Look - I’m not saying that CUVs aren’t a good bet. They absolutely are. I’m saying the following:

You’re not the only analyst in the world homie. I’m not speaking from my ass when I tell you that unless you’re controlling for CUV availability - your numbers are skewed as fuck. And once again - as I’ve said over and over - one thing is to reduce sedan and hatchback footprint. Another is to abandon it entirely. As…

I said SUV / Truck

Profitability is a really tenuous case to make. There are SO MANY things tied into what makes a car “profitable” and a ton of those things have very little to do with what the different components of a car are. The easy counter argument is that clearly there are OEMs that are selling sedans and hatchbacks profitably,…

Reliability numbers on it are not good.

There’s a difference between acknowledging that cars are a smaller part of the portfolio, and just saying, cars and hatchbacks need to be reduced to zero. Fact is, there are sedans and small cars and hatchbacks that are selling reasonably well in the US, it’s just that Ford and Chevy’s sedan offerings sort of blow…

Ford CEO: Not gonna deny that autonomous cars are overhyped and probably won’t be ready for prime time for quite some time. That said, I’ve heard a few interviews with this guy, and either he’s a genius so far beyond me that I just don’t get it, or he’s a moron. He says that he wants to leverage user data from Ford…

Counterpoint - they front-loaded all the outrage, and ever since, the story has been fairly conventional.

On one hand, yes, these sort of “look at how heartwarming it is that we raised money for teachers to buy school supplies” are really addressing a symptom and not a problem. So they can be problematic.

I’d agree that Mercedes is a bit busy, but the Volvo interior in this picture looks meh as fuck. Maybe it’s the gray everywhere, which is sort of like the new beige.  If you told me this was the interior of a GMC, I’d believe you.

That’s pretty much what I was asking. I felt like the range on the S was around 200 when it launched, and I wasn’t really aware of what the 3 was getting. It’ll be interesting to see what Porsche comes up with, but if it’s built on the same platform as the Audi, I think it solidifies the argument that Tesla is still…

Again. If you’re bringing in your own financing, this wouldn’t be an issue, so I still smell a rat. Also - a ton of credit unions offer no loan origination fee, and I’d imagine that lenders want to work with dealerships and offer them favorable terms. I know for a fact that dealers will get a commission or kickback…

Just curious, what’s a Tesla Model S and Model 3's “real world” range for the average commuter?

The only reason I can think of for someone getting their price changed because of credit score is if the dealership is getting a commission from the financing itself, and offsetting the price with some of that commission. Otherwise, the purchase price is what it is, and the financing/interest rate applies to that…

The crushed by the crush person is also overthinking. I’m of the school of thought that if you feel something for someone and you’re not otherwise engaged, continue to be friends, take it light, and if you want something to happen, let it happen, or don’t. Just because your therapist or convention says “you’re not…

No one says manufacturers would be the champtions of the consumers.

Sure they would, but it wouldn’t be in their interest to maximize profit at a detriment to brand perception. Right now they can more or less wash their hands of the customer experience since there are competing dealers.

That’s kind of a snide response, and I get it, but I think if Elon isn’t thinking about some fairly sweeping upgrades for the S, he’s screwed, but if he’s on track to be 7 years ahead for the new S, the Taycan is going to have its work cut out for it.

I came here to say what I usually say, which is that price efficiency and battery efficiency is where Tesla leads, but honestly if the Porsche Taycan can live up to its promise by 2020, it will be a solid Model S competitor. That said, the Model S is 7 years old at this point, so the question is, what is the next gen…

The first “cool” car I ever bought, was a 2005 SLK32 AMG for 17k dollars. It had 46K miles. It had the wrong type of steering rack for a lot of feel, but it was fast, and a slight tune gave it upwards of 420 HP. I actually loved that car and drove it for 5 years and 50k miles. It didn’t give me many issues, except for…