Eh, I’m gonna disagree and give Ford a pass on this one. Are there similar design cues and proportions? Yes, but that does not a copy make. Calling it a blatant ripoff in the same vein as what we’re seeing from the Chinese manufacturers is a bit of a stretch.

I would have said the Outback, but same general idea.

Lexus still lists the LFA on their website. It’s kind of sad, in a resting on your laurels/holding on to past glory kind of way.

I think Russia has clearly shown that they can't be trusted to exercise discretion when it comes to providing antagonists with anti-air capabilities.

Should I let a dealer look at my pay stub?

I agree with what you said in other posts, it depends on the shape of the objects. For big, bulky stuff, the hatch reigns supreme. For longer objects, the sedan probably fits easier.

As an owner of a STI hatch, I believe you are incorrect, as it is the vastly superior option. The Sedan is about 6.5” longer than the hatch, all of which is behind the rear wheels (ie. trunk). But what the hatch lacks in length, it makes up for in sheer volume and utility. Long skinny things might fit better in the…

What I’d like to know is when we can expect some OLED monitors to be released? We have OLED phones, OLED tablets, OLED TV’s........where are the monitors?

I've been satisfied with the quality of everything I've bought from Anker so far. I see no reason why this would be any different.

I've been satisfied with the quality of everything I've bought from Anker so far. I see no reason why this would be…

The company I work for (job-shop) makes small-ish brass automotive parts that we send down to Mexico, I believe for use in a fuel pump assembly. We are prohibited from changing ANYTHING about our heavily-documented manufacturing process without prior consent from the customer, which would probably require another PPAP…

I've always considered the difference of durability and reliability to be similar to the difference between accuracy and precision.

All good points which I did not consider. But when you have a premium product (I'm going to stick with the Optima example), why would you risk tarnishing your reputation by producing a product with sub-par quality control? All that time, money, and effort to relocate south-of-the-border for eventual cost savings, only…

This is just perhaps confirmation bias, but it seems that every time I see a dip in quality of a product that used to be made in the US, and investigate why, it's usually because production was moved to Mexico or China.

I've always thought the list of cars at Rock Auto is pretty comprehensive as well.

So I shouldn't worry about having peeled out once or twice in an empty parking lot in the 30k miles I've owned the car?

No we won't, because Ferrari will insist on bringing a Factory-prepped car to the competition, which no one in their right minds could consider a "production car."

While I'd love to see something like that come to the US, I don't get my hopes up. Same with the Levorg (300hp awd wagon? I'd trade my STI hatch for one in an instant).

I doubt it. If honda ever could be bothered to bring it here, it would probably be priced similarly to the STI, Focus RS, and Golf R. While there may be savings from lacking the AWD powertrain that others in the segment possess, I think $10k is probably optimistic.

Agreed. 2 performance cars, one of which will likely not make it to these shores, does not a renaissance make.

Odd. YMMV I guess.