Trump sees tariffs as the ends, not the means. This will not be the end. The man doesn’t understand international trade on a fundamental level. 

I dig the rig. There just isn’t $14.5k of camper there. If you spend your time looking at $100k+ expedition vehicles, this might look like a bargain with its minimalist accommodations, but apples-to-apples, you shouldn’t be paying this much for this little.

Looks outside.

“The News reports that FCA plans to revive the Mack Avenue Engine II factory, which has sat unused since 2012.”

1st Gear:

5th Gear:

Mike, I don’t want a yuge tariff any more than anyone else, especially unprovoked, but you’re all over the place here. You state that the chicken tax killed the truly small trucks, but we had tiny Nissan/Datsun and Toyota trucks up well through the ‘80s. After that things tapered off but pickup truck overall sales are…

“The reason that the small truck business in the U.S. is such a go to favorite thankfully alive is that, for many years, Despite Tariffs of 25% that have been put on small trucks coming into our country because gas is cheap and people like trucks.”

No, hurricanes do the killin’ for you.

A lot of the people in that 14k number are salaried GM employees such as myself. We are expected to lose about 7k from our ranks. 

“GM saved over $500 million from the tax cuts”

I don’t think this should be spun as a bad thing. They’re trying to prepare for a market correction/recession. The past few years have been too good for there not to be one.

One point you’re not really touching upon is the fact that Renault (and France) essentially bailed Nissan out back in 1999, hence the odd ownership structure that overwhelmingly benefits France. Whether that structure still makes sense today is up for debate, but Nissan was in a fairly desperate financial situation…

A low-powered, economical pickup may not appeal to the average retail customer, but it makes a lot sense for commercial and fleet sales.

My wife and I (under 40) have an ATS because the leases on them were silly this summer.  About $300 a month was better than the other things we were cross-shopping in that segment.

36 year old electrical engineer here. I was actually rather interested in it, but I am about 20 years too early in my career to be considering a $75k+ car. I am more at the “new Volvo/Infiniti/Acura/Buick or used E-class/CTS/GS” phase of my career.  In my case, I went with a fully loaded Mustang Premium.

“US brand automakers do not export very many vehicles.”

This is grossly incorrect.

Uno gear: And how much was needed to build and now maintain the infrastructure for current gasoline powered vehicles? It’s a natural evolution of technology, it likes cash.

That future features no sedans except for the Mustang

It was a constant, low- to mid-pitched whirring that droned