there are countless examples of automakers building cars and engines specific to various markets, so to call it completely irrelevant is a more than a stretch.

my grandfathers 2003 mercury grand marquis was bought by a dude that was going to export it to south america and use as a taxi cab.

You missed the lawsuit where the federal government is trying to strip California of their right to have their own standard 

my experience is those types of F150s don’t actually exist. they are either “oh gee sorry we just sold it” or no one single person ever qualifies for all the incentives listed in that $8680 discount, unless you happen to a disabled vet college student switching from a chevy truck lease with 850 credit. still, i’d…

i qualify for this. I live in the city limits in a decent sized city with a quarter acre of yard. my driveway is too narrow and my garage is too small for a full sized truck. but i have plenty of home and yard projects that a truck would help with.

a mini ridgeline with a sub 18k starting price would sell like crazy if they could figure out how to get the price down

it might be a pipe dream, but the Accent starts at $14,995. It doesn’t cost more to build and waterproof half of that interior and the other have be an empty and open to the weather. Obviously there’s more to this equation but it really all depends on how cheap they want to sell it for.

the number one selling vehicle is one that people need to do work.

this was a wall street journal article, FYI. have you considered reading it? it has a lot of valid concerns about increases in model number and increasing production despite shrinking demand (vs sedans which production is shrinking with demand)

Well that’s terrifying for some reason

if you don’t tow on the interstate you can handle up to 4500# but the general public isn’t smart enough to handle knowledge like that.

isn’t that precisely why this car isn’t coming to the US? it only makes sense in a city, and if you live in a city, you can’t conveniently charge it in public (yet) so you need a private garage which is not happening unless you are wealthy, in which case you probably already own a tesla model s.

have you considered a checkbook?

just wait until you see how buildings are constructed

if its still a one owner after all that, there should be a lot of documentation.

its easy to increase from zero

yea, 5 minutes probably not. but a 10 minute drive that has an optional interstate jaunt I will.

Are you sure about the blue convertibles? Because I feel like everything you said about the red top and old people with opinions etc could be applied to the blue top

TBH i’d rather die than use a public helmet

I use it almost every time because it seems like when I don’t I hit a totally avoidable traffic jam