11 New Car Trends That Need to Die

Auto design trends change all the time. Some trends are awesome: heated seats, rearview cameras, and Bluetooth. But on the other hand, some trends are real, real bad … like the use of bigger and bigger iPad like screens getting stuck to the dashboard, cough cough Tesla. Join Nolan as he covers some of the worst trends, and which manufacturers are the worst offenders. No one is safe on this one, we take a look at Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, Honda, Porsche, BMW, Tesla, and just about everyone in the auto industry!

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[agilbayuprakoso]

9:00

"Worst offender, the honda chr"
Honda:"WHAT?!"
Toyota:"Hehe, he said honda instead of us"

[communistpootisbirb]

Another annoying manufacture trend: Turning everything into a SUV.

[im.weasel]

The subscription service one is the most insane thing I have ever heard. I'm surprised Apple wasn't like "you can't charge people to use a service that we made"

[nyancat]

Hey, i have an idea. Why not make it so that you can only shift with the touchscreen? if you want to go 2nd gear, youre gonna have to select it *on a touchscreen*

[mctakahashi]

the worst of the worsts is FAKE EXHAUST TIPS

[jakeselvius]

“Hey, I didn’t get enough oxygen as a fetus and now I’m denying oxygen to my car”

- Best quote of 2019

[volleyballurrrr]

Thank you thank you thank you for calling out GM for wanton reverse lights. This drives me insane every time I encounter it in the wild, which is usually when I’m waiting for someone to back out of a parking spot before realizing they’re just sitting there or walking to their car. It is beyond comprehension how this “feature” could make it into a production vehicle.

[Grayson]

That one about gearshift is so true. I work at a tire shop, so I get to drive lots of different cars. The nonstandard weird buttons, knows, dials and digital shifters are getting crazy. I'll sit there for 30 seconds trying to figure out how to get the damn car into gear. Drives me nuts.

[nickgehr]

"Honda CHR"

*Konfusion of da highest orda*

[fellipelopes]

“I didn’t get enough oxygen as a fetus and now I’m denying oxygen to my car”

[xboxdonut]

The BWM delivery thing sounds pretty cool, it’s like calling the mechanic in GTA to bring you one of your cars. Imagine having a BMW Johnny on the spot

[dominionian]

Mine is definitely large wheels / low profile tires, *ESPECIALLY* when it's on an SUV, since it defeats the purpose of them. If I buy an SUV, I want it to be capable of at least driving on some unpaved roads without worrying so much about destroying rims/tires due to going over a tiny pebble on the road.

[allenjohnson]

Man, that Honda ch-r looks pretty gnarly with it's Toyota badge 👀

[dannyoregan]

9:04 now that’s a Honda if I’ve ever seen one

[sbtoolman]

"social media belongs, NO WHERE NEAR A CAR"!! Truer words have never been spoken...

[bodyrumuae]

Would like to have turn signals moved back to the sides of the vehicle so you can tell if you can make a turn or cross the street without having the end of the car pointed directly towards you. But this would also require more drivers to fallow the traffic laws and apply the turn signal before they are almost done with the turn, or in many cases, many of my family members included, even using their signal lamps in the first place.

[Soulless_Rojo]

"Honda CHR"
Shows Toyota
Go home Nolan you're milk drunk

[mdemers]

I have to agree with the old NPR Car Talk personalities Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers (RIP Tom), when I say: bring back the "wing windows" on the doors. You know, the ones where you could hang your fingers through the little lock tab, which would break your fingers off your hand if you had a quick stop. But being able to open that window all the way, if you could get it around your side view mirrors, and direct that flow of air right into the cab... so nice!

[mrstealyomanz]

3:12 the “fake reverse lights” are lighting for when you get out of the car. i used to live in the woods so it would get really dark outside at night. when i would come home i wouldn’t be able to see anything. my 2015 chevy sonic rs comes with this feature but it’s not just reverse lights. it’s every exterior light. you can go to car settings to shut it off if you desperately need to, or you can change the time. 30 sec, 60 sec, 120 sec. the more you know.

[oscarmendoza]

*Me seeing the “Honda CHR” *
“Hollluuupppp... “