“Massively successful”? Yep, centrally planned economies really are the answer./s

Wow, I was going to call you out for citing directly from the CCP talking points section, but gotdamn, even Deng Xiaoping himself eventually admitted the famine(s) were a direct result of “mistakes” of the Great Leap forward.

bUt AmErIcA’s baD tOo! yOu’re DuMb!!

Ok, Vlad.

Competition is good for consumers unless there isn’t a level playing field. The Chinese don’t play by the rules. In this case, tariffs are wholly appropriate. 

Lets be real and fully recognize the Chinese government will always have an adversarial relationship with the west and will do anything to win economically, including manipulating markets via state sponsored pricing actions, massive intellectual property theft, espionage, and currency manipulation, etc., etc.

A truck or SUV with high ground clearance and a locking transfer case.

Fun fact: Internally at FCA he really was affectionately known as “The Sweater”.

Counterpoint, if it wasn’t for the Fiat Group and Sergio Marchionne, Chrysler/Dodge/Ram/Jeep wouldn’t even exist.

This arm chair boomer would be just fine with driving a Ford GT even with that crappy 700 H.P. V-6.

Well, it would have been kinda challenging to get an old school 426 Hemi with a Welland blower and open exhaust to meet emissions, but, yeah, that would be my exact preference for a factory set up.

You coulda just said Mandela effect so everyone else gets the reference.

I get the temptation to conflate H.D. attributes with the Prowler given the owner base. But no, a V-8 lump would have screwed up the weight distribution and handling.

The thing is, the 253 HP 3.5 liter V-6 WAS a hot motor in a 2,850 lb. car back in 1999, even when handicapped by a 4 speed automatic.

So, do they still do a good job on your costumes with all the cost cutting? Are they helping you gear up for a big Halloween party?

Yes, but we’re talking here specifically about the tiny fraction of police vehicles relative to the total population of vehicles.

This seems like a lot pearl clutching if I’m being honest. The incremental danger to the public of Explorer patrol vehicles vs. Crown Vics or Chargers is unlikely to even be measurable.

A 2010 Crown Vic weighs 4134 lbs. The 2nd gen, (‘98-’12) gained about 400 lbs.

Got it. Yep, if only drug manufacturers had to follow the supply/demand curve like car dealers.

Thought he might have visited some parallel universe 1980 where Adam Smith decided to be a pig farmer and never wrote The Wealth of Nations and the supply demand curve wasn’t a thing.