What is the source you quoted?

And what clear direction is that? The rest of the market have jumped onto the electrification bandwagon due to pressures triggered by Tesla and global politics. While there is nothing wrong with the push, with current battery tech and lack of charging infrastructure (and standardization of it), the platform has yet to…

Count on it being competitive at certain tracks, not all. The 4-cylinder’s block is based on the Miata’s. Compared to the GM V8s, it’s like bringing a toothpick to a gunfight.

Isn’t it Toyota that is going places? though not sure where it’s going.

You clearly don’t have any clue on what the Lincoln Continental name means.

Uh... yah. I know.

So? Like I said. The track is not owned by NASCAR.

You are speaking in general terms. The rest of us in this comment thread are talking about this particular case of turning something as ordinary as standard mass production procedure into a story of production failure.

What you are seeing is the hysteria the market “shorts” would like to promote in order to short a stock to their advantage... twisting a perfectly ordinary event into a negative one. Possible where the strategy of fake news all began.

Still, it reads like you’re implying Sonoma is owned by NASCAR. Does the series name even need to be in the headline? Make my day, bring on the cat pics.

Or the other way around. Small turbos for low to mid end boost. Electric power unit to boost top end. The turbos could be connected via a shaft that turns a generator (a la AMG F1) to charge a battery pack or bank of capacitors (which charge/discharges much quicker than batteries).

What is that armored vehicle? I need one for my SoCal commutes!

Not talking about interior space. Talking about physical appearance/presence/impression.

Not good depending on who you ask. Teams at the top may not like this, but this might just make it a 3 or 4 horse race instead of just 1 or 2; which is good for the fans and ultimately good for the series.

You think a delivery van can take sales away from the Wrangler? Time to check yourself into a substance abuse program.

I think it looks fine and is a good direction for the brand... much better than the MKZ. I just think it’s too small in physical stature, which is causing it to sell itself short.

Current, yes. But a future halo car is obviously not “current”.

Mazda’s halo car will not be a 4-cylinder. To do so makes zero sense for the company. My money is on a mild or performance hybrid with a rotory making up the ICE part. Some might shoot down the electrification theory... but, remember the recently announced partnership with Toyota and Subaru.

2020 marks Mazda’s centennial. Need I say more?

But big for a car of its era. Not the case with the current Continental.