Exactly - basically, Hertz had spent a ton of money on buying DTAG, consolidating myriad systems, and updating the fleet, leading up to the pandemic. Some of it was correcting for the questionable decisions of prior regimes, but a lot of the problem was just bad timing as opposed to being doomed to fail.

“Like GameStop, there is something obviously outdated, obviously doomed about Hertz’s business model.”

Oooooh..... see, what I’d love to do, is take the faceplate off my period-correct cassette deck, stick the modular receiver behind it, and hide the screen - - - - - hmm... on the underside of the sunvisor - or inside the glovebox?

Which is to say, minimally re-engineered. History is strewn with example after example of imported cars being ruined in the name of Americanization.

Good. Better to use Peugeot’s more America-ready models, suitably re-engined, to expand the Chrysler lineup than relaunch yet another brand and another dealer channel.

Fully agreed, this point needs to talked about more.

Give GM a little credit here. We’re talking about a huge company that not too long ago made some utter pieces of shit on wheels and had a serious badge engineering problem. What they are doing here is not only a complete re-brand but a complete product and service portfolio replacement. That is amazingly difficult for…

Still a chump tho

It’s a hell of a lot safer to get vaccinated than not, right?

This looked like fun but I refuse to click through a slideshow. This is Jalopnik, not Popsugar.

*sigh* I guess I’m a killjoy, but I wish you wouldn’t even joke about vaccine safety. It’s a hell of a lot safer to get vaccinated than not, right? Plus you’re protecting people around you by removing yourself as a potential vector.

If you’ve ever sat in this interior, don’t worry about what’s in the COVID vaccine.

Funny story about that...when was in 9th grade I got a note to go to the vice principal’s office immediatly. I get there and the seceretary looks at the note and says “You cut 8th pd study hall, you have a detention” I informed her that I did not have study hall 8th pd, but I had English 8th pd and suggested that she…

Ford can push updates to your F150 over the cellular connection? Or do you mean that you can connect your F150 to wi-fi and perform the update?

Plenty of companies have worked with camless engines so although Koenigsegg has specific patents it has nothing on the overall process. Even a moribund MG-Rover was doing so in the early 2000s.

I worked at a place that had a hydrualic shaker table. It couldn’t move much (didn’t have to) at 100 Hz, but it could get to that frequency 100 Hz when needed. 100Hz would be 12,000 rpm when you consider the valve moves every 2 revs. I think the movement was around 1 inch. But it was throwing something like 8000 lbs…

I want this level of info for every luxury brand. Ever try to find a used BMW with a Driver Assist Plus package? Not fun.

1996 I was on some hallucinogens and had zero interest in motorsports. I had the TV on in the background and saw this beautiful green park where cars were racing. There was a very cool looking red and white racecar leading the race and I was mesmerized by the speed and the design of the cars. Some guy named Al Unser…

Done. But based off last years sales numbers, the Sienna was third in sales behind the Pacifica. Chrysler is doing something right. But maybe that will change with the new Sienna.

Old news, lol. People were doing this with Range Rovers as far back as 2003. Air suspension is truly amazing... you can have tons of ground clearance when off-roading and have it lower on the highway for better efficiency and stability. My Range Rover is incredible, it goes from off-roading to doing 80mph with no…