True, which is why I expect the ratio to be pretty high. But I wonder if that ratio is published anywhere, perhaps a gas retailer industry database?

“Last year’s ratio of around 16 EVs for every public standard charger is likely to worsen to approximately 32 EVs per charger this year, with significant regional variations...”

You mean Tesla autopilot will let a car get airborne? Brings new meaning to the word Pilot.

Try going shopping with the family to a variety of stores in a pickup. Unless you have a locking tailgate and tonneau cover, you can’t put valuable things in the bed while you shop in other stores. If the rear seats are occupied by people (like family vehicles are used), that’s your only option.

Lets keep speculation and stereotyping out of this. I drive a pickup (as do gazillions of other people) and don’t like being smeared. I also drive a Miata.

Ya, for all the data Amazon/Google etc. is collecting, they’re not too good at suggesting programming that I really want to watch.

I see you’ve figured this out. Well done.
Now go put it into practice and laugh all the way to the bank.

I tend to agree, but the aggregate sales of all their brands is likely higher than if only two brands were offered. If Chevy was your only low-mid price choice from GM, some (many) people wouldn’t buy one, because there’s too many around, or their neighbour has one, or.... some other odd psychological reason. Choice…

Its relative though. WRC courses don’t need 36" tall desert tires. Relatively standard /50 series tires would have plenty of sidewall for trucks on gravel.

I used ‘Trophy Truck’ more as a way to illustrate my comment. I know WRC courses don’t need desert trucks with 24+” of wheel travel, and the trucks would have to be much different. Keeping production based race trucks road legal would be the easiest part of the process.

If the FIA/WRC adds a 4x4 Trophy Truck class, then they’ll make some headway in the US. Who wants to watch a bunch of wheezy 4-bangers?

Unless you are (or have relative that is) an Audi mechanic with lots of spare parts, I can’t see why you’d drop $30+K on a 15 yr old timebomb. There are so many other ways to spend that dough.

Who’s the original American maker of the Crafter?

Nikita surely knows about Novichok.

Burn baby burn!

“what exact vehicle would this stupid engine actually fit in”

Seeing that EU may soon be fighting a war over Russian natural gas & oil supplies, it would behoove them to find alternatives too.

FREEDOM! (....from paying taxes that would cover quality municipal staff, rather than contracting bridge operations out to the lowest bidder).

But VW has no loyal truck owners in NA. Its a new segment for them. Like the Chrysler minivan, people won’t pay more for VW branded Ford truck unless its truly unique. And its highly unlikely that a VW pickup will be cheaper than a Ford.

Agreed. It doesn’t help that all Aston’s built in the last 20 years are hard to distinguish from one another (not counting the Cygnet), and also look like Jag F Types. They don’t seem to have enough performance, luxury or unique identity to justify their absurdly high prices. Mr. Stroll, your move.