People keep making this argument, but it only works if there are actual margins. Lucid is nothing like Tesla, because Tesla had positive gross margins on pretty much day one of the Model S. Lucid has negative gross margins on an extreme scale - they spend 2 - 3x times what they sell the Air for just on the direct…

Ask anyone who has tried to order a Lucid which model they were able to get. Lucid made a grand total of... 12 Pures in 2022, and then it was crickets for reservation holders until some cars started trickling in in mid-2023.

The cheaper version only went on sale this year. Most of the Airs sold to date have been the Dream and Grand Touring editions, for $140k - $170k.

explaining that Lucid had to launch the high-end Air and Gravity first because of the costs involved in setting up a new car company

It is really sad. I’m originally from the UK, where the police certainly aren’t perfect, but the simple fact of them not carrying guns means they are (a) better trained at de-escalating potentially violent or confrontational situations and (b) fundamentally motivated to de-escalate, since they can’t just shoot someone…

I can’t remember the source for this, but I read once that the best thing for a large company CEO to do is... very little. And then take credit for the good things that happen. As annoying as this might be, it’s probably better than the CEOs who come into the role and say something asinine like “we need to be more…

Yet somehow my Ioniq 5 has the heated / vented seats and steering wheel in a sub-menu on the touchscreen. And bizarrely you can preheat the car from the terrible Hyundai Bluelink app, but only the heated steering wheel can be turned on, not the seats.

For me the issue isn’t so much turbocharging as the other stuff that has accompanied it, particularly in the 911. The turbo in the 991.2 Carreras actually sound pretty good and is obviously so much more torquey than the 991.1 naturally aspirated engine. The bigger issue and what was lost from 997.2 to 991.1 is the…

As recently as a couple of years ago, you had to spring for the incredibly expensive 911 Turbo to get a turbocharged engine.

I’ve had Apple CarPlay in several vehicles, the first being a 2017 XC90. The only issues I’ve ever had were the slightly flaky wireless connection to CarPlay in my 2019 X5. Otherwise CarPlay has worked perfectly over tens of thousands of kms of driving. It’s just not credible that GM will do a better job than Apple.

The dumbest part is the headline: “it was pure spectacle!” Wait, really, a PR stunt designed purely for spectacle was... for spectacle? What’s next: “Aston Martin Scandal as James Bond Revealed to be a Fictional Character.”

Drivers who talk about how good their car is in the snow because it’s all wheel drive. See also: people who don’t understand the difference between grip and traction.

an even slower Carrera T

Yes, fair point. If you compare it to something like an Aston Martin or McLaren, it’s insane how cheap it is to own a GT3.

It really depends. Some people paid $100k over MSRP for a 992 GT3, and of course had to pay sales tax. Hard to get all of that back, even when it sells way over MSRP at auction.

The 911 numbers are skewed by the extent to which people have had to pay ADM on more recent purchases. If you paid $10k - $20k over MSRP, that puts the numbers in a different light.

Yes, the Panamera is already reasonably practical with its hatchback, so the ST version is really just a bit of a gimmick vs. making it much more useful. The Sport Turismo / Cross Turismo make more sense in Taycan form, since the regular Taycan’s trunk is tiny and the opening is small. The Sport Turismo is still…

That’s what the Sonderwunsch (Special Wishes) department is for.

15% of the purchase value is $75 million, not $7.5 million. For a yacht of this size, it’s probably less than 15%, but still your $7.5 is likely way off.

Tesla had negative cash flow of $3.4 billion in 2017, so the $250 million while not insignificant was kind of a rounding error. Tesla also did sell stock in 2017 - they raised $400 million of equity. “Products” like the Roadster served to pump the stock more than pay the bills.