Guy with more money than 99.999% of the planet has expensive car that vehicle enthusiasts like… more news at 11.

I finally saw one new Z out on the road… and it had dealer tags on it because someone was taking it for a test drive. The only other ones I’ve seen in person have been parked in dealer showrooms. I don’t think it’s selling very well at all. 

Why should it cost less than a compact truck? The Miata is a pleasure vehicle. It’s not meant to be “utilitarian”. Pleasure things generally cost more, not less.

you probably aren’t getting out the door for less than $30,000. That’s a lot of money to spend on anything, especially a car

I agree that if the 500e truly filled a unique niche, it may have found more success. People buying convertibles are already willing to spend more, so that could have been a market for Fiat. I believe the only EV convertible currently on the U.S. market is the Maserati GranCabrio.

Mini Electric is going to be more expensive thanks to the new tariff on EVs made in China.

A robotaxi that will be so wildly profitable that Tesla is going to sell it to everyone, rather than disrupt Uber and collect all the profits themselves.

He’s probably going to ramble on about how we need to elect Trump so that Kamala can’t stop us from reaching Mars. 

Sure Kevin. Keep thinking that. 

You might not prefer an ND to an NA, but the ND is objectively a better car. It performs better while also being safer. That may not align with your preferences, but it’s a fact. You’re allowed to prefer the ND, just like I’m allowed to prefer the “plastic penis extender” that is the Corvette. 

Agreed. Most new cars are just appliances at this point; but there are still a few that are really meant for enthusiasts and they are better than ever before. But those are indeed a dying breed these days as the business case to build them get harder to justify for automakers.

Concept cars and one-offs don’t belong on this list at the expense of the WRX and Peugeot 206 (or 306 even). Yes, they were “cool” but nobody could even buy them. The entire point of a hot hatch is that it is somewhat attainable for the average person. 

Yeah, I’m not a Subie guy, but this one definitely deserved to be on the list instead of a couple of one-off concept cars. 

I have a suspicion that Alfa and Fiat are going to announce a retreat from the U.S. market in the not too distant future. Both have dwindling product portfolios and neither really lit the sales charts on fire. Mind you, I’m not saying I “want” Alfa to leave, but I think the writing is on the wall. I think Stellantis…

Sure, but that’s not the approach that many governments are taking. Instead we keep hearing about ICE bans by 20XX, which then get kicked down the road or watered down.

Regulation should be used to correct externalities, not create them. The government needs to incentivize and invest in clean energy generation, charging infrastructure, and battery recycling technologies/facilities. ICE will eventually fade away, no need to “ban” ICE outright; it just makes governments look inept when…

Your brother is a product of privilege; the privilege to be an anti-vaxxer because everyone around him is vaccinated.

Misleading statement by the cop. Does that surprise you?

Pass meaningful immigration reform? No

The redesign looks ok without the context of the original. Next to the original it becomes apparent how the narrow slit headlights are disproportionately small compared to the rest of the design.