1st gear: There’s probably a clause in their respective contracts about a bonus.
2nd gear: So far, the plaintiffs have a pretty bad batting average.
3rd gear: Okay...
4th gear: That actually isn’t a bad idea.
5th gear: I’m not that worried.
Neutral: Like I said, that’s not a bad idea. It’d certainly help.

Just calling it how I see it.

Thing looks stupid as fuck in that picture.

Is it rarer than a cab with dice in the mirror?

1st gear: If I had to guess, I’d say they were trying to go for an LCARS (from the 24th century Star Trek spin-offs) vibe. Then again, I’m not big on Tesla, so it’s not gonna affect me anyway.
2nd gear: Okay. We’ll see how long that customer happiness thing lasts.
3rd gear: Probably a smart idea, given that Dieselgate…

Are they actually turning a profit on the Sonic, or do you only think they are?

That’s generally why recall notices have the manufacturer name on them. I remember when we got notices for our 04 Passat the VW logo was present on the envelope.

I wish Illinois had state inspections.

1st gear: Apparently whoever filed this lawsuit didn’t get that memo. I suspect it’ll be dismissed.
2nd gear: The Reuters article on this subject in yesterday’s TMS said that Honda contacted them multiple times with no response. Assuming the address on the cars rego and the address in Honda’s records match up, the only…

Registered as in certified?

That’s on them, not Honda or the NHTSA.

Not completely surprising. We hadn’t seen any spy shots of a hotted up 3, and Mazda’s small size means they have to concentrate on volume stuff before they can worry about niche stuff that isn’t the Miata.

This. The Reuters story says Honda contacted them multiple times.

Thing is, this was covered in TMS yesterday and I’d swear I saw the mention of Honda contacting these people multiple times.

Wasn’t Napleton going to sue FCA a few months ago? Now they’re suing VW...interesting. I get that they’re upset about Dieselgate but, combined with the threats of legal action against FCA, it raises an eyebrow.

True, but I don’t expect that to be the case for the next gen car, unless GM has no other factories on this continent that they can use.

I was upset that Deep Impact Blue was being axed, buy now that I’ve seen Lightning Blue, my anger has subsided.

Oh. I didn’t realize the video was longer. I just saw the GIF and assumed the video was just of the crash.

Really? Noted.

;_;