I actually don’t think it’s that impressive. As you noted, it’s mostly tires and suspension improvements over time. The “track special” Gallardo Superleggera put down a time of 7:38 about 13 years ago. I’m willing to bet that with modern tires it would set a faster time than that today. Doesn’t diminish the Type R’s…

the Gallardo, and the track-special fifth-generation Camaro Z28 all fall before the little Civic’s record

Take it with a grain of salt. When VIR was repaved and C&D ran the Lightning Lap with the Mach 1, all of a sudden it was Ford’s best handling and fastest NA Mustang dusting off the GT350R which had more aggressive aero, more power, lighter weight and what I believe was more aggressive rubber. The problem with any lap…

YOu don’t want to forget that as technology updates, you’ll be forced to buy their new module to keep it working. Our 2012 LEAF was given one such update, and now even that module is obsolete. We elected to not upgrade it as we’re going to sell the car.

We are headed towards the end of private transportation and personal vehicle ownership.

right? Give me a phone app that can interface with google/apple maps and is connected to the car. Boom, done. My Honda app can tell me when the oil needs to be changed, or what all the system alerts are on my wife’s Odyssey. Seems like this should be far easier than GM wants to make it.

lol what the fuck are you talking about, you could say the same about literally every business decision any company makes. this comment reads like it was written by ChatGPT, the decade-old meme is the cherry on top

“THE ARTIFICIAL QUARTER-OVER-QUARTER ‘GROWTH’ WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES!”

GM can’t serve you ads and make money off your data if you’re using Car Play or AA. This is an absolutely stupid move and deal breaker for me.

Yeah this is about subscriptions. What he isn’t saying in public yet is that the plan is for everything to be locked content, and he thinks people will just pony up the $30/month plus $10 here and there, and GM will be rolling in that sweet horizontal money. It will be a worse system and cost more, but they'll try…

There is no chance I will trust a $40k+ purchase on any automaker’s in house software. There are a lot of cell phone options and they literally change annually. Apple is well known for not playing with others and this guy wants us to believe the GM will dedicate resources for decades to both advance what will be and…

...your metric for how popular the announcement to drop the one of the most popular features in modern cars is whether there was a mass exodus of reservation holders that probably aren’t aware of it? Jesus, GM has their head up their own ass.

Every word out of this guys mouth is just gas lighting. The sole example of why he claims this system is “better” seems easily doable with a mirroring based system like AA/CarPlay.

I get what he’s saying, phones don’t have access to vehicle level data that will enable a more seamless experience. However, with the “projection” model of AA and Carplay, there is zero learning curve. You know how to use it right off the bat. That, and the fact that phones actually update, something that GM can’t…

GM are experts at shooting themselves in the feet, with both barrels, simultaneously and repeatedly.

“We can have Teslas drive themselves here to be repaired! I’ll call it ‘Total Recall!”

Aren’t ALL vehicles today basically 3 identical SUVs and maybe something else if the manufacturer gives a crap?

All these basement dwelling incels that got an N64 in the 90s freaking out about this film is the most telling thing. Mario didn’t grow up with us and now its for a younger generation. Get over it.

If by “always” you mean “the last 30 years” then yes.

I’ve already bought the movie rights to the 1998 hit Playstation game Punky Skunk. Best $1.50 I’ve ever spent.