Counterpoint: Countries with a robust private sector combined with a strong, democratically elected central government seem to be in the sweet spot for a happy and prosperous citizenry. Countries without those elements, not so much.

Agree 100%. Anecdotally, I also recently went to an all Corvette show, and found most attendees to absolutely do look the part but honestly were quite friendly overall. Some of them do take themselves a bit too seriously, though.

Well, you have a point. Owning a Corvette isn't supposed to be a personality trait. And yet....

Corvettes, all of them.

So yes, detailing communism from spreading has been a thing since WWII. Unfortunately, the U.S. mistakenly assumes every country would embrace democracy too, although that’s not at all realistic considering how dramatically different other parts of the world are, economically, culturally, historically, etc.

The Commander was also patterned after the XJ, except much bigger..You're right about the original Patriot. I leased a couple for my kids during college. They had all the charm of a Lada.

XJ Jeep Cherokee. The world still needs a small, light, boxy, unibody SUV with solid axles and a big torque 6 cylinder.

Word.

Of course, you didn’t answer the question and walked right back into a steaming pile of “whataboutisms”, as seems to be your pattern.

Good dealers will generally post “in-transit”, or “coming soon” on their web tiles. Many of them are too lazy, unfortunately.

“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.

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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.