While I have never been to Germany, I too have heard praises of its driving culture and wish some of that could come over here.  Ironically, it’s the people driving the German cars here in the US that are some of the worst offenders of tailgating, passing on the right, and failing to signal lane changes.

Agreed. When we were shopping for a 3 row vehicle 4 years ago my wife’s only rules were, not a minivan and not a Flex. I really wanted to test drive the Flex, but she wouldn’t even go. We ended up with an Acadia Limited which I still really like because the Explorer was just way too cramped for interior volume.

Cheaper cars mean cheaper production. Something’s gotta give, right? Except that these cars aren’t that cheap. When we wrote about what countries top the list for cheap cost of ownership, I was surprised to see many countries in Latin America rank among the places where the cost of car ownership is highest!

And it was the IIHS that pushed automakers into including these well before NHTSA required them. The NHTSA has followed the IIHS in nearly every regulation.

That might be true in the SUV space for Cadillac, but as for sedans the CTS, STS, and ATS were on rear wheel drive car platforms.  The only Chevrolet that shared with the Cadillac was the Camaro from 2016+, but that was more of a case of the Chevy being a downscaled Cadillac.

These cars are relatively heavy and running on street tires.  At those power levels you are much more restricted by traction then anything.  The Rimec could have possibly never even hit full power in that run just to keep traction.

My 2017 GMC Acadia Limited (1st generation model) has this as a feature that automatically enables when you are in Reverse.  You can turn it off, pick 1 mirror, or have both mirrors tilt down.  I almost exclusively back into parking spots so I absolutely miss it when I drive a vehicle without it.

They must have been using VERY old seats. Graco even advertises their 4Ever seats as providing 10 years of use (essentially until the child has fully outgrown the need for any kind of booster seat).

Actually in the early Ford and GM days, big block actually meant a bigger engine block compared to the “small blocks”. The small blocks and big blocks were different engine families with little in shared parts.

I like the old way transmissions were referred to as “3 on the tree” for a 3 speed column shifter or “4 on the floor” for a 4-speed with the shifter in the center tunnel. Also, don’t forget the “5th under the seat” in the early days of oval racing and/or running shine.

There used to be one of these in my dorm parking lot in college back around 2007-2008.  At first I honestly thought it was a wreck that was put back together with the hood and doors pulled from different colored junkyard cars.

That might work in Europe. In America it leads to this.

The half ton market for pickup trucks is a nearly perfect application for a BEV platform.  Most are used as daily drivers for the majority of their life so it’s nice to reduce the fuel use and emissions from that.  Most aren’t used for long distance towing, the Heavy/Super Duty’s are designed for that.  However, the…

Consoles aren’t designed for hard power shutoffs as they are usually doing other low power tasks when shut off.

I don’t believe it is possible for a tank truck to hold 14,000 gallons worth of fuel, and I bet the number is closer to 14,000 lbs of fuel.  Trucks on US Highways are limited to 80,000 pounds GROSS weight which includes the weight of the truck and trailer in that figure.  14,000 gallons at approximately 6.7 lbs/gallon…

Putting a World War II era tank engine into a somewhat post WWII era American chassis and then taking it to Germany.  What could go wrong?

It’s only a 20 minute drive from downtown Birmingham.

This is a 3 row CUV...

Maybe in the large cities, but try building a train network for navigating rural areas.

There is the aspect of perceived quality based on money spent. Customers will feel like they are getting a premium experience over the free option because they are paying for it unlike the cheap plebeians who are using the free version that is “inferior” based on the fact it is free. This type of pricing model goes…