I’d amend this to say that “how it drives” doesn’t automatically mean a fun type of driving. It’s ok for car people to have boring anonymous DD’s. They typically just won’t tolerate something screwy like one of those CVT’s that pretends to shift.

Also doesn’t make sense, this guy already left.

Seriously, GM and Ford should not be the *model* for many things, but they at least get this a transition to EV’s had an extended in-between period where you had many of both products. What was this idiot thinking?

I mean, this is like 90% of big CEO’s. It’s not good, but it’s also not unusual.

Yeah, this. For the trucks, GM’s approach to modern emissions reqs was to engineer the ever-loving shit out of the small block. Ford markets the EB’s as the primary motors, but the 5.0's are still there if you want them.

I agree, at the end we are just talking about which is the better of two bad solutions. The NHTSA is apolitical *enough* do its thing regardless of congress and the current admin. IMO the bigger threat now is the supreme court just stripping it of its authority.

Toyota has a really dopey allocation process that does a bunch of bad things (the PHEV’s are impossible to get if you want one), but the only thing it does right is get a good amount of base trims on the lot. LC has a narrower window in terms of trims that are going to eat away at 4R sales on way or another.

I still can’t figure out what the point of the new Land Cruiser was in the first place. The 4Runner was already just a special Prado for the NA market. I don’t really know what they are going for by having both of them in the showroom other than SUV’s for their own sake. 

Right, and also to that end, the DFP article is kinda twisting the IIHS statement that they quoted:

He definitely won’t have a job at the start of next year, but he’ll probably be first man up if (when, probably) a driver really struggles and gets axed over the summer break.

My kingdom for them yo just go “yeah, we ripped all of you morons off! Suck it, dorks!” just for it to be of no material impact. Everything about civil discourse the last several years leads me to believe that’s what would happen.

I’d actually be impressed if I knew how many routes this program was rolled out on (there are 10+ linked articles on this page and I am not going to hunt through each one to find out).

You already do trust your life to a computer when you get on a plane- you just don’t realize it.

These people might have a leg to stand on if the cruise line doesn’t actually have a trip to Antarctica for the value of the refund, but holy shit. Going on a hunger strike over you 8 grand cruise ticket only makes people feel less sorry for you.

Came here for this, wasn’t disappointed.

Not totally disagreeing, but this seems less like things are getting “a little tough” and more like the company is boned, and this guy knows it. No less hilarious that he probably gets a golden parachute to ditch the plane that’s in a nosedive.

Right? You can get some pretty good shit that seats as many people for 45 grand. 

Fundamental point also remains: we’ve been hearing how just the right “crop” for this is right around the power. 10 years ago I’m pretty sure I read the same article about some kind of algae in Spain.

What bothers me is that these types of trailers typically mean this car is changing hands for investment purposes. When I’m president, this will be punishable by death.

This is so weird because the whole revenue-sharing dispute made sense on paper, and seemed 100% on-brand for F1 teams.