Or you can jump ship to the other automotive headquarters in the same area, Kia has a 50 million dollar HQ in Irvine, same with Hyundai and Mazda.

No, that's not what he's saying. He means a number of people will not want to move from CA to Texas.

I wonder how many employees will jump ship to another auto manufacturer. Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, Honda, and Mitsubishi all have offices in California.

My dad didn't test drive his BMW. He was turning in his lease and got the new generation and pretty much knew what he was getting. Test drive just adds more time spent in the dealer.

the new Mini Cooper is still the smaller and Lighter car than the Golf. If Mini wants to stay alive to provide fun, small cars they need the Countryman and Paceman. Which are not big cars compared to others in the segment.

if you want cars that will kill you in an accident be my guest. This is still a small car in modern day standards. Mini wouldn't be alive today if they didn't have a diverse lineup. You guys are just being obtuse.

you guys do realize this is barely bigger than a 5 door GTI? It's not big by any means.

Looks better than the Mazda 3 sedan.

Who cares? Is any enthusiast really gonna buy a Cruze? If it gives them the profit to make fun cars then what's the problem?

But you can't buy those supercars at the dealer. All of them were spoken for before they were even revealed.

It is a movie prop.

It looks better than anything Mazda offers right now, almost like a Japanese E39.

Wouldn't the i3 be the first affordable carbon fiber car? It's already on sale and is $10,000 less than the Alfa.

For cars with the rear seat option Tesla has reinforced the bumper. Also they determined that for side and head on collisions the rear trunk seats are the safest place to be.

I'm curious about their Skyactiv transmission. So it has a torque converter for low speed and switches to a dual clutch set up afterwards?

The 1980s M535i says hi, which was basically an M-sport kit on a 535i.

1985 635CSI

True, though there is a small chance a bill to make Tesla an exception passes the state legislator passes, which would allow them to sell direct.

Yep. They own their dealerships, which is something the dealers associations do not like.

Tesla has their own dealerships. They're much smaller than the average dealership, but they offer test drives, options list and everything else to give the consumer a hands on experience of their product.