The BRZ is as much Toyota as it is Subaru. Not only does Toyota own part of Subaru’s parent company, the damn thing was jointly engineered from day 1.

This isn’t exactly some new level of lazy crafted by Toyota. Most car companies do the exact same thing to fill a segment they’re weak in. Mazda rebadged Ford Rangers for years. Izuzu rebadged the S-10. The Aston Martin Cygnet is a Toyota iQ. GeoMetro=Toyota Corolla. Now Fiat is going to rebadge the Miata, but no one…

Here goes me showing my stupidity.

This would be a great platform for a DIY electric car.

“One more time!”

Not to take this conversation to far out into left field, but why are people building cars anyway? If one of the automakers decided to eliminate the assembler, it wouldn’t be all that hard. The biggest hurdle is that automobiles are still designed to be assembled by people, and the infrastructure is designed around…

I wouldn’t either, but for different reasons. Diesel is dirty for one, no matter how clean they claim it is. Urea only covers up the issue with NOX, doesn’t really do anything to prevent it.

IGLA is not a variant of the FIM92 Stinger, its a Russian SAM. The seeker head in the Stinger will actively search for a target in it’s view if it isn’t already on one. I watched a demonstration at a live fire exercise of a Block II being fired from the hip and scoring a hit on a ballistic target drone, so they work…

Not really true. A Stinger for example, can be launched without a target and it will locate one. No doubt the Russian variants will do the same.

I can’t see why we can’t negotiate a post-Assad Syria with Russia, with the UNs support, in exchange for letting Russia take the lead on the ground. Putin doesn’t give 2 shits about personally, or his family. He just wants a Russia friendly Syria. Considering the options of ISIS, the “Rebel”, or any of the other…

The Admiral gets it, he really get it. I like this guy.

Yeah, that would be like if someone programmed a car to recognize when it’s being tested and cheat on emissions testing or something.

Is yet another great reason why the UAW should not be negotiating business decisions, but they do. Manufacturers should be free to offer jobs at whatever rate they can pay. A little more for F series trucks, maybe a little less on the Focus line.

For Mercedes and BMW they just charge out the ass for the cars. I drove several BMWs and a couple of Mercs when I lived in Germany, and they are the exact same as what we have here. The difference is the American consumer has bought into the whole image of luxury and precision quality, and are willing to pay a…

I’m not sure which taxes you think are lower.. How is the second largest corporate tax in the world, and about 37% for middle income families small? The average marginal tax rate in the 50s was around 25%. Your Liberal mumbo-jumbo only serves to make the discussion less valuable. Maybe that’s your point.

And don’t forget that wall will be paid for by Mexico, and built by Mexicans. Wait, should Mexicans be building our wall? I think Trump is already looking to outsource. Are there no Americans willing to build the wall? Are Mexicans going to be taking away wall building jobs from hard working Americans? I think someone…

Never heard of it either.

Another Capitalism basher that doesn’t really know what Capitalism is. It’s about freedom of choice. Capitalism allows competition on cost obviously, but allows the consumer to decide if the cost is appropriate. If I want a car that’s the absolute cheapest, and I’m ok with a Big Lots airbag I would have the choice of…

Drive through KY one day and you will notice plenty of “repaired” cars with different colored panels, bondo, primer, colored tape on brake light lenses. Nothing new there pal.

Or just that sintered metal isn’t the best material for a press fit part under high load?