Neutral: How Does VW Move Forward In America?

Good point about the underbed storage, though I wonder the handling consequences of putting so much weight behind the rear axle. Though hybrid equipment would probably not pay for itself at current gasoline prices, they’d have a unique truck that complies with CAFE regulations. The uniqueness and genuine fuel-saving…

Another selling point, though I doubt it will materialize, is that cheap 2wd Ridgelines will fare better in snow than their rwd competitors.

Oh we’re sorry. We’ll change our fuel tests until the official mileage ratings are 50% too high. Then we’ll overpopulate our landmass until we sit in traffic all day. Then we’ll parade around like defenders of the environment.

If they were planning to design a soft-roader, makes you wonder why they didn’t make it hybrid-only to make sure the mileage figures were vastly superior.

You can have 30mpg, if you’re willing to drive an Nuevo El Camino

Renting is always a bad idea, whether you’re renting an apartment or renting-to-own a home (as most “homeowners” tend to do). Buying a home is almost always smart. Unfortunately, a small percentage of the population purchases their home, and the rest are just renting their homes from the bank. That’s when housing…

LeSee? Were they trying to name their car Lazy?

The trunklets are disgusting, but they make nice crumple zones. Someday someone will be chugging too much coffee to apply their brakes. The ugly little trunklet will be your hero.

Open regs are much cheaper. Displacement limited racing costs a fortune, especially when reliability rules are added. Open rules are cheap.

These changes are not actually good for motorcycle racing or MotoGP. They merely blur the lines between Superbikes and MotoGP, which is bad for both series.

Social liberals CAN be constitutionalists, but a cursory glance at their half-baked schemes indicates that social liberals have decided not to be constitutionalists. What social liberal worth his salt transfers everything from the middle class to the elderly and poor? Not even Marx was that crazy. Even he knew that…

Cops shoot people everyday. Someone video tapes it, and releases to the public. People shit the bed. Stupid people.

Awww yisss

Market sentiment changed, not the cars, and that’s what cost Detroit in the sedan segment. They wanted to build pillowy luxobarge gas-guzzlers in an era of compact European sport sedans and fuel-sipping Japanese luxury commuters. Wealthy car buyers weren’t interested in American luxury sedans; therefore, American…

I’d buy an F12, quit my job, and then drive straight to the Welfare office. I’d probably get killed, but it would be an awesome headline and political melee.

Proper names for people shouldn’t be pluralized. I’m less concerned about brand names, but to each his own. MLA probably agrees with you anyway.

Motobot is proof that Honda and Yamaha have been wrecking MotoGP for at least 10 years. Some fans might argue that the treachery actually started in 2002.

Analysis >>>> Analyses

You misunderstand. Truck-buyers are not nuts for choosing something other than Ridgeline. Most truck-buyers are nuts because they choose to purchase a fullsize vehicle that they can’t really afford to own or operate. Then they use it inappropriately for tedious commuting, mall-crawling, and soccer practice carpooling.…