (too bright for the driver behind when you're sitting in the car behind and this mahoosive indicator is blinking away in front of you or the guy in front keeps his foot on the brake pedal - it's simply blinding; Lose: Fake vents that are so obviously fake; Lose: Fake exhausts although a nice trim finishing off a real exhaust does look nice; Lose: Electronic handbrakes (if you just touch the accelerator by accident they release and that's dangerous - and how do you slow stop the car if the main brakes fail?); Lose: Auto dimming mirrors (they don't dim enough) - unless you can make them dim better; Lose: Any shiny or reflective interior trim; Lose: Lane-keep-Assist that struggles to keep equidistant between the lines (ugh, it makes me motion-sick), or tries to keep you too close to one side of the lane; Lose: Those distinctly odd headlamps that come on when you go round a corner without actually shining around the corner (See below under bring back). Bring back: Real, or even quality-fake wood trim; Bring back: Mechanical handbrake; Bring back: Knobs/buttons/lever controls for HVAC systems; Bring back: Knobs on my ICE; Bring back: Mechanical mirror dimming controls; Bring back: Citroen DS's proper directional headlights; Bring back: Left foot rest; Bring Back: Headlamp dimmer switch on the floor or left foot rest; Invent: Rear fog lamps that only come on when there's actually fog; Invent: Rear screen wiper/washer for all rear screens. I could go on, but that will do for now...:-)
couldn't agree more
One of your best video! I hope all car manufacturers will see it! Very useful ! I love it !
Matt tests the exhaust for the Audi S6 Carwow stick of truth: *wait that's illegal*
It should be!!
@@carwow yes
Marketing a diesel as a “performance” car is illegal, surely?
@@elnoel1220 10 years of TDI dominance in Le Mans would say otherwise.. but they should at least make it its own model instead of acting like it's the same car as the petrol version. It aint. But saying a diesel cant be a performance car? That's even more illegal.
The reason is: there are enough guys who not only buy this nonsense, but like to pay extra for it.
@mikin lirou And the reason for them being plugged by default is 1. the standard Supra is not producing a lot of heat 2. it increases aerodynamic efficiency which is very helpful for Toyota as well as casual customers.
Adding 5k for Peugeot GTline hahaha
D***cracy. The majority decides what's best for everyone else.
Traveling on i75 in Florida (the interstate known as alligator alley) there are long stretches through the everglades which do not have street lights. It is very cool to see an illuminated truck come by. And speaking of start buttons. My 1960 Morris Mini 850 had one on the floor. It was a simple starter switch but what an effective anti-theft device. Unless you knew about it you would think the ignition switch was broken.
This is the best video carwow has ever made. Thanks!!!
One trend that annoys me a lot: the removal of interior grab handles ""for saving weight"
Yup, because 200g of additional weight is a lot.
you mean the "oh shit!" handles
It is meant to look like a race car not to save weight (which is bullshit) as Porsche says with their GT3RS
I'm a Volkswagen salesman and a LOT of my customers mention that. Im a young guy and so never though of it but a lot of older people rely on them to get out of the car and I've lost a few sales to that!
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I drive a Citroen , I’m just happy if it starts in the morning - everything else is an extra 😂
When you buy a Citroen you don't buy a car. You buy the experience of repairing a car and it just comes with an added car.
I dont't think citroen so problematic car. I drove four years c4 diesel nothing happened. Do Every 10k km periodic main. don't look back.
I thought you said a chiron lol
@@a_stone that's a good one looool
@Kris Nicholson Wow you gave away the RS6.. :/
I agree with you on everything except the keyless start. Both of our cars have it and I wish our pickup had it also. I don't have to pull the key out of my pocket to lock or unlock the doors or start the car. I don't mind the key fob in my pocket at all.
Should read up on how easy it is to steal your car with that - - --
I always wondered why my 2001 330Ci sounded like it had a V12 under the hood, haha. This video was much needed, thanks and cheers.
The dumbest would be giving you push button start but no keyless entry.
Yi Qiao Yes soo true
BMW
But then it wouldn't feel cool would it? Honestly though, I'm with this. It's so pointless and I'd rather much feel the engine start to life through the keys; It's so much more satisfying.
Keyless entry cars are so easy to steal though without a trace with a signal repeater that you might want to consider that again...
It gets even better: I had a Honda that had to unlock the steering lock with a key, but it also had a start button 🤔
Lifting the bonnet to look in awe at the beating heart of the monster, and seeing.......a wheelie bin lid!
Hahahaha! Brilliant!
hahaha I agree hes' complained a few times about it I'm surprised he didn't include that.
Yes! This!
It's an odd one. The folk who actually care or need to work on the engine only see all the additional under bonnet plastic as nothing more than a nuisance that gets in the way. The folk who actually think it looks good are the ones that will never actually have to remove it to do any work on their cars.
Agreed with everything there! I was recently taking the piss out of a workmates C class for having fake exhausts. Push button starts also why, you already have the key in your hand! Had a do with a new Merc van where it would not start. Pointless
As a person with a 330i, the eco pro mode actually is good for traveling, we were able to go from LA to the Grand Canyon and back on 1 tank due to it
'it will scratch even if you look at it for too long' 😂😂
The truth is that the laquer on the rolls will crack up after 10 years in the sun, while the plastics in other cars stay in tact.
Had my Golf R for 5 years and no scratches.
true
All pre planned, pre engineered depreciation. Over price the piece of crap; make the final payment; then buy another one. Seats tear, sun fades the plastic, transmission fails, headliner falls in your wig, engine lights come on for "your turn - you name it". Even the "extended warranty's" are a big time SCAM! I'll drive the 1968 Impala with a $50 water pump and my "Shade Tree" Mechanic - Thank You
@@OttawaTony unicorn :D
I like the 'push to start' saves me fannying around trying to get the key in, yes its not difficult to get the key in but its just so much easier to push a button.
Nathan Sparks agreed! Especially when combined with auto unlocking when grasping the doorhandle.
Nothing wrong with fannying about and sticking it in
Just make a place to put the key in like a "holder for it". Than both problems are solved. Plus, you don't need to put your key there if you don't want but you can if you don't want it in your pocket.
and then there are cars that require the key to be twisted in anyway for the start button to work
My first couple of cars were ' push to start' nearly broke my back!
running lights which switch on automatically when you start the car are often so bright that the driver thinks his main lights are on and does not switch them on when it gets dark, thus driving with no back lights at all. in some cars the lights switch on by themselves when it gets dark , but in most other cars this feature in not availabe. a solution should be found.
Agree, simple solution: turn on the rear lights as well in day-light mode(like it is in all older cars). I don't understand why the decision was made to only turn on the front lights, like if the visibility from the rear isn't important.
People don't read their user manual unfortunately
I miss the combo of turning the key and THEN pressing a button. Now that was class :D
The touch screens for heat etc..They cause a lot of distracted driving incidents. Need knobs for heat and radio volume.
@Wuanslm so does the tesla model 3, sadly
Agree. A touch screen should be a minus on the CAP safety rating. Heat control, radio control, anything analogue is easier too control with an analogue control (knob or slider). Using a digital switch/button is just a trend, though probably cheaper too make.
Don't worry, that's what the shitty gesture controls and voice commands are for
people could easily go on google on the tesla screen and watch a movie or something while the car drives itself and ends up crashing. somebody did that before and was knocked into a coma for 2 months.
@Wuanslm what the actual fu- WHO EVEN THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA?!?!
I agree with all of them........ Except the final one. Honestly, i love the start buttons, so much easier to get in the car and drive away. Its safer for the ladies too, without the need for them to to find their keys in their bags when a creepy guy is lurking around their car.
I agree on you with everyone except the last one, keyless (start/stop) is brilliant, ive had both keyless and key in ignition and its soooo much more convinient to just have a start/stop button instead
Car theifs would agree with you.
agree with all except the start button, im about to fit one to an iveco daily to combat a problem with the way the way the key system works on it
Audis 30, 40, 45 power numbering system is laughable
Audi: puts weird badging on their cars. Me: oh well, I didn't want badges on my car anyway. (Removes them)
In fairness they were late to the game so they overdid it.
I remember the first one I saw on an a1, I thought someone had stuck an 3 litre badge on their car before I knew what it was 😅
You need a spreadsheet to understand it FFS
The idea of doing away with badges related to engine size when you want to start making hybrids and electrics isn't bad, it makes sense to have a badge that represents a certain level of performance regardless of the powertrain. The problem is them using completely arbitrary numbers that can't be compared to anything else for a frame of reference, when they would have gone with something more useful and logical like, say, a rough power output figure.
Worst has gotta be fake exhaust noise in the cabin
All Videos I hate that so much, I’d much rather have less noise
Well, still better than no sound at all ;) Especially in EU where the cars must be silenced af.
CoughBmwCough
@@gustavaldin4810 He's talking about *fake* exhaust sounds inside cabin which are reproduced by the speakers. pretty much like a videogame.
@@VG-Motors my 330i has it 😔
idk, the 8 speed ZF trans in my SRT charger is amazing. albeit when in track mode it locks out 8th gear unless I force shift with the paddles. that German transmission is a certified UNIT!
I guess 8th gear is just a rest, too long for any track use
Yes, I love this transmission in my f Pace SVR, and it does go into 8 sometimes.
Agree with virtually all comments, except your point REF Engine start/stop button. If you have got keyless entry, then a start/stop button is a very useful addition. What's the point of getting into your car without needing a key, only to then have to fish it out of your pocket/bag to start the car. If you prepare and have your keys in your hand, then there's a risk of scratching the paintwork. With my Skoda (thanks for the review by the way) I never take my keys out from my pocket. In fact I find it a pain to fish them out to get in the house and now wish my front door also had keyless entry.
Should read up on how easy it is to steal your car with that - - --
0:29 - 1:12 Fake Exhaust 1:13 - 1:44 Climate Uncontrol 1:45 - 2:45 Fake Noise 2:46 - 3:35 Big Grilling 3:36 - 4:37 Nonsense Names 4:28 - 5:02 Venting Anger 5:03 - 5:54 Spare Space 5:55 - 6:49 Light Show-Off 6:50 - 7:33 Over Geared 7:34 - 8:09 Carbon (Touching) Cloth 8:10 - 8:50 Badge Lies 8:51 - 9:31 Piano Cack 9:32 - 10:29 Mode Madness 10:30 - 11:43 Starter War
KZhead-User9999 You’re welcome
Legend!
thank you !!
I bet you did it out of boredom
Thank you for making the list! Helps also to comment the points a bit better :) 1 - Agree! For me it's already at the point where I would refuse to buy a car with such fake exhausts. Already have to accept they cheat on the emission regulations! 2 - I wonder why there wasn't mentioned more buttons that have to be buttons, e.g. volume, seat heater, PDC... There's plenty of other stuff that currently is a physical button/control that doesn't need to be (e.g. light - that's a button that gets touched ONCE in all of the car's life, to set it to auto, done). Touch screens also have the disadvantage that they have to be relatively close to you, so you can touch them even if you have shorter arms. So they have to be placed further out of view than just a screen, not good. 3 - That is a ridiculuous penis extension on the inside, and should be plainly illegal on the outside. Installing stuff who's only purpose is to annoy people you drive by...idiots. 4 - It looks shit yes. BMW's now look all pig-faced. 5 - Actually think what e.g. BMW does here is correct. The 318, 320, 330 all have the same 2.0L engine with different turbos etc. They keep their old system to be in line with what people expect in terms of power. Audi on the hand are just idiots, they put just bigger fantasy numbers there to trick people. 6 - agree 7 - agree 8 - Hell no, that can look great. Has to be within limits (e.g. not glaringly bright) but can be a nice style component. 9 - Putting 10 gears on a car that is intended to be shifted manually (e.g. flappy paddles) is mighty stupid. On all the others that's totally fine - whatever the calculation result between weight, cost, reliability, efficieny, fun turns out to be should be installed 10 - Don't like it? Don't buy it. It's just a question of style. 11 - Clearly the fault of the people buying it, not of the carmaker. Putting 3k€ for M-package on an 116i instead of upgrading the engine clearly is stupid, but if people want to...? 12 - Nah, I like it. It's not suitable if you have children in your car often or transport stuff etc., but then simply don't select it. 13 - Eco mode in an M or AMG is a bit pointless yes, but it's software that's basically free, so I get why they put it anyway 14 - No! The starter button is great! There are some cars where you have to put the key in a slot, then push a button - that is clearly stupid. Otherwise not having to take out key from pocket, bag etc. is the whole point of the keyless entry & start. Keep that!
I agree with everything except the Start/Stop button. It's useful to just put the key in the cup holder area when not using it and just press the brake and the button and boom.
Same
until some thief clones your key.........
I keep my keys in my pocket. Always the same one no matter what jacket I put on.
@@suecharnock9369 you could clone the the old fashion key as well
Why would you even take the "key" out of your pocket?
Dual exhausts were mainly used on sportier cars back in the day I.E. Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 Pontiac GTO Firebird Trans Am and Le Mans etc. my paternal grandfather had an Olds Cutlass S in the 70s that had dual exhaust its standard engine was a 350 cubic in 5.7 L Rocket V8
Wasn’t expecting to agree with all 14 but they are spot on. Personally I hate these 10 inch tablet screens. I would have a small screen for satnav only and keep traditional displays/controls.
Huge wheels with rubber band tires , HARSH RIDE.
Fork Lift Premium Package!
Bloody expensive tyres too
19 inch diamond cut on modern girthy car, kerbed within the first week and then everyone thinks your a moron.
@@jondonnelly4831 Well people just need to be more careful. Then they don’t need big balloon tyres with massive arch gaps.
100%
The exhaust one is a very bad idea. I love audi for years but often they come back wrong ideas. My a4 tfsi has two real exhausts, the new one fake ones, I would not buy it no more!
Pretty sure it was brought in primarily for diesel cars as they required a downward facing exhaust to aid emissions (any advances on this information?) - this is why you still see real exhausts on quite a few petrol models still.
Doug Jakeman some Diesels have fake exhaust some others don’t and a lot of petrol have fake ones as well.
Doug Jakeman is that the reason some exhaust face downwards ?
At least bmw still have real exhausts
My new A1 Vorsprung (i know...right?) has no tailpipes. I like the fact that it's concealed keeping the symmetry of the rear, with all its fake vents and fascias :D
Just watched he'd your great Fake video. Regarding start buttons, you go back to how it was. I remember most cars had a start when I was a lad. Obviously alot before you time :-))
Agree on the start/stop button. My BMW 330e always starts with electric driving, except in sport mode. But do I need to push three buttons before starting to drive in sport. Or two in other modes. Just putting the gear lever in D or R should be enough. The car already recognizes you when you are in the car.
Should read up on how easy it is to steal your car with that - - --
Great that you pointed all of these out. The thing with the starter buttons and keys isn't such a big issue tho IMO. I'd say the best option is to have a keyed ignition between the seats, in the middle just like SAAB had. It's safer for your knees in case of a crash. Damn I miss so many of SAABs solutions and patents...
Saab's auto division was such a good brand, shame it died. Now who's gonna make the world's weirdest but still good cars? Stellantis? I wouldn't trust them to know what a 'good car' was if it hit them and broke their neck and it's been that way since Lee Iacocca left Chrysler absolutely ages ago.
" ... have a keyed ignition between the seats ... ". Just like my Range Rover too.
@@philipgrice1026 My Ford Fusion didn't have push to start or door auto-unlock, but my new BRZ now does. I'm glad, it's a conveniece to leave them in your pocket, but I can see where having a place to put keys like some supercars makes sense. Luckily I use loose pants, but with no cubby you're only other option is to let it rattle.
I'll be happy when they finally do away with the iPad nailed to the dashboard look
K yes, whole generations of interiors ruined by naff screens stuck to them with almost no thought given the aesthetics.
Agreed. I hate this trend and it's just lazy design, or lack thereof.
Surprised he didn't mention that tbh
They really should move on to phone infotainment. Slap your phone on and there you have it, best navi, best apps. No stupid graphics none of that nonsense. And finally beautiful dashboards that can last and not feel outdated in a couple of months. But then, i guess they're banking on systems like that so they can sell new cars.
I totally agree with you. It looked so much better in the old Audi cars when it completely disappeared once you turned the engine off.
Great Matt 😄😄😄 so so funny, but you are right every point in this video 👍🏼👍🏼 cars these days ain't cars anymore..they seem more like a fairground attraction.. way to much whistle's and bell's..
Agree totally but unless people walk away nothing will change.The answer to the spare wheel issue is the new airless Michelin tyre, as to the other points if they annoy you choose a brand that is more normal. Great video though!
SUV's! England is already relatively small and densely populated - the last thing we need is people in bigger cars who have no road awareness and can't park them!
Saleem Jawaid - Yes, that’s the ultimate sin by car manufacturers! And it tells everyone the driver has either given up on life, or is a nervous nelly who thinks SUVs are safe like the 4x4s they’re pretending to be.
Or people just want a vehicle that can carry people and stuff. I drive a 22' long pickup (often with a 30' trailer attached) and have no problem parking it.
I genuinely think these infotainment touch-screen things are dangerous
I agree. Every time I drive besides an Tesla for example, I see that massive screen, which is almost half the monitor on my desktop, I wonder how on earth you are supposed to have all your attention to the road, at night it's even worse, those massive screens give a lot of light and that makes you see less outside. There is a reason the lighting on your dashboard has a limit in it's brightness.
Right!? I can get a ticket for tapping on my phone while driving but apparently tapping on a screen on the dash is OK.
@@petiertje beside a Tesla. sheesh reading your grammar is giving a stroke
Joe Bloggs you missed a word out bro
They are. I rent a car (Citroen C4 Cactus) and wanted to stop air from outside. Till i found it, i drove on the highway half a mile blind. My luck was: less traffic, caused by night driving...
Got a Mk4 MX5, with a Start button, it also has a start/stop function, which stopped working six months after I bought it. Ten I went on holiday for two weeks, the battery went flat took it out to charge and whenI put it back in the start/stop started working again, for about a week. So I permanently disabled it by removing the bonnet switch tat activates it,leaving the system thinking the bonnet is open (no warning lights on dash), when the bonnet is open the s/s doesn’t work, yay!
I have a G37x and I LOVE being able to keep the key fob in my pocket and leave it there...lol. Great video though.
The "options" madness. U realise at the dealership that half the car advertised is options which u specify for an extra cost.
Stuff like sunroof/styling kits etc I feel are acceptable. But cars these days offer spare wheels and CARPETS as extras. Just madness.
Spending as much as +30-40% for a proper trim. Madness.
BMW must b one of the worst offenders. My 335d cost £41k as standard. I bought it 2nd hand and the original sales bill was in glove compartment. £12k worth of options were selected for the car !! £41k car actually cost £53k.... bonkers..
Options packages piss me right off. I don't want to have to buy 3 options just to get the one I want.
Omg yes. Audi: "Here, have an A4 for 30k" Tick, tick, tick.... Ok. That will be £100k.
ECO Pro Mode: When you're bankrupt, have to make a run to get some groceries, and you haven't had time to sell the car yet.
AND YOU ARE OUT OF GAS!!!!!
Or if you want to save fuel.
think its just a mode so that the manufacturer can save fleet emissions
Great video. Agree with all your points. Complex touchscreens, lack of climate control dials, push button start and general over complication of basic functions are preventing me form getting a new car.... 8 and 10 speed transmissions have been problematic. GM's 8L90 and even Toyotas UA80 8 speed autos have had serious issues. All 6 of my cars have reliable old school 4 speed autos that are very reliable.
I don't have a car my own because I don't need on. But I drive a lot via car sharing. With that scenario I really like the Start buttons because I don't have to find the keys in the glove box every time I rent a car. But even when I would buy my own car I kinda like the idea of only having the keys in the pocket and not having to put it somewhere. I got a key chain on me anyway.