No need for BMW to build a Corolla fighter.

I still call bullshit.

Neutral:

When the stricter fuel rules kick in, this will be more of an issue.

I would have bean bagged him in the head....

SUV bodies are basically one big box.  When you cut holes for four doors and a rear hatch, the basic structure is pretty weak. there is not much opportunity for cross bracing....the pillars are all you have.

People want to hear the motor rev and feel the transmission “shift”.

More efficient due to lower rotating mass.

Yeah, they could, but they would loose profit.

Just like every new house has granite/quartz everywhere.

...and that was before cell pone/internet bills.

Groundbreaking innovation....my 1954 Studebaker coupe has those.

I never would have guessed that you could get a Mazda5 with a manual transmission. To be honest, I had never really looked at one until about a month ago when I saw one in the parking lot at work.. They seem like a nicely packaged car....a whole lot of functionality in something that still looks like a car (not a full…

....you thought things were heating up in the bedroom because of what you were doing?  Nope.  Your Tesla is on fire.

What about the people that actually live in “fly over” regions that aren’t in cities?  Who ins going to provide the infrastructure for those people to drive electric cars?

Irridiums work for me.  They are so much better than the crap we had available before then.  I used to change plugs every 10,000 miles.  These plugs will go way over 100,000 miles.

When it comes at the expense of American workers in the plant (AND THE SUPPLY BASE). Yes.

Chevy and FCA had a hell of a time getting the EPA to sign off on the small diesel engines for the new model trucks.....and those are the really efficient ones.

There are some places in the US you can have range anxiety in a gas powered vehicle (only gas station for 100 miles closes early on Sunday).

Is the 7.3 gas motor already in production?  or is 2020 going to be the first release?