The Iowa Caucuses have always been a solid indicator on a presidential candidate’s capacity for pandering. Nothing more than that.

500 a month is pretty steep for a basic hatchback IMO.

Don’t forget Mr Chesbrough is probably making a pretty handsome salary to flesh out why the market is slowing down. Us working stiffs would never be able to come to the realization that expensive stuff costs lots of money.

People don’t buy based on need. They buy based on want.

I was talking Canadian dollars, but 1000/month isn’t even close to luxury car. 48k gets you a decent 4X4 pickup.

You beat me to it. In 2008-2009 the economy went to hell. Interest rates hit rock bottom, and the government stepped up lending in order to drive consumption and ultimately the economy. This works great for investment that makes things more efficient, or takes things to the next level. Like infrastructure -…

He’s a member of the “no shit, Sherlock” school of economics.

“Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist for Cox Automotive, told AutoNews that he has a working hypothesis. Mainly, it costs more to buy a car these days, and it’s tough to borrow the money to do it. It’s pretty tough to sell to a market that doesn’t have the means to buy.”

The Iowans get what they deserve. And these fools and their caucuses are regarded as some sort of important predictor of presidential candidates’ suitability. I wouldn’t trust them to get me sandwich from a deli.

As an Albertian please don’t remind me, we have enough fucked-up shit going on in this province, now that all our racists came out and elected mini-trump as our Premier.

Cruz’s “A’hm from Texas” schtick drives me up the fucking wall. On his personal bio I see he’s conveniently left out his Canadian origins

***** Raphael Cruz was born in Alberta, Canada *****

Why is his face smushed into 2/3 of the available area?

The same year it has been for decades - 1953.

At least Beto is an actual Texan. Dan Patrick is some carpetbagger from Maryland. Dan should thank his lucky stars he was accepted into Texas’ excellent Yankee Immigration Program.

I never understood how he wasn’t behind bars for the Mueller business.

Lying about public officials isn’t a crime. However, I think Pete would have a strong case for a lawsuit.

By the way, if you guys want any of my old shots, or this year’s, just poke me, I’ll be glad to pass ‘em over, goes back to maybe ‘08, though camera technology advances over the years. 

I worked at a Toyota Scion dealer and we got teasers for a new four door, fun, stylish car. I got excited and we started hoping for a Mark X among ourselves. We were thinking Scion would at least bring some legit JDM enthusiast saloon in it's death throws but we got the C-HR instead. I quit the next day.

Given that it’s cancelled, it is now officially their take on the Chevy SS.