These are good points, but the data is also littered with examples of vehicles that get substantially heavier between model years, despite not growing in size. Bloat is legitimate, even if some bloat can be explained by the exterior dimensions.

Doesn’t capture the *political* situation at all.

I’d like to see what a Prius Atkinson can do by itself in a Geo Metro. They will supposedly release the small Atkinson engines one day, and I suppose we’ll find out.

This article doesn’t capture the situation at all. The EPA and other fuel economy advocacy groups were so accustomed to pushback that they floated a ludicrous number to the Obama administration and the auto manufacturers. To their surprise, the auto manufacturers capitulated. They were licking their wounds from TARP,…

Good point, but it makes me pessimistic about the relative merits of a fwd 1-series :(

First of all, what America really deserves is a 2.0L turbocharged front-wheel-drive German compact sedan that isn’t a Volkswagen.

GM is probably saber rattling.

Brussels is pissed because they like commanding sovereign economies, but the economic wonks are begging for the EU to hold together. UK isn’t the only country that wants out, especially as the EU and Eurozone are expanded to include increasingly marginal economies.

More like, “that kid has matches, someone call the fire department before the town goes up in flames”.

It’s still morning isn’t it?

This Jeep is quite famous too

Well, this is some Istanbullshit

Trench warfare and trench battlefield tactics were not the reason for tanks. Trench systems that spanned from the North Atlantic to the Alps created the need for tanks. The US never had comprehensive continental trench networks, probably because rate of fire was too low for standard battle rifles of the time. Numbers…

No, but it’s nice to know that self-loathing isn’t a uniquely American pastime lol

It seems some Australians believe their country is still a glorified penal colony saturated with would-be felons who will strike at any moment.

He was head of the Luftwaffe so that’s another play on words with too much literal substance.

Most Jeep concepts can be built by private owners, which is probably necessary since most Jeep concepts would never pass road certification.

So you meant Norisring? That’s the track built on the old Nazi rally grounds in Nuremberg.

Our discussion is about human behavior, not the space-time continuum.

I’m going to pretend we aren’t having this conversation right now. These are not vehicles as much as they are handbags.