Because a normal truck is big and heavy. Which requires more big and heavy batteries. Making it even more heavy. See where we are going with this? That is why if/when Ford’s Maverick goes EV, the weight penalty will be far less. I believe what Theoretics is hoping for is a Maverick-ish truck on the Ocean/Pear platform.

We need more options, but NIMBY.

NSX. First one had a timeless design. The second one had Acura’s beak. The second one would have been a hit if it weren’t for design and limited options. Imagine someone spending $100k and looks at this and a Porsche. They can choose their stitch color if they wanted. Acura says take this. Talk about knowing your…

TL;DR Summary: Investing in ICE and EV development is too expensive. Trim everywhere. We’ll all see what gets trimmed over the next few weeks and months.

TBH, the VW group does interesting things with their engines. W8 Passat, W12, W16. They did drop those in anything they could think of. And the Lambo 5.0 V10 was essentially two Jetta 2.5 I5, no? And who can forget the V10 TDI in the Touareg. Those guys deserve some beer.

This is the right answer. These GX460s (especially 2014+ Facelifted versions) are in every parking lot around the North East. They are the quintessential “mom car” next to the Mercedes GL/GLS and Audi Q7.

The difference is, the GX460 is a capable off roader. And you can find a nice 50k miles 2014+ for $30k that will be…

Maybe I measure intelligence and success differently then you guys here. He makes a ton of blunders and mistakes. As Edison famously said, he found a 1,000 ways something didn’t work. But he ultimately made enough failures and kept at it to find success. Yet even Edison failed (Nikola Tesla’s AC beat out Edison’s DC,…

So much speculation, such little info. Musk is many things, but not a dummy (well maybe buying twitter was stupid.) Regardless, I’m really curious to know what this glass thing will be used for.

Lets not kid ourselves. Geely is pivoting Lotus to where Stellantis is pivoting Maserati... Towards the Porsche EVs. One would argue Geely has Volvo (and to a lesser extent Polestar) making the transition more competitively against Audi’s EV.  (I’m not really sure who Polestar is positioning against...)

For average folks: the CUV/SUV (Think Mercedes ML, Lexus LX, etc).
For Sports Sedans: the Mitsu Evo
For small JDM Sports Cars: the S2000
For American Muscle: the C6 Vette
For American Excess: the Hummer
For trucks: the Quad/Crew Cab

The A32 97-99 Maxima SE w/ Leather was always better bang for the buck then the equivalent Camry of that era. The 02-03 I35 (A33 Maxima) was also a relative bargain on the used market compared to the ES300 (back in those days.)

That said I’m surprised a newer Mini Cooper didn’t make the list. Has anyone driven a Mini…

The H3T had a curb weight starting at 4900# and an I5 with ~240hp/#ft. In top trim its max towing was 5900# and a 58" bed. (The 2009 Tacoma maxed out at 6500# with a V6).

The Gladiator starting curb weight was 4600# and a V6 with ~280hp/260#ft. Max towing is 7650#.

I think by all accounts, the H3T was trying to fit the…

If the FJ Cruiser made the list, how did the Hummer H3 and Hummer H3T not make the list? or the Hummer H2 SUT?

And then we have crazy things like uninsured motorist that forces us for coverage to pay for someone else’s failure of compliance. If the incentives aren’t messed up, I don’t know what is.

Its interesting to see an article bashing the Cybertruck prototypes when I think the surprising Tesla news today that everyone else is reporting this morning is how GM has followed FORD in adopting the TESLA EV plug for North America. That is a huge win for US OEMs and opens those EVs up to the largest EV rapid…

The answer is always spend less out of college. Pocket $10k, Spend $15k. Here is an Acura TL SH-AWD 6speed for $14,975 in Whitewall, PA (on your way down to DC): https://www.jacobs-auto.net/details/used-2013-acura-tl/94026337

✓ 6 Speed (Clutch replaced 12/2022)
✓ AWD
✓ Sedan
✓ Japanese’s Reliability
✓ Honda/Acura J37 (in…

So $10k cheaper than a $90k Lexus LX600 that is smaller than a $60k Sequoia and sold 3711 total units in 2021. Sounds like a move from the company that brought us the Toyota Crown.

If they implement the system they did with the ID.4, they MIGHT be okay. That said, I’m still surprised VW missed the multi-config trend started with the Kia Carnival and now in ICE SUVs like the Honda Pilot. One Configuration = 2/3/3 or 2/2/3, dealers choice. Pop the 2nd row middle seat out and store it in the…

91-01 Acura NSX. Such a classy/timeless design that the 2017+ could not repeat.

I came looking for “but what about the scrub radius” in the comments...