The first time I saw the commercial I had guessed they were going to be selling a lot of cars due to that campaign. It is stunning to watch a car without a driver barrel towards a wall like that at speed and stop, and I even worked for an automotive OEM for a while!

The same thing happens with Brown Turbo Diesel Wagons too but I suspect for vastly different reasons :(

Becky and Jennifer are not names that exist in Gen Z.

It seems pretty obvious to me, Apple is exploring the battery business.

So for any of my tech-adverse friends with a Lenovo PC, basically they are screwed? Is Lenovo handing out free copies of Windows 7 to do a clean install on a PC with an OEM version of windows?

I know this, I've worked for an OEM. The difference is Cadillac made it part of their marketing campaign. So for the normals who aren't in the business, Cadillac debuted their new cars by saying they are as good or better than old BMWs. Then to re-use their "Standard of the world" slogan, it might not go well, but…

Try lugging a first gen Corvair with all of 80 hp (stock) around with only two gears. Oh and it's about 40 years old and a few less HP than new.

I'm a mechanical engineer with a specialization in gear-sets used for transmissions and my mind also says nope.

I'm sure there were some who rued the light bulb in much the same way when it started replacing candles.

It's not even 3-4". The article says it has 30mm of extra height. That's just a hair over 1". Americans love hatchbacks, as long as you call it a CROSSOVER damnit!

Forgot a few: Ohm, Amp, Gigawatt, AC/DC, Transistor, ah hell, just call it The Electric Slide.

I always liked "The Standard of the World" myself.

The recall happened over a decade later, but the company KNEW about the issue for all of those years and covered it up, resulting in deaths, deaths which immediately changed the value of all the cars subject to that recall, which was covered up KNOWINGLY. They messed up and are clearly liable here.

These things didn't happen during the next model year. They happened over a decade later, when the defect was finally brought to light. Also, it was a concealed safety issue that had caused multiple deaths and many serious injuries, not the natural progression of product enhancements. Furthermore, you are assuming…

I'm guessing by "In my case since the vehicle I was importing cost less than $10k" he meant that it cost "as much as a dirty pair of socks, approximately."

Could you write something about finding a customs broker? There seems like there is probably a good story in there...

All of the regulations that are different between the US and Europe and therefore deny all the best wagons and technologies from being sold/imported here for 25 years.

He was racing a tube chassis car painted to resemble a Monte Carlo for marketing purposes. He was a legendary racing driver, and he deserved better. It's a shame they couldn't use his name to try and sell something that at least had a V8.

It always upsets me that they couldn't have remembered him with a better car.

I would say the SBC is the B-52 of engines. The VQ line is just your late middle aged uncle who still goes to the club every weekend.