if it’s around the $40k mark, hopefully with the 400hp 3.0TT V6

If you can’t comprehend that EPA regulations only specify broad goals to be reached and increased gradually over time, I don’t know what to tell you.

So how big is this market share really?

But by-and-large, a Tesla is still A Statement

My Model 3 as spec’d was $51K (that’s before the recent discounts), the same Model Y will be $54K. The cost increase for the Y is marginal, and justified given the improvements over the 3.

That’s if you check every box like a doofus.

So yes, the comparison is among cars over time as they have developed to meet the guidelines, not between two different propulsion systems that coexist.

Yeah, because if people protesting the cops won’t let ME through, they’ll surely let the COPS through so they can help ME get out.

A group of “peaceful” protesters forms a circle around your car, holding hands.

I had 3 Toyota engineers in my 4Runner last year at FJ Summit in Ouray, Colorado to talk about the 6th Gen 4Runner.

The ecoboost is a lot closer to what you’d build for a high rpm peak hp race car engine. The Toyota turbo 6 looks almost like a diesel power curve and IIRC redline is only about 6k rpms.

And it appears to now be getting extended in turbo form to the new Tundra.

So there’s no way that a new engine is possible? This is it? Forever?

with impending competitive pressure in the EV space from...well...nearly every other car maker

There’s a lot of math involved. You ready? Here we go.

With respect, your use of “statistics” in this case is ignorant.

Thing is, data seems to show that the driver behind the increasing cost of cars isn’t engine and transmission complexity. It contributes for sure

“All this efficiency has made cars more expensive!” I’ve not seen proof of that.

then why does there need to be an over-complicated bureaucratic mess put in place to make it happen?

The Land Cruiser is just another big gas guzzling truck for early 30s white chicks and people that think they need 4WD because they occasionally get heavy rain.