Not getting the journalist analogy. Software and digital journalism are both digital in the same way some currency is green and leaves can also be green. The way you consume digital media from a journalist and a software product are totally different. Maybe I’m misreading the level of shade in the OPs post, but seems…

Yeah man. It’s like the parent company execs went to business school in a classroom in the basement of 80s era GM. Taking a page from 101 Cost-Cutting Strategies to Max My Quarterly Bonus isn’t an actual strategy.

You should probably check the level of hostility you transmit over a simple editing error. 

Bold take. I wonder if Uber will now start investing in automation?
Oh wait, they were doing it anyway!

This is really what we needed - another 100k SUV. Is there any doubt as to who is doing well in this country?

They did a LOT to the rear also, honestly that was always the most problematic part of the 1800, the rear proportions always felt off, they totally slimmed down the fins and made it more proportional, the lines are very different.

Not only are the wheel arches bigger, but they raised them a lot higher, you can see they…

Honestly this is why I struggle with getting an apple watch. I recognize it does a lot more than a normal watch, but not enough of a differentiator for my phone for me to want another disposable device. 

Yep. That’s the elephant in the room for me when any of these coaches talk. Or any other front office whatever. Kaepernick still doesn’t have a job, while a number of really poor QBs do.

You could just as easily say that they’ve had a ton of time to sit on their laurels and avoid real advancement. It took them two decades to finally make an interior worth their nearly 40k price tag. 

It’s not about the infotainment, it’s about the data. That said, I’ll give it a read. What I’m saying though is a car manufacturer is going to be less good at everything related to that than a tech company. Data collection, user experience, in and out of car, and they’re going to have a much more complete dataset.…

McKinsey is going to take into account iOS and Android data into that analysis. Seriously. It’s never going to happen. The phone developers are with consumers 100% of the time. Have better market penetration. And apple car play and android auto make the most sense as far as usability goes and future proofing in a car.…

Spot on, I think the problem is that most CEOs live in an echo-chamber of “yes” people. They sit in front of a mirror and say words, and when they find something they like, they try to speak it into existence.

Hahah, this is what happens when people look at metrics in isolation.

I heard this guy give an interview a few years ago about how Ford was going to start monetizing its data because people did stuff in cars. I pretty much wrote him off as nonsense right then. If he thinks Ford is going to save itself by selling data when people carry phones literally all the time then he’s off his head.

Fair enough. Nevertheless. I think BAT itself is creating its own market. People want to be the guy on BAT buying that car.

BREAKING: E30 M3 isn’t the best in the world

Yeah, agreed, 3500 is really at the bottom end of acceptable. 5000 gives you enough space to tow a reasonable boat, or a camper that’s big enough for a family without feeling like you’re killing the engine.

Yeah but in comparison that 2005 design looks like a fat pig compared to the original. This one manages to keep a clean and lean look. I really think they knocked it out of the park. I’d totally have one if it weren’t for that abysmal tow rating.

Normally I’d agree, but I’m curious to see if like the Jeep, there are things that really make that sort of thing less feasible. For the Jeeps, the Rubicon actually I believe has a heavier axle setup, and that’s not as easy to just “get” in the aftermarket, and even if you’re a very capable DIYer, doing something like…

As I said below. We run the gamut of those risks daily. I think the incrementality of it does matter. You’ll be faced with decisions like that every day. That same incrementality comes into play with modern cars. If the VERY best safety is your concern, everyone should buy lightly used Volvos. A Kia Soul may have…