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“Fiat posting triple-digit growth” — hahaha! Temper that massive sounding statement with the real numbers — 119% growth for Fiat (16200% jump for the 500 alone is sales of 163 vs 1 in Q2-2023) equals a grand total of 316 cars!

Yikes! No thank you! My 60 mile round trip DC beltway commute was bad enough with a manual transmission, then I burned through a factory 48k mile warranty in two years!

Scout: Powered by Rivian

From the linked study: “long-term accumulation of aluminum oxides from reentering satellites can cause significant ozone depletion

Renault 5 flavor will start at 25k euros so how much of a markup can their tarted up boutique brand possibly be?

Just waiting for the next MINI Cooper 4-door hardtop. It’ll be the same platform and cheaper.

Giz’ slideshow engine totally sucks — lags like crazy and always have to click multiple times to get it to advance. Is it trying to build ad impressions or what?

A typo and a pretty bad one — everywhere else I’m reading that should actually be 5,700 pounds — a curb weight spec of 5,667 if you want to get specific.

Makes sense! These beefy alternators with “generator” and “engine” modes are what boosts some of BMW’s mild hybrid configurations.

And auto reviewers have a serious speed problem when you can say that 600HP + 700 torque with a 3.4 second 0-60isn’t fast enough”.

You don’t like it because it’s aerodynamic? It’s maybe a little generic but honestly inoffensive and at least has a cosmetic aero grille for contrast instead of a massive homogeneous blob of body paint that some of these EVs bring to the game.

Ash didn’t make it either, where’s his red shirt? Tho technically he’s more of a Data and was never really alive.

Sienna turned hybrid for its 2021 model year and hasn’t much changed since.
2.5L 4-cylinder + two electric motors = 245HP

Franklin Key? Whodafuq is Franklin Key?

Corporate mouthpiece toeing the politically correct public relations line and feigning total shock all while laughing insanely and counting the mountains of cash and massive explosion of free publicity they raked in with viral social media posts, chatter, aftermarket resale, and articles writing about a damn popcorn

Nobody seems to know for sure?

What, no icing on the cake? Subway just signed a 10 year deal to switch from Coca Cola to Pepsi beverages beginning next year.

Synthetic Leather”? Damn Brits, that’s what you sit on — microfiber chamois and towel!

Great ideas! This was way back during Rachael Ray’s 30 Minute Meal days (comments date to 2007) so I’m sure she’d incorporate even more deconstructed Chicago dog elements if her recipe was ever updated.