Doesn’t the V8 have an MSRP somewhere in the range of $70k? Anything over ~$60k and they are quickly competing with the Suburban & Expedition, and I can’t see a lot of people wanted a Grand Cherokee more than those.

I would be mildly amused if it ended up being some guy in one of those cosplay transformers costumes running out and turning into a car that can also roll a bit.

That sounds like some of the little things that could vary a lot from state to state and maybe even at certain counties within a state, depending on the state laws. I’ll leave it to the local drunks/DUI lawyers to deal with that and rely ‘don’t drink and drive,’ especially with Uber (et all) so readily available. 

At least in the states I have lived, refusing a sobriety test is treated as a failure. I’ve seen the online “advice” that if you think you’ll fail the sobriety test, you should refuse it and delay as long as you can for the blood test in hopes that it will take multiple hours to get there so your body has more time to…

I’ll call that an upgrade from just having a person drive a Tesla there, a guy in a robot suite pretending to be a robot, or Elon smashing the bullet proof windows on stage. At least this time the vaporware will remain vapor. 

Can’t drive it or sell it. Love the car though! 

If you’re curious how corporate profits have changes the last 20 years and what they’ve looked during the covid inflation boom:

We also have 6000 lb SUVs traveling at 60 MPH on 6 lane roadways in front of local suburban shopping centers. The mass exitance of local shopping centers with high speed, multi-lane roads between them really messes with us. 

I tell my kids on a near daily basis “we don’t need it” and I don’t think I’ve ever seen an electric can opener in someone’s house. I mainly asked because this all sounds a lot like the financial advice style that says ‘just stop buying that cup of coffee & avocado toast and you’ll save $10,000’ while totally…

While the smart phone and internet obviously weren’t available for purchase, do you have any actual data that people weren’t making tons of frivolous purchases 30 years ago? They still had store catalogues getting mailed out, door to door salesmen, and the home shopping network to buy random stuff from. McDonalds &…

I was a teen at a private school when the popped collar craze returned in the early aughts, so it really hit that demo of rich white guy, and I don’t think they had any crossover with the kinds of people driving a WRX, let alone one that has been turned into a ute. They mostly drove their dad’s Audi or Land Rover. 

Nissan really shit the bed on the 3-row SUV craze. They tried to get the Armada to command Suburban level pricing without Suburban size. The reliability of those V8s was truly the only value they had in that class of Monster SUV while trying to get the price of much better options (the same with Infiniti and other…

When someone says I need reliable transportation for multiple people for less than $10k without regard for much else, the answer is pretty much always ‘the best Toyota you can afford.’ The big issues with the new turbo-V6s may even help cut down the Toyota tax a bit on the old reliable models.

As someone with 3 kids who once had 3 car seats in a 5-row car as recently as 2 years ago, I can attest that it is really hard to find a car that will fit them. The biggest challenge actually came from when a kid outgrew the 5-point harness and needed to buckle in, because so many car seats cover the buckles. If…

Sounds like a good place to start is banning forced arbitration between corporations and citizens. I’m sure there is a ton of legal stuff that would have to accompany that, but it makes for a really good consumer protection starting point. 

All small engines are best with a turbo, but I think the current engines are nice. My MIL has a newish Outback and I have an Ascent. I think the current engines are pretty perfect for a commuter that is fast without a bunch of extra power that can’t/shouldn’t be used in public. 

The Outback. Bring back the Baja. 

I would throw in Tesla, the Stinger’s short life, & Genesis growth as cutting into that small pie of luxury sedans that aren’t German (which is an entire segment that keeps shrinking). I work with a lot of engineers/contractors in their 20s/30s and many of them who drove fun single guy cars have moved into a Model 3, S…

There are probably more people that miss Suzuki. 

Technically speaking, almost everyone loves wagons now. They just want them to be tall and have big wheels.