Glass half full: This has been a wake up call to everyone how production can be a matter of national security. At my job, you wouldn’t believe how dependent we are on China for castings. There are very few cast components made here. A ROOTS RAM616 PD blower was an in-stock component in the before-times. Now? 6 months…

Driving a Bronco Raptor around on the tiny wheels will become a status symbol.  This will make them easier to get in and out of when you park them at the mall.

I’m pretty sure they just drive them ready when in Florida.

Automotive grade chips are built using older technologies, and are certified to be higher quality than consumer grade chips. They’re generally a generation or three behind consumer grade. Automotive grade chips have more stable memory, wider temperature range, longer life, etc. (You REALLY don’t want your chip to fail…

Pimp my protuberances!

Historically, the Land Cruiser was built around the idea of extreme durability. Toyota specifically designed it for a 25 year service life off-road, whereas most other cars are designed to last about 15 years on-road.

You didn’t show the side profile picture where its GM-style slab sized oversizedness becomes obvious because the wheels look comically undersized.

And people wonder why I don’t like going in the water.

There’s a big full size spare under there. And high belly clearance. So there's no room underneath for the seats. It's a trade for capability vs low flat cargo area. Or you just remove the 3rd row and get a flat floor. 

I would say the Wagoneer, for sheer width, is more of a competitor than the Grand Cherokee L. But, yes, there would be some overlap. And crossovers tend to utilize a given footprint more efficiently, space-wise, than BOF SUVs, anyway.

Probably the hybrid/battery and 4WD system.

Call me crazy, but I think the new Sequoia looks great! I can’t put my finger on why, but I think it is far more attractive than the new Tundra, Land Cruiser, and LX600.

I actually liked that line. It is not really that backwards if you look at the trend of trucks betting more “off-road-y” and “overlanding-y” in that the old IRS setups were crap off road and often inhibited the larger SUVs from being seen as more capable off road. (I know here come the mall crawler and nobody off…

Terrible from the factory yes, but it’s hands down the most legendary drag racing platform ever.

Easy to say that now. When it and the 5.0 came out it opened up serious performance for the masses that had been euthanized with the oil crisis of the early 70s. Also, places like Griggs Racing and others made the Fox platform amazing in lots of racing series. Hard to find the lighter notch-back anymore once the track…

That remains one of the most idiotic things I’ve read on this site, which employs writers who actively hate cars.

Sometimes a dealer can offer a better discount based on accepting a bonus from a lender. The lender gets a higher rate and the buyer gets a lower sticker price. This sounds like a sucker move for the buyer, but if you pay off the loan within the first month of owning the car you pocket the lower sticker cost and never…

I maybe should have included a sarcasm tag. I was dunking on the author for her abysmal take on a different recent article.

Judging by the condition of the headlights, as well as those on the Infinity, that is quite an old picture.

Someone rescue that green IS