“such as airbags, seatbelts, seats, force absorbing structures, and emissions stuff”

Hmmm, I don’t know how to provide a product the people want, but my competition does. Maybe if I buy my competition and make us all one I can claim that ability and the market.

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This is a far, far more practical solution than the nonsense Sergio is spouting. This essentially already happens with transmissions and, to a lesser extent, engines and major electronic components. There’s no reason that basic engines and infotainment systems can’t be created by 3rd party vendors and sold to…

Many of those parts are already shared because manufacturers buy from the same suppliers. As to your point about engines, many engines are also shared among brands. Hyundai-Chrysler-Mitsubishi-Kia share a common engine architecture for many of their 4-cylinders, for example.

Hello! I’m a game changer!!

“we have to merge with someone quick we can’t afford all the CAFE fines from these hellcats”

I laughed when you brought it back with this:

I can’t remember which one it was but I got pitched an automatic transmission flush one day at a quicky oil change chain.

Love these stories.

The electric power steering bit was the best. I am glad I found a good inspection station for my cars because many of the state inspection places around here live off of converting customers from an inspection to an unnecessary flush of some sort of fluid and will try to upsell you till the end of time while you are…

It’s not often you’d find someone who looks both ways while walking to the end of their driveway. That’s an apartment complex driveway and shoulder, AND a school bus lit up like a christmas tree flinging out all manner of alert signage.

That driver needs to turn themselves in, you know, before the public finds ‘em. It’s for their own safety.

You know the approximate make/color of vehicle. You know approx. when this occurred. You know where this occurred. Check the local security cameras. Enhance!

I can’t count how many times that GPS has fucked up and I’ve had to pull out a paper map to un-fuck it.

I like this suggestion; this is Jalopnik, though, so I’ll counter with the SHO in wagon form.

“Turn right at the CVS®, where you can pick up a delicious Red Bull® to continue your drive”

I should add that I work there and I ask, “Who the fuck is running this car company?” every day.

That’s all very well and good, but it’s also pretty irrelevant. What matters is what your target audience THINKS it means, unless you want to add a bunch of tedious exposition to your commercials. Marketing names/etc. should be relatively clear and straightforward, and BMW’s use of coupe is not, except perhaps to…

Correction: GT is actually “Giant Turd” in this context.