I would build a brand focused on teutonically engineered, high revving naturally aspirated engines - preferably inline sixes for their balance, V8s and V10s. I would then bolster the engines with small battery packs to meet stringent emissions regulations around the world. I would enter this brand to races around the…

Very glad someone is putting Deere in their place. I hope this escalates to a high court and sets jurisprudence for generations to come that physical equipment owned (not leased) by the customer is theirs to modify in whichever way they would like. SAAS has already ruined software, and I would hate for it to ruin…

Man this is everything I love about CvK’s ethos in one car. An engineer’s car, whose byproduct happens to be a really cool design

for fucks sake throw in an FA24 turbo and be done with it. People are clamoring for performance CUVs, make it a budget CLA45 AMG/SQ5 rival, even mate it to your dumb fuck CVT if you want. It is absurd that this is not yet a product they have

Ford’s issue is incredibly basic. It is failing at car making. I think their long term strategy - focus on electrification, CUVs - makes sense in the broader market. However, when they cut sedans from their lineup, they replaced the offerings with incredibly mediocre product that was not initially designed for North…

Pretty good list considering he specified bench seats and a V8. I would only add an ex-cop Charger or maybe even Caprice, might be a grand over budget but much newer than what’s proposed here. Otherwise, Panther all the way. Or, SN95 Mustang

Design engineer,

I think it has to do with the federal standard that all braking/turn lights cannot be on a moving area (aka trunk), which is why so many of them are crammed on the corner light section before the trunk. The standard should likely be updated

It’s screwed, you’ll see a lot of consolidation in the Class I space, esp. as trucking keeps eating more into intermodal. Freight rail is going to be a much smaller industry in 30-40 years

I couldn’t agree more. However, speed limits on rural autobahns have little to do with overuse of cars in cities. I live in the center of Chicago and only use my car once or twice a week to visit family in the suburbs - I rely entirely on mass transit/walking the rest of the time. 

That’s a cool gig. I monitor E&P, Energy, Ag and Chemical verticals for work. I work in rail and the drop in Coal carloads over the last 7 years is staggering. The word’s moving on from dirty fossil

Not really, especially when Germany is pushing hard for energy generation from renewables

I’m 25 lol

My beef with the speed limit thing is that it will less and less tied to emissions as EVs and hybrids take over the motoring pool. The few sections of unrestricted autobahn do not contribute a meaningful amount of pollution to Germany’s carbon impact - they’re just easy to pick on by environmentalists. The real way to…

Dude. What a great way to explain what I meant. Thank you for the backup. Partisan workarounds aren’t sustainable ways to encourage long term change

Maybe while I enjoy Fox&Co. you can take a class at your local community college about cognitive dissonance and civil discourse, since you are apparently incapable of making any argument besides calling people uninformed and making broad assumptions about them (while being incapable of handling a dissenting opinion…

Automakers have been living with CARB + Federal standards for decades, and I agree that CARB pushed emissions down. However, now we are taking a step back and evaluating - why not go back to a single Federal standard? As the regulatory landscape changes dramatically amidst electrification, it would seem wise to push…

I’m 25 lol

Again, they are siding the with the Federal government, which happens to be lead by Trump right now. Not all states support the California doctrine, whereas Federal law applies nationwide. It’s a matter of picking a single regulatory environment. 

Perhaps it’s on me for expecting better critical thinking from Jalopnik, but I cannot possibly express how disappointed I am that this is the party line this blog is taking. Toyota and others are not taking Trump’s side per se, they are advocating for a single Federal standard for safety and emissions. If you fragment…