So, let’s extrapolate out 10 years, then set a reminder in google calendar and have a look at that time to test our theory.

And Daft Punk is sad you said that.

Often the trailer and truck are owned by different entities. You’d need a standard that everyone could agree on and one hell of a buy in.

Trailers get abused until they’re practically caving in on themselves. You wouldn’t want to waste time/money doing anything to them to make them heavier and more expensive. Focus on aero for the trailers and leave the fancy tech for the tractor.

...and it would really kill how much freight you can carry.

ESS: Electric Stop / Start. BSG: Belt Starter Generator. It’s like a very mild hybrid system run by a toothed belt off the crankshaft nose.

If you are not into Wranglers, yes. Yes it will. Same reason Camry’s all look the same to me.

I’d be inclined to argue looting frequently devolves into violence, (heck, dead body) and as such police SHOULD be notified.

I live where it makes sense to have a Wrangler (Western Massachusetts dirt roads in winter anyone?). Mine is the bone stock JK. Nothing fancy. Hell, it didn’t even come with running boards. Still, I know that when the shit hits (AND IT WILL) I can run to the Big Y and grab whatever just like it was a normal day.…

This list is random and poorly considered. They break out the GTI and Golf R? Since when is the CR-Z a sporty car? Where’s the Civic Si? Why is the A5 and Q60 on here but not the 4 series or C-Class? What about the LC500? Why is the ELR on here?

Sold too few and failed to make it either MORE exciting or MORE convenient. Those little crappy reverse doors were cool in concept but at the price-point there was no reason to buy it vs. the 4runner or Xterra which both look as cool with mods and were more convenient.

They wanted it to compete with Jeep but they…

Growth is always the target. It’s a funny thing in economics to say once you’re a big company you’ve got it made and don’t need to change. But actually, far more people in terms of employees are put at risk if a large company can’t achieve continual growth vs. a small company.

For consideration: If Tesla (a small…

The core message of this commercial is essentially that Honda’s best days are behind them. And as a former Honda fanboy, I take no joy in saying that.

Mazda is “mass market” in the fact that they play at the general consumer level instead of entry level luxury and above (much in the same way Subaru does, but also sells in much lower numbers than a Toyota). Mazda has a much smaller development budget, yet makes far more attractive vehicles than Toyota... making them…

yawn...just another beige Toyota.

I test drove a C-HR and the salesman actually said it could handle as well as my 09 Miata. I then proceeded to take a curve at good clip (not nearly as fast as I would have in the Miata) and it proceeded to scream and not hold the curve. Duh. It handled exactly how I expected. Slightly better than a Toyota from 5…

Toyota. Honey. Baby. Boo boo. Take a look at Mazda. Those are “sexy” cars and SUVs. That’s how you do it on a budget for mass market cars.

Yeah but I can get it in a diesel which makes all the other detractors moot. Until the Tacoma gets a diesel, it’s useless to me.

It’s expensive, and it’s soul-crushingly boring.