The cost to emissions-certify and crash-test a manual-equipped model would likely far outstrip the profits from the small amount of additional sales that Toyota would get. As much as enthusiasts like to think that automakers are stupid, they really aren’t; there are a lot of people whose jobs are to run the numbers to…

You do realize that several European automakers, including BMW and Porsche, have released manual-transmission cars that were ONLY available in the US, right? For example, the E60 M5 was only available with a manual in the US; the rest of the world was SMG-only.

Would you buy one new if it had a manual? No? That’s why.

The Yaris GR’s engine is a 3-cylinder designed for transverse-mounted applications. Adapting it for the Supra would make little-to-no sense.

Erik Shilling is a hateful little troll that feels the need to inject his horrible “hot takes” into everything he writes.

Unfortunately, that’s about all you can expect from Erik Shilling. It’s pretty telling about the state of Jalopnik that he’s one of the only writers they can keep around.

Erik Shilling is a hateful little troll that feels the need to inject his horrible “hot takes” into everything he writes.

Looking back at the history of Chrysler-Dodge-Plymouth concept cars, I can do nothing but lament the “merger of equals” with Daimler for destroying what could have been an amazing product blitz in the early-00s.

You obviously have no understanding of the Japanese legal system.

It’s cute that you think your opinion even remotely matters.

Or, you know, maybe people just would like there to be consequences to being a raging asshole, so that maybe people would... stop being raging assholes?

Elsewhere in the comments, it was pointed out that apparently one of the jurors was an LA-based attorney that owns 2 Teslas. Totally not biased at all.

Musk is not happy that you stopped sucking his dick for the 30 seconds it took you to write this hot take.

You are confusing Musk’s ideas vs the ideas of the engineers that WORK for Musk.
The Model S and Falcon rockets were conceived and developed by people that work for Musk.

Yeah, I wanted to buy another Logitech when my G500 died, but I didn’t really like the ergonomics of their stuff at the time. Currently using a Corsair mouse, but keeping an eye on Logitech’s new product offerings to see if anything ever pops up that I’m interested in.

Consider yourself lucky. Razer mice have a reputation for poor-quality microswitches, which fail and start double-clicking in record time. The revised Imperator I bought in 2012 was double-clicking in less than 6-months, and after RMAing it, the replacement started doing it again in 3.

Meanwhile, the Logitech I bought…

Both the Multiair and DOHC versions of the GME-T4 were developed by Chrysler. The only major difference between them is the cylinder head and timing drive, due to the unique packaging requirements of the Multiair “brick” on the intake side. The cylinder block is common, as are the majority of the internals.

You are only partially correct. The Multiair system was originally developed by Fiat, but that is only a small part of the complete engine (it only controls the intake valves). The FIRE and TwinAir engines were developed by Fiat, but the multiair versions of the Tigershark and GME-T4(sometimes referred to as…

The problem is that Sergio made some kind of deal with the Italian government that Alfas could only be built in Italy (IIRC). I’m almost certain the 124 started life as an Alfa Spider, then got changed halfway through to be a Fiat.

lolwut? The development cycle for new vehicles is like 5 years. Sergio died a little over a year ago.