Yeah this is actually a positive in my book. The platform is a proven workhorse platform that balances comfort and handling really well for a sedan. It’s super reliable and can handle a lot of abuse (this is speaking from personal experience).

The North American market Taurus is not on the CD4. It was (it’s out of production now) on the D3 platform.

I don’t even give a shit if it has a platform cousin in the Fusion. This is a Lincoln I actually want. Actually, if I could get even more outlandishness with the Continental, that would even be better.

Its OK to say it should plateau at some point but it should NEVER increase for worse performance. That just encourages tanking and literally rewards failure.

Measured per race, I think the Americas Cup has it well beaten.

So that once its mathematically impossible for a team to finish the season in the top half of the field, it becomes a race to the back?

Or...

If no prize for the winners, what’s the incentive to win?  Bragging rights?  lol.

What about the execs who ran the company into bankruptcy, made a hash of electrification, and still get fat bonuses?

I just picked up my 2020 V60 CC last Friday. I was also looking at the Velar, but…I just didn’t want an SUV. They’re just all over, and it bores me. Everything looks the same. the CC doesn’t, though. I’m still in the phase of “Uh oh, I don’t know where I parked…” because I forget I’m driving a new car, and then I see…

So since you can’t take the “they’re so slow” route, you’re choosing the “the quality of the building must be awful” one. Got it.

Alfas for everyone!

It is an interesting conundrum because reliability/quality is key to selling cars, but it also hurts your business long term.

My wife last bought a car in 2010, and I one in 2015.

“Tesla’s Shanghai plant is slated to finally open this month”

I’m still not sure how people can see this data and still get mad at a company like GM for the moves they’ve been making. You can’t be reactionary in the auto market, you have to plan ahead.

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Huh. The paint (paired with the factory wheels and lack of lowering) is perhaps the ONLY thing I like about this truck. A lot of us like to go fast quietly instead of in an Xzibit special. Also, it lived its life in Napa and had to avoid the concerned citizens brigade.

Track toy = fast(er) lap times = DCT