This is the same biofuels white whale that we’ve all been chasing since the 1970s. Except this time they’re convinced that carbon capture and reformation can be entirely powered by renewables?

Counterpoint: what if they plopped a fiberglass body in the shape of an EcoSport on the WRC Fiesta?

On the other hand, if you want to get historical with it, there’s always the 1992 “C A M R Y”. It’s just extremely dumb in this case because basically everyone knows what the L looks like, and there’s some sort of mid market prestige to it already. Maybe makes sense if they were thinking about expanding in Europe or…

This is way more egregious than a Volvo. Historically, Volvo has never applied its logo to the rear, preferring its name in letters. Stretching that across the rear in the same font works for it.

I’m guessing that China is dependent on exports to the West in a way that Russia simply isn’t.

I understand the concerns, but unless we have a wholesale revamp of the entire financial and political system, systemic change isn’t going to happen. Point by point below:

Much like real life, 30 years later so-called “cheat codes” are basically required to be competitive in the world now.

I guess I have to spell out Deluxe GA-F? :p

Yeah, Americans get the Deluxe version of the platform in Lexus guise.

Hey, it’s the Ford Utility Console Konnector System!

I’m trying to understand the beef you have with mortgages, man. Are houses priced far outside the affordability of the average American? Yes, yes they are. Outside of the government buying residential property and selling it to tenants in a subsidized rent-to-own scheme, how else do you propose people buy without…

It seems at least possible that this particular dealership is mostly a used car lot with a Hyundai franchise to make them seem slightly more legit.

At least in the closing sheet I got they listed the total cost of payments and the APR and the amortization schedule.

Counterpoint: The Transit Connect is a bad minivan for what people in America use minivans for. It doesn’t offer seating for 7 in 2-2-3 walk through aisle configuration, you don’t get power doors or power liftgates, it’s generally half a size too small for people who would consider minivans, and option packages…

Asia. They’re itching for a hot war in the south china sea.

This guy understands. It’s the cost of the permitting and the land and the labor, the differential cost of putting on a $30/sqft stone countertop vs a $3/sqft laminate countertop is negligible in the grand scheme of things.

3rd Gear: Allyship is overrated.

Sacramento public transit is really only built to get people to work inside the grid quickly. Everything else, you’re SOL.

My inner pedant is swinging back and forth at your thought.

+55% over the loan amount over 30 years is about the advertised 2.xx% a year.