> Ford blamed a price war across the industry for the loss, which came despite efforts to slash costs by $400m.

I so agree.

When C8 production started GM seemed to be giving priority to higher trim/equipment levels, but it was an odd time during the pandemic with all sorts of constraints on optional equipment due to supply chain issues. There are still constraints on some parts today (mostly carbon fiber bits), but there is currently no…

For me its the lack of manual on the base model. I can accept the top trim models which are all about fastest track times needing to have DCTs, but damnit I just want a good driving targa top car with a 6 speed manual. I don’t care if I’m slower, EV grocery getters are going to be quicker anyway, but I just want to…

I agree with you. Although amazing cars, The C8 never felt like a Corvette to me.

Shouldn’t the automakers have to give cars for the government to test? Maybe I’m overstepping the reach of our .gov here, but it seems like this should be how all cars are tested. I’m not expecting a niche brand (Bugatti, Rimac, etc.) to give a car for this due to limited production, but I would certainly think…

tesla has / had the potential to be a really good force in the car market. instead it has succumbed to the massively inflated ego of musk. it is so sad to see someone who could have done great things fall victim to madness. 

yup, pure wasted click bait waste, but that sound of the V10 F1 resonates whenever it is sampled

There are VERY few things where you get to depreciate 100% of the cost immediately. R&D is a lot more like buying a building than buying coffee beans. It is, as you say, an investment in your future. You expense coffee beans, you depreciate a building.

Read my reply.  This is huge

I have been trying to report this to Doordash and Uber and even some news investigative reporters and all seemed oblivious to what is still happening.    You write about Priscilla Barbosa in a romantic way... she (if you spoke to her in person) lied to you, this is beyond what you imagine, the ramifications of this…

To be fair, Jaguar probably should have died decades ago.

Jaguar had a good run. I will miss them when they are gone.

I don’t think anyone would dispute the Jeep driver being clearly at fault, but someone on another blog made the valid point that when the Tesla began ramming the Jeep, regardless of whether it was malfunctioning or not, it may have appeared to the Jeep driver like a road rage reaction, causing them to flee for their…

Well I mean needing to order 5 times the number of mugs you have employees in the 2 ish years the factory has been open seems odd.

I have a feeling that you are right but i hope not.  $25,000 for a new compact car is not in many people’s budget.

Discounts are getting back to “normal”. Stuff that is sitting around is discounted, stuff that is hot is not. Same as it ever was. You can get a deal on a Gladiator, you are NOT getting one on a Sienna.

I’m hoping the sack of shit doesn’t make it to next week.

The Federalist Society is a billionaire far-right org that collects potential judges, like a frat for judges, and gives those names to GOP politicians to fill any vacant seat. Amy Barret & Neil Gorsuch are both members, along with several lower court judges that got pushed through under Trump. Conservatives have long…

The owner lost touch with financial reality for normal people about 20 years ago.