2nd Gear: I guess that $60K F-150 will be $180K, and you bet the price of domestically produced automobiles will increase. I recall when Japan put voluntary import limits on their cars in the Eighties, the first thing Detroit did was raise the prices on their shit cars.

Forget the SUV angle. A factory Safari Miata with a lift, skidplates, mudguards, knobby tires, and plastic fender flares would FLY off dealer lots.

Heck, Mazda should just follow in Ford’s footsteps and call its next electric SUV the “Miata MazdaSpeed E.”

The new Z may be little more than a re-skin of the 370, but it’s a cool re-skin, and at $10,000 less than a Supra, it should have been a hit. Problem is, once greedy dealers got to work on the markups, it was no longer cheaper than a Supra, and at that point there was literally zero reason to buy one. Dealers are…

Nissan could possibly turn things around:

I don’t think that there’s anything inherently wrong with the concept of offering some inexpensive cars and extending credit to people who might not otherwise be able to purchase a car. In fact, I think it’s a great idea.

Laughs in Brit as I drive 45 miles per hour in a metric country.

Why not under a flip-up license plate at the middle of the rear bumper like ye olden tymes?

I once went to a Nissan dealership during the middle of the day (office was shut down early and everyone was sent home) so it was just about empty.

They are caught in a doom spiral that is the inevitable result of cost cutting. Cost cutting leads to less R&D and cheaper feeling vehicles, which leads to needing to tap subprime and fleet sales to move metal (upmarket buyers don’t want dated cheap-feeling vehicles). The subprime and fleet sales keep the cash coming…

“S&P Global cut Nissan’s credit rating to junk in March of last year.”

To be fair, Hyundai has known about this part for a long time and has/had  chosen to leave it just like it is. Like losing virginity to a partner who casually mentions the day after that they tested positive for syphilis a week ago and maybe check with a doctor. Just spoils the mood. 

That’s my thought, too. I’m not blaming owners like Peter, but Hyundai. At least they made good by him but nothing makes up for the frustration and time lost.

That’s exactly how I read it.

This is the best takedown I’ve seen of this promise, and he would 100% rely on this read of it if he won and it didn’t happen.

This has been Trump’s con since 2016 when he had a definite amazing plan for replacing the ACA. Now he’s downgraded it to a “concept of a plan.” And dumbasses still believe him!

The oval office desk drawer with the knob for car insurance prices is right under the drawer with the knob for gas prices. It would be easy to lower prices, but Biden just keeps cranking those knobs up. Sad!

“Believe me! Tears in the eyes, big man, macho man, I can do it because the insurance companies like me.”

I’m sure he has concepts of plans for that too.

“If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true.”
-Pedro