BMW would be back in F1 in a heartbeat!

As Road & Track's Sam Smith points out, this is sort of missing the forest for the trees. We loves F1 sparks because they physically manifested what was then cutting edge technology. Forcing teams to insert titanium skidplates gets the symbol back, but not what it signifies. It's hollow.

This is clearly the answer

NADA goes on to suggest that things could actually be less safe if independent dealers aren't in the picture. This sounds pretty fear-mongery, but they do have some interesting points here. Specifically, they mention that dealers are incentivized to do warranty repairs, which helps make them be more aggressive to see…

And, if we're really honest, it's not like most dealership car-buying experiences are great even without the haggling part. There's (often — not always, of course) desperate, sales-hungry salespeople pressuring you, and then hounding you on email for weeks afterwards. There's all the drama and theater of the…

*pretty sure that's Lamblue, yo

My IS300 wagon is technically a subcompact. I think it has more to do with wheelbase and track than anything else, and is thus an objective classification, even if you subjectively disagree with the definitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_s…

Alarming: "Midsize premium sporty car: Porsche 911"

At the same time, the world demands more than just changes to the bureaucratic structure. Barra made much of her "Speak Up for Safety" program, but it's unclear what it actually does, or whether it will truly be effective. And Rep. Diana DeGette said today that she has heard there is "even more paranoia" with GM…

But what about those sweet, sweet frequent flier miles???

This this this. Or, fixed: "The problem at GM is deeper than just 15 engineers."

I wonder about this theory. The demand for cars won't change if one company goes out of business. Sure, maybe a blip as those laid-off employees won't be buying a new car. But if overall the demand stays the same, the supply will have to rise up to meet it. The market share would shift to competitors. The volume needs…

I love statistics

He also forgot that the bill is on Hyundai, not the lessee.

looks loud :)

They could have avoided this by clearcoating that, but you may be right!

This this this this this. Firing 15 people will do absolutely nothing to improve things in the future. Accepting responsibility for what happened at the top levels of executives, and placing the blame on your own failure to lead a company to do the right thing, that's how you improve things in the future. Top down.

I think she had a very different tone. She placed the blame on "individuals" many times in that speech.

you are correct

That was the exact same thought I had.