Maybe? But its not out of sorts for Japanese manufacturer to do that. Toyota absolutely hemorrhaged money on the Lexus brand until its reputation was established.

GM May be spinning Corvette off into its own brand with initially with the Stingray front engine and Manta ray mid engine cars (GM trademarked Manta Ray and Corvette Manta Ray) eventually discontinuing the front engine cars I suppose based on demand.

Wat do they get wrong about cars? Every f-u-c-k-i-n-g thing!

I think the real question is - did Nissan take a beating on the car when it was introduced so they could get it out there and swim in the accolades for bringing a super car in at sports car prices with a plan to reduce then eliminate the hemorrhaging once the car had an established following.

Hah! John Cadogan is going to have a God damned field day with this!

I think it was some FB advice dispensed by a click-bait site? I swear I remember reading about how “bad” it is to skip gears while operating the vehicle.

They just need to drop the conventional pick-up truck layout and go to a mini-tractor trailer. That's what people really want... they all want to be BJ and the Bear... 

That seems like it coincides with the general time table of ICE being phased out by 2050.

Ford tried too hard to recapture lightning in the bottle that was the original Taurus after letting it get too long in the tooth.

Hell even brodozers like the Suburban have seen appreciable increases in mileage. I just checked and in EPA combined mileage from 2011 to 2018 has seen a 1 mpg increase on average every year going from 12 to 19 mpg on the combined number.

Said this awhile ago that maybe Tesla should evolve into an industry supplier and maybe limit its vehicle manufacturing to high end models.

Said this awhile ago that maybe Tesla should evolve into an industry supplier and maybe limit its vehicle manufacturing to high end models.

Crack... voting selection says it all...

“Man, please. It isn’t like Racism was invented in the 80's along side new coke. These are the same people who defend the Confederate flag being in a place of honor in this country.”

Low hanging fruit...

Well I doubt mini trucks would be flourishing and would be doing about as well as your average sedan in the US. Mid-sizes don’t seem to be dominating the market either.

Man that body kit.... even if the seller offered to pay somebody to pick it up and take it away I'd still give it the crack rating.

Politicans arent so much stupid as they are opportunist. Liars certainly but they knew full well the impact the tariffs and tax cuts would produce and now are just taking advantage of the situation to ingratiate themselves.

Neutral: Its shitty and I hate the corporate soft talk but I’d say GM is being pragmatic. They arent Tesla and the hucksters on Wall Street dont see a future for mature entities like GM so they are unwilling to bankroll the company through the oncoming carpocolypse.

“The company is transforming its global workforce to ensure it has the right skill sets for today and the future, while driving efficiencies through the utilization of best-in-class tools”