I know BMW has had issues with chip shortages/supply issues regarding their wireless charging in the past during the pandemic, which resulted in many vehicles losing that feature that should have had them. Avoiding over stressing the supply might be why it’s not standard. 

It’s full BMW interior and electronics, so yes it has iDrive albeit with a reskinned interface versus BMW. Which is honestly a good thing because iDrive is far and away better than Entune or whatever Toyota’s system is called (also better than Lexus’s system).

Toyota is probably the automaker least able to do something about it. They themselves don’t even control distribution to the Southeast US- Southeast Toyota Distributors and Gulf States Toyota Distributors, two entirely separate private companies, do.

I think the wing on the last Type R looked better because while it was over the top at least the rest of the car was as well to match.

Parents usually know and go along with it. The term “stage mom” or “stage parents” and their stereotypes exists for a reason. They don’t care about their child’s thoughts or feelings…the child is just a vessel that the parents are living vicariously though for the $$$ and access that fame brings.

It varies by jurisdiction but those restrictions are usually measured in feet, not miles.

The front end is vaguely like the new BMW 2 series coupe, except better. Granted I would hope a $2 million car looks better than a $40k one.

I don’t think so. The ZDX at the top of the page is also actually the original ZDX Concept car, not the production model. Very obvious with the taillights.

Ugh…the Challenger IS the Charger coupe, it just has different exterior styling. If you want possible sales split. Just compare the current Charger sales vs Challenger sales. You are not going to see a Charger sedan, Charger Coupe, and Challenger in the lineup because the last two things are the exact same thing. This…

“Northwest continues to keep flight number 255 in retirement in the decades since the crash.“

The lack of sub-lime green is surprising, since Dodge offered it a few years ago. Unless it is available and wasn’t called out.

The Polestar 2 is built in China and does not qualify for these credits. That’s why they are not doing anything with customers (I’m sure their lobbyist are fuming/busy though).

Obviously there is no official definition. But there are companies out there who can afford to make some financial/strategic mistakes/goofs (eg release an expensive flop in the marketplace) and they will still survive. Rivian is not there yet.

“Rivian is spending a lot of money upfront to save money later, but you know how investors are — every quarter has to have record returns.”

1) The Law and Order franchise (not just SVU) has famously taken inspiration from real life cases for years. They are basically where “ripped from the headlines” came from.

I’m sure those Japanese firms are also very expensive to contract.

Keeping the Chrysler 200 name was their first and biggest mistake. I know we often criticized the Big 3 for dumping names too frequently and failing to build equity with them but if there ever was an example of a car that needed a rebrand it was the second gen 200. The previous car had to much of a dumpster fire/low…

You bring up Minneapolis/St. Paul’s commuter rail but completely ignore its two light rail lines. 

The i8 has been dead and out of production, worldwide, for over 2 years now. Not sure why you are including it as a core i model  

I suspect consumer expectations between the 300 and Charger/Challenger are a bit different too. That effects “quality” issues reported. Remember this data is from customer surveys.