California High-Speed Rail is being built and the government has the constitutional right to do eminent domain. We need to stop the NIMBY boomers and upzone everywhere. Over ride local zoning and put up medium and high density mixed use apartments. Convert lanes of traffic into bus-rapid transit and light-rail etc.…

BMW has consistently updated their engines and transmissions every couple of years. Even the LCI mid-cylcle updates have a lot of improvements. Rather have a RWD car with a modern engine and transmission then gimmicky styling FWD based car that will look dated in 5 minutes.

For that kind of money we could connect every major metro area with in 100-400 miles of each other in America with electrified high speed rail and still have money to do electrified light-rail and bus-rapid transit routes in these cities.  

Impressive specs. Still for that kind of money I would leaning towards a M2. I like that the BMW M2 is about a foot shorter. Feels more compact then the Mustang GT350 I drove. The DCT transmission also fires off gear changes like a machine gun. The Mustang is the best though out of the domestic Performance Cars.…

So could BMW source a proper DCT for this car like how Porsche does or are they going to stick the ZF 8 Speed in a specialty car and call it a day.

Regular Prius is one of the best selling hybrids in America. How would Toyota meets the 2025 Cafe fleet average requirements if they kill most of their fuel efficient cars in America?

You can buy an 440i Xdrive convertible right now with all that stuff on it.  

I can agree with you.  The horsepower wars that have been going on since the 80's and 90's have spiraled out of control.  When people think 300hp is “underpowered” that is a problem.  I would rather have a well balanced car than a 700hp undrivable burnout machine.  

California if it is was its own country would be the 5th largest economy in the world. Other countries have done the Cap and Trade carbon exchange like what California has. Most of Western Europe is on track to ban gas powered cars in the next 2-3 decades and China is planning on doing that also. What car markets…

CARB got grandfathered in and California was allowed to continue to have stricter standards then the rest of the county. Other states have adopted CARB style standards also.  California is willing to fight to the bitter end to keep these standards and I do not get why the Trump Administration thinks they can win this? 

California already has set 30 cent tax on gas plus a variable gas tax that goes into transportation funding. The challenge is that poor people usually have old cars that are not fuel efficient and many of them live in areas without adequate public transit. California has done a lot to improve public transit in the…

Other countries are out right banning the sale of new fossil fuel powered cars in the next 20-30 years. Meeting California standards will incentivize car companies to start making these investments now.

California has pretty high fuel costs already and if the car companies do not like meeting their standards they can just leave.  Once again the car companies need California more than California needs them. 

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/californiatransportationplan2040/Final%20CTP/FINALCTP2040-Report-WebReady.pdf California has policies and legislation related to reducing green house gas emissions. Either the car companies can meet them or take their business some place else. California is the largest car market in…

Read their long-range transportation plan. They mention reducing green house gases and the reliance on fossil fuel multiple times. There is more than enough literature out their explaining why pollution from fossil fuel powered single occupancy vehicles and trucking is bad.  California is one of the largest car…

I feel like Kanye once his mom died back in 2008 his life went off the rails tbh. Still like his music but his current Trump antics upset me.

Yeah Elon Musk is a con artist who hates the public sector and unions.  He wants to steal resources from real solutions to our current public and intercity transit issues to fund his low capacity vapor ware bullshit. His punishment was not enough. Lock Crooked Elon Muskrat up 2018!

I always thought if Mercedes brought over the 5 door Smart Car instead it would have done better.  

So in a crash test how would your average Kei Car do? In theory I like the idea of them but up against a 4000 pound Crossover or a 5000 pound pickup truck it just seems like it would not end well. Smallest car I would probably ever get in America is a Mini Cooper or Civic.

The point is the E36 M3 is not really any lighter then most of the modern M cars. I do not really like the current non-performance BMW cars but to say the M2 feels worst to drive than an older M car is just nostalgia glasses at this point. The M2 feels way better then the beloved by Jalopnik E92 M3 that is extremely…