It’s the fat Elvis unions have been in the recent past that many, many of us take exception to. Japanese competition opened people’s eyes to real shortcomings. China has now taken it to an even lower level.

You are exactly right! They had a huge load of Ram Rebels and BMW X6's lined up to enter service, too. Driving through the rental lot, I’ve never seen such a crazy array of cars. Not a single Chrysler 200 to be seen, either.

Couldn’t not reply to this. Yes! The rental agent at Budget (yesterday!) asked if I could drive a manual. Of course I said, Sure! She gave me the key to a brand new Challenger with a Hemi and 6 speed. I got a solid dose of tire smoke, all for the same price as a compact rental. Absolute helluva rental.

Eh, what could go wrong?!?! Certainly the first company I think of to get a brand new technology successfully off the ground in two years is Stellantis.

Agree 100%. Put protected trails into/through heavy urban/traffic areas and usage will drastically increase. As is, there are all sorts of bike lanes that put bike and scooter riders at real risk. Good examples include bike lanes that end at no shoulder overpasses and bridges, drastic traffic speed deltas, crossover…

It has also kinda gone unmentioned that the bean counters get a real benefit from the Bolt — the boost to the CAFE. I wonder if this doesn’t make the losses from recalls drastically more palatable. 

Super solid Jalopniking right here! I’ve got a couple Campy-equipped bikes, no wonder I liked the hinges.  Not sure of too many companies beyond Campagnolo that meld art with engineering so perfectly.

All the reasonable features above and absolutely no door dings (ever)? Nice Price all day.

Still waiting for that shipping container full of seafood and mayonnaise I had en route, aboard the Ever Given. Should still be good.

Nothing like a solid dose of pseudo-engineering/marketing to fool a simpleton into thinking this kind of massive beast is a cutting edge performance vehicle. The buffoons eating this up should be happily unencumbered of their ample monies.

Those incredibly skilled workers will be CNC machines.  I would be very surprised to see humans doing much other than supervising.

So your Price is Right answer is $9,955?

Design the parts, engineer the parts, test the parts, drive/race the parts, and profit directly from the sales. I think there’s only one job out there like that and Elon Musk has it.  I think I better stick to the industry I'm already in.

I hear you — it’s as if Nissan went out of its way to make so many things just enough “off” to truly penalize the driver. It would have been fun to run the company and fire the individual engineers/designers/bean counters responsible for so many things on that car.

That’s what this is! The Price is Right game where you just rearrange the numbers, remove a digit correctly, and you get the car. Makes perfect sense now. My guess is $5,995.

Cue the "If only they would have used..." types.  Amsoil!  Magnets!  Centrifuge!  TP!  Snake oil additives! 

“Runs great”??? With 165 hp from the 350, this thing never ran great. I would prefer to buy and drive a used Versa (a real penalty box) and burn the remainder of cash, than buy this Nova. This car belongs back in a time, when dice haven’t even been invented.

Well, count me absolutely in for the comparo. Changli really ought to send suitcases (maybe zip locs?) full of cash to Torch to make this happen. I want Sandy Munro weighing in on the changes, too.

I think I finally see and appreciate the Isetta’s raison d’etre! The ridiculous parking in many cities and garages (in particular NYC) should make entry/exit via front much more of a thing.

For 13k, I do not want a nest of wiring, a mercilessly hammered radiator, and other issues staring at me every time I open the hood, which is probably going to be often.