Yeah my napkin math looks like they still made money on the vehicles after the penalty. If they lost money it was very little. Also how many people say 30mpg for a dodge ram went to the dealership and saw the pricetag and just bought a gas truck instead? I know my dad did exactly that. was not worth the extra payment…

oh no wealthy people will have to pay taxes! I guess they will have to let go of some of their savings, or stocks, or *Gasp* NOT be able to go to disney world this year.  

No shit it makes sense that they have a reason to care. But the taxpayers don’t have to care about them. They are just a business and if they can’t float without taxpayer money then they can sink. People are paying $35,000 for a $20,000 MSRP ford maverick right now. Rivian should do fine without their customers…

the name of a tire is just a name. Nokian tires is based out of finland and they are good tires. Just because you recognize a name brand does not make the tires “cheap” or “bad” Some inexpensive tires are terrible. But many Name brand tires are more expensive just because of the logo, and marketing. There are shitty…

Sorry but if your luxury land yacht  company can’t find wealthy buyers without taxpayer money they can get fucked. If Rivian at least signaled that they were interested in making something affordable for the masses to purchase I would reconsider. There absolutely should be a cutoff on these tax credits because if your…

If this is the first v8 car you have EVER drove I don’t want to know anything.  I mean no offence to OP mr Owen but what the fuck even is Jalopnik anymore?   Owen you enjoy that car and I hope you have a good future as an writer but this website is officially a joke. 

Car makers no longer care about volume. they will sell every single car they produce. Car makers job is now to maximize profits out of every single car that leaves the assembly line.  The  concept of “the people’s car” is absolutely dead unless you can afford a 30,000 car payment that is. 

Ok. You are not just taking their profit away you are applying a punitive penalty. The whole point is to make it hurt bad enough that no company will not try crap like this again.

How is profit margin relevant?

Going to come out of left field and say the Jaguar I pace. With the relation to Land rover now that Jaguar makes SUVs it seems like a no brainer for jaguar to offer an off road SUV and what better choice then to go with the enthusiast electric SUV? 

The Stellates / FCA Penalty is very ballparked and “more than xxx $$ million and more than 100k vehicles. “ I would love the know the exact values and get a calculation on the per vehicle cost of this penalty. roughly $8,000 per vehicle on $40,000 to $80,000 trucks seems like not a stiff enough penalty and a slap on…

still hate how GM blue balled us on the g8 sport truck ute. they were weeks away from shipping those to the us before gm pulled the plug on pontiac. 

Isuzu Vehicross.

wonder what the split is if you divide the 4 cylinder and v8.. the ev might be the best selling powertrain ...

I’m suprised four door camaro, mustang is not already a thing considering how successfull the bmw 4 series and the mercedes/ Audi counterparts are. 

would be hilarious if GM just artificially limited the max rpms 700rpm slower seems like a much simpler solution. 

it is most likely to get some sort of accolade like “best in class” fuel economy. they can advertise 30mpg on the base WT with street tires and a 2:07:1 axle ratio 

the 5 foot 2 inch bed is a pass for me. Ford said the new ranger is getting a 6 foot bed option on the quad cab. 

yeah the blazer was just a “normal” car for 99 percent of its owners post 1988.  they then turned it into the Trailblazer to make the sausage extra chungus to take all of the “sport” out of “sport utility vehicle” 

i was actually planning on buying one .. just money has been tight as fuck because inflation is a bitch and gas prices high as hell.