Misleading headline. Profits are down 42%, not sales. They also had the 42% data point about 22Q1 next to another data point about 21Q1 bit that data point was “volume sales” (is that supposed to be units, dollar revenue, what?) so why bother comparing the two other than they were both in a Q1? 

Volvo has mostly succeeded here. It is selling $70k XC90s with a turbo four in a market where the base engine is a turbo six (BMW/Audi/Mercedes/Porsche/RR sport). They made a really handsome car with a great interior. I drove all of the above before buying a CPO full size RR, but I just couldn’t get myself to plunk…

I lived in Gold Coast Chicago for several years, witnessing the Blue Angels and other planes practicing for the Air and Water Show. It was really nothing at all. People who complain would find something else to complain about if it wasn’t some of the best pilots in the world showing their stuff (family friends with a…

The Honda and Acura versions were WAY ahead of their time. Look at the the atrocious BMW X6, the “coupe” versions of the MB and Porsche SUVs. These models sell for more than their more upright SUV cousins. Lastly, the small Acura RDX at that time bucked the trend of throwing a V6 into every compact SUV by going with a…

The Jenner one has some Ferrari 550 in the side window design and shape.

Ever lived in Chicago and seen the fisticuffs resulting from “saving” spots with lawn chairs etc after shoveling out snow?

There will ALWAYS be a subset of people who can not drive an EV. I live in a small dense city. I, along with probably 20,000 other people around me, park on the street. Huge swaths of urban America park their cars on the street. I still have not heard anyone address this huge issue. 

Agreed. Huge 986 racing scene out there with all the parts and support that a Miata scene has.

People have brand loyalty. The number of Cayenne Turbos and Diesels at my typical PCA event towing cars is insane. 

Re-check your numbers. New pilots working for regional airlines make $50k/yr.  It’s brutally low pay for new pilots. 

But but but my political overlords have told me handouts are bad! Bootstraps!

You could say the same about their current garbage offerings- stick a Hemi in everything to try to overlook the rest of it.

I grew up in the 80s with a big fold out advertisement (presumably from Sports Illustrated or Time since those were the two magazines we got at my house) of the C4 Corvette. I had the necessary white Countach poster. I never had a GNX poster. I am guessing this was geared more towards my Boomer parents who in the 80s…

The Acura version was ahead of its time. Now we have multiple ugly vehicles like X6 that offer neither Sport or Utility

Ronin had a D2 Audi S8. This 750 (SWB tho) showed up in a Bond movie (can’t remember which one).

The last gen 650GC was beautiful. It’s 850 replacement is garbage. This is flaming polluted smelly garbage.

Re: the Don’t Say Gay bill, wouldn’t it also restrict discussing ANY gender, ANY sex preferences, etc? If you can say the husband and husband you ALSO can’t say the husband and wife. If you can’t say that a man loves another man you also can’t say that a man loves a woman. This bill is freaking dumb. These GOP…

The c pillar thing worked when it was a carbon fiber blade in the first gen R8. It didn’t work on the second gen R8 and it sure as $hit doesn’t work here.

My only question is what dropped on the keyboard of the Toyota branding executive who created the name for this thing and then hit Send? 

Thank you for cutting and pasting- was going to do the same. Truly terrible.