I’d love for a day to go by without hearing about this guy.

Likely the Labor pool is tapped out elsewhere

5th gear:

They’re not “Neanderthal.” They’re strategically smart. Let the other OEM’s crack their teeth on the technology, (which is almost completely outsourced anyway) make their mistakes, find their way through, while you come in later on the backs of other’s efforts. Being first is not always the smartest play, and…

The Buzz isn’t too surprising, its in the ballpark of the id4.

A. Thinner A pillars.
B. Bigger Windows/lower beltline
I want to drive around in a car, not a tank. See current gen taurus and camaro.
C. This is less feature and more color choice. Bring back forest green exteriors. It is the best color by far. I’m tired of the white crossover. (Literally I think I saw 8 different…

Good driver training too. We don’t have that. Most states don’t even have car safety inspections. 

The US has 300% more vehicle deaths per capita than Germany. How does Germany do that? Not with any of that BS you wrote about. They have strict licensing requirements and good transit infrastructure.

that’s certainly a choice.

Absolutely a Fiat 500 Abarth. I bought one just over a year ago for $7600 before prices jumped, they’re probably more like $13k now. Currently turning it into a rally car.

MR2 Spyder

That’s an interesting take, considering the “polish a turd” comment is exactly what the SRT team said, word for word, during a chat session on the SRT Forums in 2006. At the time, the SRT team would hold monthly chat sessions on the different forums, SRT Neon, Magnum, Charger, Viper.

My F150 got stuck on the way down so I had to spend another 8 bucks on a Mirage to knock it loose.

Honestly those Sentras cross my mind somewhat regularly. I have no memory of them when they were new. The non Z/ GT-R Nissan I spend most of my time thinking about, though, is the Pulsar GTI-R

My dad talked about the 10 years from around 72-82 where there was a step change in pricing on every thing. I think we are going through that now.

And already the, “If it affects performance or engine note? No thank you.” comments are out in force.
ie I’d rather have my child, or my friend’s children grow up in a filthier country where our children suffer more from a variety of diseases and neurological deficits all so that my car can go Vroom Vroom louder and…

The closest comparison I can think of is the Euro Mustang V8 stayed at 435hp when the ‘Merican version was bumped to 460hp, with Ford giving one of the reasons as the GPF.

Or if you drive a sedan.  At which point, every single SUV out there has it’s headlights pointed directly at your face.