Attachment is a phenomenon that Autocar road testers habitually have to keep at arm’s length.
Because cars that are objectively good — that show careful consideration in design and execution, have strengths in all the right areas and are therefore easy to recognise and recommend — aren’t always the cars that appeal to one personally. Because there’s an important difference between rating a car and simply liking it. We’re all human, but we reviewers have to be careful to keep tabs on our own preferences and prioritise those of the particular target customer in question.
