None of this would be a problem if the manufacturer cut the dealer completely out of the picture. Dealers add absolutely nothing - NOTHING - to the value of the automobiles that they sell. Tesla can't bring about the revolution quickly enough.
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The Integra Type R was sold in the USA.
A cheap, relatively poorly made car from a company that hasn't sold a car in America for 30-odd years, marketed as a fashion accessory for hipsters, is transformed into an ADHD afflicted pomeranian with the engine note of a Lamborghini Countach running on 1/3 of its cylinders and 75+ HP worth of badging and decals.
Acura CSX-R?
I'm just trying to get out of the red on my karmic debt here
ATS: Great car, but sales haven't been what was wanted.
The leadership at most automakers tend to be quiet, shrinking violets. Only occasionally do you get one that makes…
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Thirteen people. Nine vehicles. Six cameras. Five hours of hooning. Untold gallons of fuel. Putting together our…
I usually don't comment on many of the technical issues discussed here in Jalopnik because I'm not very well versed on auto mechanics. However, since I was actually an engineer who worked with hydrogen for the Space Shuttle program (retired now) I cringe a bit at the idea of your local service station getting plumbed…
BUT WAIT CAN YOU GET A 235d GT WITH A STICK IN MARRAKESH BROWN METALLIC
Here is the thing: who gives a shit?
Business exist to make money. Every single automaker is praying that Tesla wins, since it will allow them to open more direct from manufacturer stores and cut out franchise groups. Franchise groups that don't actually offer VALUE.
People who lose their jobs, I don't care. I am in…
I can't tell you what type of Toyota it was, but it instinctively looked sub-Camry, and yet by the same token…
Don't tell anyone I told you this but I heard the E-Series Cutaway corners like it's on rails.
Well, the Hellcat holds the horsepower crown and is, coincidentally, also very heavy.
Quattroporte.
11) If you have a vehicle equipped with AWD/4WD, make sure that as soon as you are back on your way and things are back to normal, you take your vehicle directly to the dealership and complain that the system is broken.
It takes a special kind of maniac to be a rally driver. Thanks for the write up, it is fun to hear about it from the perspective of a mortal like us.
That fact that you have driven some of the best production cars out there today, are a weekend racer and were still intimidated by this car speaks volumes about what a…
Damn you, Chris, for espousing precisely what I've always maintained, but (and this is a key difference) actually having people listen to you...
Alright, everyone is going to say the Buick/Rover V8, so I'm gonna do it full and properly and I'm gonna be an evil bastard and include its V6 variation, which was just the V8 with two cylinders lopped off.