Economist Simon Johnson dubbed the fallout from 2008 a quiet coup. He was spot on. 

I don’t like it either, but pragmatically speaking, Dems can’t be effective as a resistance until at least 2026 and they still have to represent their population enough to get re-elected at some point. They will get blamed by Republicans regardless of the inanity of it and their lack of power in Washington, so better…

Buying access to Trump is not the same thing as actually using it.

A lot of people have terrible taste and lack intelligence, look who the new president is. 

The speedometer checks out.  The large white numbers are km/h, while the smaller, yellow numbers are mph.  

Brussels Nose Dive

I’d be all over an EV M1 revival. I owned a i8 for 6 months, broke even. Been wanting a successor for the M1 for so long my hopes have gone from an insane mid-engine inline-6 to a full EV. I no longer have my E30 M3 or E39 M5 (couldn’t pass up the stupid prices people were paying post-covid) but I still long for that…

BMW has historically been hilariously bad at doing halo cars - which doesn’t mean their halo cars were necessarily bad. It started with the 507, which was a flop compared to the SL. Next up the M1 that nobody wanted, then the 8 Series, the Z8, the i8 and now this thing. Of course all of the other cars have become…

Chrysler Pacifica.

That’s what they said.

Good job Norway. Sticking it to the myth that EVs and cold weather aren’t compatible. I only personally have one friend who lives in Norway, and they do drive an EV!

it begs the question who does Trump think will buy these more expensive electric models?

Don’t worry, Putin and MBS will tell him how to feel about it once he’s in office.

You think merit is a factor for a position where there are 100k candidates? Um, ok...

Merit? Most corporate hires are based on personal connections.

Normal people don’t feel the need to advertise or market their decisions, so you don’t hear about it. It’s only these performative fools that make this much noise.

If only F1 was smart enough to check with you prior to making any driver changes!

Isn’t the real question, ‘who was running Tesla even before Musk decided to play politician?’

Perez was tossed out because he’s the reason Redbull lost the constructors. Serious discrepancy in capability between the two drivers is essentially identical hardware.

As mentioned, Yuki was never going to get the seat, they know he will follow Honda to Aston Martin in 2026, so it would be a waste to give him the seat instead of a driver likely there for a longer time that can grow into the role.