“Much cheaper” is only $1,500 and only if you qualify for the full tax credit.

Each of the Big 3 is in a different position on Hybrids.

Pricing of EVs is finally elastic...thank god.

Toyota’s bet on hybrids has been so succesful that you have to wait 18 months and pay dealer markup to get a Sienna hybrid. Why the Big 3 have abandoned hybrids (except Stellantis, which keeps building hybrids that break all the time) is absolutely beyond me.

The other day I was fed an ad that boasted: “The New Buick’s Will Astound You” featuring a picture of the Avista. Then you click the links and it’s nothing but crossovers. I was like “fuck you for lying to me like this, Buick!”

i think the Avista concept was based on the Camaro. but would’ve been a beautiful upscale/sports car had GM/Buick really (believed) in it. and gave it the proper engines to succeed.

Funny, both of these are GM concepts. It is criminal that none of these were ever close to production, yet we got Celestiq.

Buick Avista:

I got to go with the Nissan IDx

He could even splurge and go ‘13-17 Crosstour!

After too many of these WCSYB articles without any ridiculous answers, I’m happy to see a salvage-title Viper on here.

Wants: not too challenging

Always found Cadillacs Majestic Plum Metallic to be a looker. It was also applied to a RWD SC V8 Manual Wagon so I’m a bit bias but...Meh

BMW’s daytona violet and techno violet were great colors too.

Mazda’s Soul Red Crystal Metallic is well worth the $595.00 upcharge it costs. Simply beautiful.

For Blue, BMW’s San Marino Blue. You just want to dive in.

I used to work for a major auto maker in the Powertrain development R&D group. I was part of the talks with the government on just this for about 6 months. There was broad support from all automakers to move to a single higher octane fuel as then we could all design engines with higher efficiency. The real cost delta…

Big oil needs big profits, the expense for producing and handling the different octanes is likely more than offset by the sometimes significant premiums paid for the higher octanes.

and you’re likely to save a few cents per gallon over using the pump-mixed mid-grade gasoline

I mean if I’m getting paid to listen to an audiobook or podcast for that time, sign me up. Especially if it is not commute to the office, commute home from the office time - so I can start my day at a reasonable time and 3 out of my 8-9 hours is spent not actually working, sounds great.

200 miles/day average? Even at highway speeds, that’s gotta be hours per day driving.