Is it possible that Stellantis will ever get back into the business of making cars that people actually want to buy?

Technically, some of the latest Toyota hybrids are using traditional stepped transmissions, especially in their trucks. But otherwise, yes, in the hybrids “B” mode generally just increases regeneration.

I thought it included regenerative braking. Using the B gear on my Prius is the closest I get to reliving the manual experience.

Oh HELL no!!!

Someone who’s drunk and angry is someone who was already angry.

I tried looking up these results myself, and found most sales at auctions have been automatics. I can’t get BAT to show anything except articles from nine years ago. Strange. Hagerty is also surprisingly disappointing.

Of course it wouldn’t be all at once, there’s levels to this. Phase out based on dealer performance and how much they upcharge. You can keep some dealers if it makes sense to... at the very least special vehicles like this should be direct from manufacturer.

Perhaps it’ll appreciate when the Thunderbird comes back as another mid-size SUV shoehorned into the range between two other almost identical models.

I voted NP. It’s in great condition, and if you love this generation of T-bird, this is probably the one to get.

I don’t need to know what’s in each trim package, I’ll be reading it off the detailed placard on the other side of the ‘do not touch’ rope at every cruise and Cars ‘n’ Coffee for the next few decades.

Yeah, as soon as I saw this article, I thought “Well, selling 2 cars instead of the 1 Mitsubishi somebody bought in 2024 -is- a 100% increase, so...yay?

The Mirage is a notoriously bad example of a small car made by a company with a notoriously bad market reputation. It has less than 100 HP from a naturally aspirated 3 cylinder that sounds generally unrefined making it realistically bad for travel up mountainous areas or long drives. The sedan is one of the ugliest…

Aabsolutely, selling 30,000 units at a very small profit is not worth it even for Mitsubishi. They used this model to carve into a market that was under served with the hope of converting the customers to their more profitable small and mid sized SUV’s. This is why many manufacturers are canceling the low end of their…

Under the old Obama-era rebate system, GM and Tesla had both exceeded the unit cap. The IRA tax credits have no unit cap.

You missed the entire point as usual. Most people don’t give a shit about the full vehicle history on a appliance bin car, especially on one that usually doesn’t have too many issues in a year or two... Even if you used DC fast chargers the entire time, the battery won’t degrade that much after a year or two...

Anytime someone slights Tesla marginally, tangentially, or even accidentally, StalePhish will be there to jerk off about it! If you’re not letting Leon’s musky nuts rub your chin, you’re part of the problem!

NO ONE should be BUYING EVs right now from the high depreciation....

Agreed; 95% of the parts you’d ever need for this thing are likely sitting on the shelf of an Autozone within a 5 mile radius of your house. And there are doubtless thousands “how-to repair a GM issue” videos on YouTube to break it all down.

Absolutely!

If you like Fiero’s this is the one you want. It would be a fun knockaround project for someone. NP