It’s of course not going to be true in all cases, but brand loyalty is absolutely a thing across nameplates. I look at plenty of data that backs this up. A brand like Nissan has lower loyalty than most, but conquest is very hard. 

The market is a lot different now than it was in the 90's. Vehicles like the Escape, Trax, and Hornet now act as entry level vehicles for their respective brands. Small affordable crossovers weren’t a thing in the 90s. 

The headline and the body of the article are at odds with each other. Unless I missed it somewhere their revenue issues mostly stem from EVs, not the loss of small cars.

The fact that this is the most recent story published by Jalopnik tells me another sale is afoot. 

Up to now most of their build quality issues haven’t really been safety related. Panel gaps aren’t going to kill anyone.  

Except the people who buy it aren’t the ones who are in the most danger from unintended acceleration. I also disagree with you that they would deserve anything. Consumers should have a reasonable expectation that the products they purchase work properly. It doesn’t matter if you think the product is stupid. 

“This won’t even change GM employees’ access to lunch spots.”

It’s a time commitment if you have a large collection. I did this 16 years ago when I purchased my first iPod. I probably had around 250 CDs in my collection at that time, and it took a while to rip them all to the computer. I continue to buy CDs, rip them to my computer, and listen to them in my car via my phone.…

I fully understand Darwinism. I could have worded my post better, and you could have also emphasized the second part of it. The truth is we don’t know whether or not these drivers have reproduced, but it would be a statistical anomaly if none of them have. I don’t know why you are so intent on being an asshole., 

I’m not sure if I understand your question. What it boils down to is the author is likely incorrect in calling it Darwinism because it is more likely than not that the majority of those drivers have reproduced. The majority of American adults are parents, and the average licensed driver is in their 30s. 

Do we have reason to believe these drivers just got their licenses? 

Well ~69% of American adults have children, so odds are most of these people already reproduced. 

Why even give people like this attention at all? Alex Jones should be ignored so that he can fade into irrelevance as quickly as possible.

Darwinism is grossly misused. Anyone old enough to legally drive a car has already reached the age where they could reproduce, and many of these drivers already have. 

People this belligerent rarely admit they were wrong. Do you remember a former president’s triumphant return to the White House after he was hospitalized due to covid? 

Cheryl is good on Curb, but I have a really hard time not thinking she’s a bad person for willingly being married to a looney who may do real damage to this country. 

Never said the friend may have made up the story. I meant that if we are going for conspiracy theories, maybe he planned on killing himself and told the friend that to try and screw Boeing one last time.

I don’t deny that such things happen, but 99% of the time the obvious explanation is the correct explanation. 

Here’s another theory: Dude was suicidal but wanted Boeing to take the blame. 

“but they had no evidence of that and have been walking it back ever since.”