And I’ll also say, if they ‘fail’ to get the Model 3 off the line and have to go bankrupt...they’ll still survive because BMW or Mercedes or Porsche or Ford or GM or SOMEONE will buy them for BILLIONS of dollars because they are further along with the electric car technology than anyone else.

Wilwoods have bleeders on both ends.

Electric cars will take off when batteries get good/cheap enough. At that point no one will even want an ICE. There are already unimaginable financial rewards awaiting the company that can build a better battery. These HOV programs are no-ops.

Jalopnik and its commentariat are simultaneously convinced that investors only care about short-term profits (see Ford) and that investors only care about hypothetical future profits (see Tesla).

Kmart bought Sears.

Yes, that would be an incredibly frivolous lawsuit.

I like the Crosstrek interior (less is more). But it is astonishingly slow. Like “there must be something wrong with this car” slow.

Since Americans are unable to think more than five minutes into the future

How many new cars have you bought?

Ford sent their CEO to Congress - twice - to plead for the bailout program, which he argued was essential. Ford was absolutely pivotal in getting the bailout program approved. They also received a $6 billion loan from the government.

You don’t keep an assembly line half-idle for years producing unpopular cars at a loss just in case there’s a recession. If you’re worried about a recession, you sell profitable products and hoard the cash.

You’re asking for the system we’ve already got.

These cars are hardly “ruined.” They’re basically restored 959s with reversible mods that make them better drivers. I don’t think they even make any internal engine changes.

Free-revving sucks.

The 917 was pseudo street-legal from the outset. It campaigned in sports car racing, complete with required street car features like a passenger seat, spare tire, signals, horn, etc.

The cute colloquialism “wrenching” is okay in small doses, but good lord man.

Tesla and Jalopnik deserve each other.

that’s the joke

Big, modern cities seem to experience an inverted economy of scale. You’d think with so many taxpayers sharing a given resource, the taxes would be low, but it’s exactly the opposite.