Engine and Gearbox are the same, but the 230i can’t be ordered with a limited slip differential and has different suspension.

The Supra’s biggest problem is not the Z4 or any Nissan, it’s the 2-Series. The M240i has the identical powertrain and very similar suspension for less money. I feel like Toyota is charging extra for nostalgia, and that’s hurting the car.

Don’t mind me, I’m just here to point out that the B58 engine was sold in a manual RWD set-up, and the B48 is currently sold with such a drivetrain.

That’s what everyone is doing, but the “old” manufacturers and suppliers do it behind closed doors. The systems that are put on the road by californian companies would not get signed off elsewhere.

It’s no coincidence that many OEMs have invested massively into proving grounds, with Daimler even building a all-new one for €200million, just as development work on autonomous vehicles increases. Uber and other startups were too cheap or too much stuck in their software industry mindset, and sent systems on the road…

Unions in the US appear to be in such a bad shape that “buy union” basically means “buy German”

I assume he means giving a shit about worker’s rights, although if you are serious about that, any american-built car is instantly out of the running. If you want a US-market car by workers with a proper union, the choice is limited to cars built in Germany.

Of course the stock price is the only thing that matters. Companies like Boeing proved fairly convincingly that there is no better indicator for the companies’ health

Training seems to be the main issue. In Germany, initial training is three years, and officers have to regularly(3-4x/year) take weapons test. Handling drunk or mentally ill people is also practiced at the academy with actors before anyone is let on the streets, and so are traffic stops. German police kill about 12…

But it also means that Mercedes doesn’t anticipate its drivers fighting each other.

Whether the race will be terrible depends entirely on qualifying and the first half lap. If one Mercedes gets away well, it’s done. But if someone gets a car with less drag on the second or third row and manages to get the lead on the run to turn one, Mercedes could be in trouble

Considering how much Bosch tech is used in that powertrain(Bosch refers to Nikola as a customer), i fail to see what Nikola is doing there apart from paying. If there was money to be made by mass-producing these things, CNH could easily do it on their own ticket. If they became profitable, CNH will probably just dump…

In that project, Nikola isn’t doing nearly as much development as they would like you to believe. Don’t be surprised if CNH and Bosch throw them under the bus when it comes to actually selling trucks and they don’t need that sweet VC cash anymore.

Look at that 2015 content

To me, the front looks like a chinese knock-off MC12

That kind of misalignment would have me walking away from any used car that had it. It just screams poorly repaired collision damage.

That looks like something we would have done in FSAE when something broke in testing, and we needed something to get the car through the rest of the day. But it wouldn’t have survived until the next testday.

Registration papers:

I’m very curious about what Tesla is planning to do in Germany. The workers have a right to form worker councils and unionize, and if Tesla tries to stop it like everywhere else, they are going to spend a lot of time in court.

Also, the Teslas are only fast a quarter mile at a time. In Germany, they are registered with 100-250kw less than peak power because they can’t run higher power for long times, making them underpowered for trackday use.