We don’t have any crash test data yet. No telemetry, no results from tests by NHTSA or IIHS.

‘17 Macan S: (3.0 TT-340 HP) on factory staggered 20 inch wheels. Can’t remember which tires but they were factory stock all-seasons.

It’s not so much we shouldn’t try, as it’s “We love the current system we’ve profited from for over 100 years”.

The Stelvio is a much better handler than the Macan will ever be.

Ford experimented with company owned stores during the Jacques Nasser era. I'm intimately familiar with how it went down as I was in the business at the time. 

“Illegal”? Meh.

Likely because that clown so richly deserved a beat down. He got off easy.

Dealers setting up a sales network? Huh? Nope.

The other layer of nuance with the whole franchise law thing is it’s not so much that a Ford dealer needs protection from Ford Motor Company or a GM dealer needing protection from GM, etc.

Having OEMs sell EVs direct sounds great in theory until you consider how the dealer / manufacturer relationship actually works.

Black ice.

Yep, just EV’s ‘cause they’re bad and we should feel bad about buying one, especially if it’s a Tesla.

So, they let you take pics? I got the vault tour a couple years ago and they made us keep our phones in our pockets. Journalism has it’s privilege, I suppose.

Yep, soft on crime and defund the police is a right wing thing. /s

Don’t get out much, do ya’?

We’ve already de facto eliminated shoplifting penalties in a lot of municipalities.. How’s that been working out?

Nobody, here.

In spite of being there in late May- early June, no crowds on the Ring road at all. Mostly desolate of people although local businesses were open.

Yikes!

You’re not missing anything. Once you sign those lease docs, you’re committed for the entirety of the lease term.