Even the best of us Jalopers can build something better than the Big Three these days.

They still haven’t learned their lesson from when the Taurus failed versus the Camry and Accord. And then it was an Auto manufacturer that was the threat, and still they dismissed it until it ate their lunch. It’s even harder for them to reconnoiter the Tesla threat. Hubris is an ugly trait.

This reminds me of Blackberry, absolutely convinced that their market share was insurmountable and dismissed Apple/Samsung which led to their downfall. Nokia as well.

They probably said the same of the Japanese in the late 60s and early 70s. I have been to the Tesla Factory and it is nothing less than a complete transformation from the old GM days. The factory was the worst in the GM system, with drug sales and prostitutes in the building. It was the worst for quality control in…

The more I read Bob Lutz, the more I think he just needs to retire atop his pile of money.

reminds me of how the Motorola MBA geniuses reacted to Apple’s first phone in 2007- ‘nobody wants a touchscreen’ and other comments of the same ilk

I have an old magazine from the 50s somewhere that has an article about THOSE KOOKY FOREIGN CARS! It’s full of interviews with American car execs who say things like “I have no idea how they hope to succeed, they’re small and slow and Americans want big cars with big engines and frankly them foreign jobs are a joke”.

It’s almost infuriating how much they don’t get it.
But that’s OK, no one under the age of 40 gives enough of a shit about domestic vehicles anymore, and that number isn't likely to rise.

Why should GM feel any differently? They are here after being 10x dumber, 10x worse, 10x less safe, etc. Now they’re just 10x as ingorant, but it won’t matter. They are too big to fail. What they’re saying is, “We have much better lobbyists. ”

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the design. The problem is development. Imagine that the automotive industry is a fantasy RPG, and piston engines are swords, and rotary engines are axes. Now imagine that swords has been trained to level eleventy billion with hundreds of billions of dollars in R&D and a hundred…

I think it would be fun to have American Chris Evans do it. There can only be 1 and it might as well be freaking Captain America.

“He doesn’t even go here!”

It would be an entirely different show, which is fine, in theory, but we’ve seen how reticent the BBC are to get rid of things already with the, now, third incarnation of Top Gear.

First World Problems: A temperamental millionaire complaining that he has too much work.

I agree, I had the same initial reaction, read it, then felt the same way. Why tolerate this dipshit that isn’t much of a car guy.

If BBC wants someone who is a bit nerdy yet inexorably adorable, replace this ass with Simon Pegg. I would watch Topgear just for him.

Jeremy Clarkson is reported as “too busy laughing to comment”. Back to the studio.

Pictured: A British producer wearing the required safety equipment.

Maybe the BBC should hire Jeremy Clarkson to punch Chris Evans in the face. They can make it a Christmas special and give it as a gift to everyone that thinks Chris Evans is a giant douche.