This is going to be interesting to watch, for sure.

Misleading story.

It was GM Fremont Assy. prior to its life as the NUMMI plant. Some of the models produced at the plant included:

First time I saw it, I thought it was Chinese, based on the name alone.

To be fair, I’m all in favor of letting Texas leave the Union.  And take Florida with them. :-)

Former OEM engineer here. Companies maintain pretty significant fleets of competitor vehicles. We drove ‘em, we wrote reports on ‘em, we tore ‘em down, and hung the parts on big boards. We were absolutely brutal in our assessment of our own products when warranted; the worse our products appeared, the more likely we…

Surprisingly, yes. I don’t have figures at hand, but I recall when I’ve seen them that sales were larger than I would have guessed.

You. YOU. You said it. All the stars are yours. 

Only that BMW, Honda, Kawasaki, and Yamaha have had a chop at this market and failed miserably. 

Jalopnik has this figured out.

Harley could be dead and buried, and those idiots would still be around for the next 100 years or so.

Ya. Erik Schilling, here on Jalopnik, for one. He’s a former New York Post reporter, and takes an anti-Harley position in pretty much every post. Bradley actually RIDES the bikes, and takes a much more circumspect position.

I’m with you, but absolutely ANY Japanese person who lives and works in Japan if they aren’t proud as hell about how Toyota & Honda are symbols of Japanese economic & industrial pride and might.

Union protect their own, precisely because companies often will not.

Union-pushed, for sure.

Modest chuckle. Disney “guests” wear whatever they damn well please, within reason. Disney “cast members” wear (including hair / facial hair) and do exactly what they are fuckin’ told, or they quickly are shown the secret door out.

Naw, that ticket was totally unjustified by their own rules. Prolly by a poorly-educated, poorly-trained, third-party employed, minimum-wage paid guy who has penalty duty (writing tickets). 

Tesla doesn't make pickups (yet), so a bit easier to understand.

The employee discounts are more than decent. They have excellent benefits, profit sharing, and management gets shares. As for building better cars? Employees should look in the mirror or look for the door. Looks like you’ve already found the door if you don't like the team rules, and that's okay.

Plus global component sourcing.