First, they say the middle class is being squeezed and squeezed. Now, while still in a pandemic and coming out on the other side of it, we’ve found the middle class! Or did we? Are there simply more people moving to upper middle class and upper class and they’re making up the bulk of the buying market? And if so, what…

There might be better phones on the market than an Apple iPhone but it’s still an Apple and an iPhone. You’re buying a brand. No different than someone who buys a car for the badge. Is Lucid going to be more like the Paganis, Bugattis, and Konigseggseggseggseggs in the supercar/hypercar space or will it be more like Mc…

This looks really nice. I’m intrigued. I stay away from the Germans so my luxury tastes are narrowed down as a result and, I have to say, this looks quite striking. It’s a minor nitpick, maybe, and I know the answer might be just buy an SUV or something but it’d be great if it came in sportback form, a la Model S or…

As I said in another thread, who the hell is exactly putting down all cash, well over listing price, for all these houses in neighborhoods all over the country? The obvious answer, as it’s been for a while in a place like New York, are people at the top and international investors who may or may not even live in the…

Who the hell is buying in all cash? Russia? China? Not hyperbole. Dead serious. Any time I hear about people coming in and offering all cash  I think it’s gotta be Middle East, Russia, China. I thought we have a crisis in America with wage gaps and such and people living paycheck to paycheck. Who can afford to put all…

Every system is complex. Nothing is as simple as it seems on the outside or even the inside. Sometimes it’s needlessly complex. Other times, it’s unavoidable. In this case, however, refusing to send a quote including taxes an fees is not a technical challenge. It’s a matter of either laziness or spending all that time…

This logic may apply to luxury offerings to help build brand loyalty but definitely not cheap cars. In either case, at the end of the day, the product’s appeal is paramount. Some people just want to go from point A to point B and will take the best deal, at which case, incentives and discounts may help pull that kind…

I think it looks great. Classy. Understated. More mature. These things are going to sell like hotcakes (for the car segment). They took one look at the Mazda interiors and said, yeah, we need to do that and it shows.

I think Tesla will be around for some time. They’re here to stay, as long as we the EV boom doesn’t go bust and we move onto something else like hydrogen-based cars that Toyota has been bullish on now for decades now. Tesla’s stock price is another matter entirely. In fact, there’s an awful lot of market correction…

Oh, how I loathe the display; still too many buttons. Too many small buttons. Much prefer the new Civic design language.

Well, I gather for most people of that type, the car will continue to not be driven and take up space in the garage. And, on occasion, be driven on public roads, highways, and to and from the pretentious shopping mall. The niche of the niche will track them, either drag or around a proper track. Just as it always was.

I’m over ostentatious luxury interiors. I don’t even like leather anymore. Real or fake. I’d rather have a mix of a high-end fabric and suede.

And if it gets hot and heavy, Anders Gustafsson can send his brother, Alexander, to set things straight.

I don’t know what’s the current advancement on transparent solar panels but that’d be an ingenious idea to integrate into cars with this trend of glass/transparent roofs.

Way back when, you dreamed of owning Ferraris and Lambos not only because they looked exotic but they were fast as all hell. It almost goes hand in hand. Supercars are supposed to be quick. Everything else that’s not a supercar is or close to it is a “normal” car. The rise of the EV is changing the equation and…

dAnd even if you like screens (which I do), like you said on point numbah 2, imagine driving this thing at night. Maybe if you can turn off the screens, at least the passenger one, it’d be a bit better. Too distracting. I like screens because it gives one the opportunity to achieve a minimalist interior and keep the…

Ya know, I love me some screens. Big sucker for computers and all that. Always wondered what’d it be like if my car resembled the inside of the Starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-D, thank you very much). Now that I’m seeing it, not liking it so much.

Should’ve reached out to Aquaman to call on the fish of the sea to move the ship. Get a few Blue Whales on the case and you’d be free in no time.

I wish this asshole would show up in New York. With the all the random violence going on, if it happened to occur to someone who karma said, yeah, let’s get that guy, he needs a swift kick in the ass, only crocodile tears over here.

China will become the biggest market not just for cars but in many industries and the rest of the world is helping them reach that goal. The Americas and Europe are dancing with the devil and they know China is not this free sovereign country but they can’t resist the money. How did China’s own auto industry get…