The Chiappa Rhino is available in 9mm though, so we can’t rule it out.

He doesn’t look like the type of person to own a Chiappa Rhino as pictured in the header image.

I’m going to guess South Africa as that’s the only place I can find that the E140 is still  sold.

I had one in my neighborhood for a while. The guy driving it would constantly run a stop sign to make a right on to a main county road with a 55 mph speed limit and force people to slow up sometimes to under 20 mph. all so he wouldn’t lose too much speed. The trouble was the county re-painted the lanes for the cty…

So the current buyers in the segment are very brand loyal to the current brands, but what about future buyers, there are those not interested in the current offerings. Also, loyalties can shift.

I’m just pointing out that your argument shows you’re well matched against an army of nine year olds.

I’ve always kind of viewed the Audi A5 a modern AWD 944.

So you’re saying Pepe the Frog isn’t a racist?

Oo, An ad hominem argument! Nicely played.

I just don’t see why you think truck drivers would be so much more against badge engineered products versus car driver. Chevy and Ford had good luck with their LUV and Courier in the past which were rebadged Isuzus and Mazdas respectively. And the 1st Colorado/Canyon, were a GM/Isuzu collaboration.

I see a Vibe everyday as I inherited my Mother’s when she passed.
Yes it’s a rebadged Matrix, but they were much better styled than there Toyota cousins. 

It would have been Toyota’s take on a Lexus GS or a a bit more premium RWD/AWD Camry

I’m glad you pointed out it was a Mercedes, because with the way they covered the badge on the grill I’d have no clue otherwise!

If Ford is still own protecting it’s trademarks for “Model E” you can bet they’ll still protect “Thunderbird”.

“Car sales in China reduced last year”

Plus can you even ride the coat tails of a company that’s struggling as much as Harley is?

You can bet they’ve studied the pricing very thoroughly, they have a good idea of how many they can sell at every trim level/price point and have concluded their best bet to make the diesel profitable, or at least not loos money on it is how they’ve positioned it.

There is context, but closely tied to that there’s also intent. And on the context angle, she’s Lithuanian, was blackface ever even a thing in Lithuania? I’ve just tried to look into it and haven’t been able to find any reference to it, so there’s a chance they don’t even know it existed let alone know it’s considered…

It’s almost as if different people have different needs that require different vehicles!
All the pickup guys who say there’s no use don’t seem to realize that just because their needs are met but body on frame trucks doesn’t mean everyone’s are.