This is so true. Hands down it’s my favorite truck. Unlike most other trucks, it can do damn near everything without sacrificing hardly anything. It can be equipped with a sideboard, a crane, and still pull a trailer. So it can haul as much cargo as a Twinsteer, but doesn’t get stuck because it has AWD with locking…
You kids today. Back in my day, we had Bad Boy Club stickers, and a pair of Oakleys, and we were happy!
Probably the greatest game I’ve ever played. Although since the last update, I feel as though the black ice in Alaska is worse, and my Fleetstar, despite it’s mid-range engine isn’t as powerful any more. No killing, minimal disappointment, and save for steering, very realistic conditions. Very relaxing, and I can’t…
After my DSP6 Powershift DCT transmission problems in my Focus, seat frames that collapsed while driving, two bad transmissions in different vehicles (Explorer & F150) that destroyed their own synchro gears due to faulty hydraulics, single leaf rear springs, defective moon roofs, ignition modules that suddenly shut…
Ask and ye shall recieve.
True. But if the shareholders hold HD hostage demanding dividends in exchange for a good credit rating, that cash is as good as gone.
Good points to be sure. But if it happened here in the U.S., it’ll happen again in other massive markets, such as China.
That is a good point. But absolutely Besse was trying to bring the Apline GTA to America as the Halo car. There are even pictures of one with a prototype front clip that had an Eagle badge on the front instead of a Renault diamond. But again, this was all until the purchase was complete, which Iaccoca then told…
Because shareholders and their dividend payouts are a company’s priority, not sustainability. CEO and other boardmembers have their compensation tied to stock performance, and if the stock doesn’t perform, they get punished. Compare Apple and Samsung. Samsung has had a string of profit losses, yet Wall Street analysts…
Honest question: what is the rationale behind the desire to own a vehicle emblazoned with, “Official Pace Car” livery on the doors? I mean, I at least understood the Monte Carlo NASCAR editions. Those are sports figures who have fans, I get it.
Excellent points, and some clarification is due here.
Yup. I’ve brought Besses up over the years with the Renault/AMC situation and how they might have played out with DeLorean Motor Company. Given past writings I’ve done about Besse, it wouldn’t surprise me if those posts put him on Jalopnik’s radar to do that article on him.
The AMC relationship is relevant as it does in fact demonstrate the French attitude & corporate abuse, and history always repeats itself.
No, I agree that the Cactus will not come here after the FCA/Groupe PSA merger. But I absolutely stand by the scenario that if it was a profitable opportunity, they’d do it in a heartbeat. Unlike Renault with their nationalism. It’s like if Ford or Jeep refused to make export versions of the Wrangler or Mustang…
1, Hertz
No, Renault is fuckin’ doomed because of the French government, whose had them on a collision course with insolvency for decades.
I’ve said the same thing for years, particularly about not wanting to trust my life with HF jack stands, and I just got flamed from assholes everywhere on here that I was elitist. Everyone said that Harbor Freight was just as good as any top tier brand because their stuff came from the same Chinese factories that just…