Just as a matter of facts, IFA was already a DDR East-german enterprise, that improved upon pre-war DKWs models and factories obtained as war loot, which would end up becoming the lovely, smelly Trabant.

That is a great point, totally true, but there is a window of opportunity with electrification. The shift of paradigm encompassed by the novelty of the drivetrain will be lost in short time - at the moment, only Rivian (and maybe Tesla) seem to be making use of as a value proposition.

Well, De Chirico was indeed commissioned to create a painting celebrating the launch of the then-revolutionary unibody Fiat 1400 back in 1950. The painting style was already too far removed from his better-known cleaner, earlier style, but nonetheless still an epic composition.

Range anxiety, ‘66 edition.

Companies are complicated, and huge companies are hugely complicated. If they were proudly building the same air-cooled tech for that many years I imagine there’d have been all sorts of internal resistance for a 180º turn and adoption of external technologies.

I wonder about the specificity of these removable batteries.

I would argue that the sweet spot was actually a bit more down the line. The turning point where everything could have gone in other direction was when Renault was in charge. I do believe they could have readied the most compelling product mix from Jeep down to federalized Renaults at many different price points.

Umm... but shouldn’t all those tips be applied into any high speed route, autobahn or not? They look like basic highway driving common sense anyway.

I wouldn’t be so sure about GMC ‘s lead-time to market v. Rivian’s being a deciding factor.

Truth to be told, if there was any Dacia that could be in a sweet spot for USDM, I’d rather make the case for their upcoming Bigster C-segment SUV.

Project FCd’up, maybe? Not the most original of the names, but I’d bet this will be the most accurate description throughout the restoration.

I have always been fond of this headlight treatment, despite being in the minority as you said. I thought they fit the overall design theme really well and provided an extra bit of DNA for Porsche to differentiate itself. Not that Porsche it’s a brand that was lacking DNA elements anyway, but certainly helped when…

Somewhere, somehow in the design process there must have been some Silvia fan...

You already mentioned another possible alternative https://jalopnik.com/this-rarely-seen-sketch-suggests-an-alternate-history-f-1823958852

I would have been astounded if, Ford being Ford, did not offer an exhaustive array of competitively priced models aimed squarely at whatever gaps exist in pricing / equipment in the Jeep lineup. It’s really what they excel at, after all.

Absolutely unrelated to the “Crab” feature, which looks neat... I don’t get the art direction behind any of this Hummer EV branding. It’s supposed to be something tasteful, elegant, as the silent drivetrain and the music seem to suggest, while at the same time graphics are all kitschy military-tribal graphics, as in…

Here’s hoping this one won’t get a good damn thrashing!

Another interesting chapter in the Torino’s development is the several variations proposed for facelifts and updates- You can check here most of them.-

This looks like a strange #Marketingspecial... reasonable parts, reasonable price for a higher profit compared to the base model, but no fancy names or decals whatsoever. I was kind of missing something along the lines of “All new F150 Saurus” in dull orange with black parts.

It is fundamentally the same exact car as the one that went on sale in 2007.