They could do that, but only if they changed the business model and went to a lease-to-own type of setup like we have with smartphones. Prices of those have ballooned, but Apple still sells plenty of $700-800 (even $1,000) phones every year because so many people only look at it as $35-40/month.

Auto shows are great.  I always enjoyed the NY show (and have many fond memories from going as a kid) but sad I won’t get there this year.  Glad I got to the Chicago show though, which was my first time there and was HUGE.  Great fun and it’s nice to get a close look at the vehicles without having to deal with a pushy…

True, they haven’t produced a single vehicle for sale yet, but personally there are a number of reasons I’m excited for them.

This is a very good question. Hopefully their using the Cayenne and Land Rover as benchmark vehicles means it at least won’t have low rolling resistance tires as OEM but I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

This is a great point.  I recall reading that they plan on making it capable of receiving 80% charge in something like 20 minutes (can’t find the original article where I read that right now...) and I think it’s going to be compatible with VW’s Electrify America charging network rather than requiring a proprietary…

That’s where the money is in the market.  More and more pickup buyers are opting for additional luxury items and margins in that segment are healthy, so this is a great place for them to start.  Once the production line is up and running and they’ve refined their processes, I’m sure they’ll branch out into vehicles…

Their quoted range numbers are no different than the way manufacturers currently quote MPG/range estimates for the current crop of gas or diesel trucks. If it’s empty, your MPG (and therefore range on a full tank) will be much better than if you’re loaded down with heavy passengers, cargo and towing a trailer up a…

I don’t... or at least I don’t think I do... but I’ve been able to watch all of the seasons on Hulu. 

VW would sell a buttload of these here in the US. Those doors are excellent, especially the front ones. They seem genuinely functional instead of being mainly a gimmick like the Falcon doors on the Tesla Model X.

So does China just need to press the “Turbo” button to up their output? 

Fun fact: Washington Augustus Roebling II was the grandson of John Roebling, who was a civil engineer who designed many wire-rope suspension bridges (including the Brooklyn Bridge).

Meunster is also a good, melty cheese for grilled cheeses.  Yours sounds great though; I’m going to have to give that a try. I especially like the grated Parmesan on the outside! 

$3,000 for a PM Yellow ‘Vette is squarely in the realm of “Why not?” money. (Assuming you have $3k sitting around, and space to keep this thing).

Really well-written, informative reply... Thanks for the insight. 

The late-80's Nova was AE82 based, which was FWD.

That’s what GM does though. The Monte Carlo in the late 90's was nothing like the Monte Carlo from the 70's or 80's. Same with the Malibu in the 00's, or the Impala. The worst one might be their use of the Nova nameplate on that little FWD econoshitbox in the 80's.

“The first MYs of the C8 will be great but the final itterations of the C8 are going to be absolute history writing monsters.”

I think that’s exactly their target audience... 

I don’t know what took me so long, but my wife and I finally got to make pierogi with my mom last year. Every year around Easter she makes my great-grandmother’s recipe, which she brought here from Ukraine. It was fun!

I went with Steele Fortress because I’m a fan of the “My Dad Wrote a Porno” podcast and the fictitious company they read about is called Steele’s Pots & Pans.  It’s hilarious... if you haven’t listened to it I suggest you check it out.