Actual reliability of the smaller or boutiquey brands

[the Ferret]

She loves it, and it's her car so I can't turn it off. Luckily, I don't drive it much except when we go out of town.

 

[dduelin]

I’ve had two cars with ACC and one, 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid, I didn’t like ACC. It was not refined enough to use in semi-congested traffic and occasionally it panic braked on winding two lane roads but the ACC in the ‘19 Mazda CX-5 is much better. I recommend it. It can adapt to whether or not cars ahead are slowly decelerating and closing the following distance or slowly accelerating away and it has never mistaken a safely approaching vehicle for a threat. After the Accord I wasn’t a fan but the CX-5 has changed that. Now I miss ACC on the RT and Goldwing.

 

[Cincykz]

I don't know if Triumph counts as boutiquey, but I did an impulse buy and picked up a bike I've flirted with the idea of for about 15 years.