What exactly are certified inspectors going to catch that non-certified inspectors or even no inspection are not?

I think everyone is missing the obvious question here. If Nissan hasn’t been inspecting their cars with certified inspectors for 40 years and no one noticed. Are certified inspectors really needed?

A new auto assembly plant is somewhere around $2B. So not that cheap.

Step 1: Disrupt industry
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!

It will probably be addressed in the next redesign, completely redesigning the front end may not always be possible so they slapped a band-aid on it and will fix it the right way later. The RAV4 especially looks like something that wasn’t planned when they designed the car.

Maybe you missed the part about the IIHS specifically encouraging automakers to do that rather then wait for a more complete solution? Not all of the cars tested have been redesigned since the IIHS tests have changed.

A picture might help.

As far as I can tell there’s none. The people doing the inspections were not properly licensed as inspectors and having a car inspected by a licensed inspector is apparently a requirement to sell a car in Japan. I’d just call it bullshit paperwork but I guess it’s a big deal there.

There are faster and cheaper cars then a Ferrari 250 GTO, it doesn’t change the value of the Ferrari at all.

Operating expenses are ongoing and any depreciation and reinvestment reflected in them should be expected continue as long as the company is operating. There’s no breakthrough point where they fall off and you’re suddenly profitable.

That would be a stronger argument if Tesla hadn’t released a video showing poor quality welding and called it proof that everything was going well.

No, Tesla shows an operating loss, meaning they lose money selling cars without factoring in capital spending. Amazon on the other hand had (and still has) a significant operating profit.

If Tesla doesn’t have the easy stuff right, what chance is there that the hard stuff is right?

Proving once again, there’s no replacement for displacement.

For a video that’s supposed to prove how well an assembly line is working why is there only a single station doing anything? A half dozen robots in the background and nothing is moving, the body never moves either.

LEARN TO FUCKING SPOT WELD YOU CUNTS!

On a body line ANY hand assembly is very unusual, even for $100k+ cars. It’s all located with fixtures and spot welded with robots. Even part transfer is automated to avoid introducing any flaws in class A surfaces.

I love the idea of honest auto journalism. Shame it doesn’t exist anywhere.

But I want a Platinum edition not a Lariat. How am I supposed to get a Platinum edition 4x4 Crew Cab F150 for a measly $41,000?