It’s really not though, because they were selling body-on-frame V8 SUVs back then not CUVs that get 30mpg highway.

2nd Gear: If we didn’t coddle Detroit after the 2008 meltdown and forced them to improve themselves to improve the nation that could’ve been us. Back in 2010 there was a massive push in the U.S for electric cars, but Detroit Detroited and put the bare minimum effort in on them instead, focusing on the growing truck…

You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. BMW’s 2 liter turbo in the 328 (that was released 6 years ago) makes peak torque (255lb-ft) at 1250RPM. That peak torque stays flat until around 5000RPM. It’s a powerband that you couldn’t dream of 30 years ago. 8 gear ratios in an incredibly smart transmission make…

Some people really like their Powerglides.

ZF and others have been making eight speeders for ten years or so. If they had major issues once the guarantee has expired, we’d probably have heard by now.

And that’s probably why you think 4 speed slushboxes were optimal

You clearly never drove a BMW with the ZF 8HP 

Geezus, I’ve been around too long. I’m old as dirt compared to others on this site.

Brinkmanship seems to be Trump’s style. Whether it works as planned or by accident in his case.

Trade between China and US is not fair, nobody can rationally argue otherwise. The Chinese frequently steal our intellectual property, won’t allow our companies access to the market without “partnering” with one of their companies (who then steal our IP), and they are the biggest currency manipulators in the world.…

I think the closest you are going to find around here is a few comments up. Someone made a really good point how China needs to be very careful on what they do to our economy with these targeted tariffs. They hold the majority of our debt. It does them no good to have America in a recession unable to pay back that…

Exactly this. People simply assume this is bad because TRUMP. People living in their mother’s basement drinking Starbucks and eating avocado toast, with no concept of international trade, manufacturing, or business, who can’t see four or five steps ahead in the chess game.

Not quite, trade deficits do matter. Extended outflows of money has an effect on the economy as a whole. We should strive for trade balance but not through tariffs. We just need to be more efficient at producing a given product and sell it to China. More airplanes or shopsticks or whatever it is to balance out the…

I get your point, but in your theoretical case the point of the 25% tariff would be to incentivize a local company to open their own gas station with locally-produced gas that will now be theoretically cost-competitive with the now tariff-saddled previous gas station. So now siding guy still pays more for gas, but the…

What if he upgrades to a more fuel efficient vehicle?

Lol... Like the comment sections on this network of sites is anything but an echo chamber of Trump-hating people. Diverse thought is not welcome here.

I guess I’m going to be the contrarian here. Something will eventually need to be done about China demanding an unequal playing field, especially with regard to intellectual property rights.

Glare, mud, dust and exhaust fumes would impede visibility greatly.

Funny, cause I see a CEO taking personal responsibility of the project as a good thing, unlike the big three automotive manufacturers. Where would GM and Chrysler be if we didn’t throw wads of cash at them?

Elon is wicked smart, but hiring someone to be in charge of building cars who has never built cars before was an idiotic thing to do.