It sounds like the issue is more than just price increases. The excitement for getting a new car fades when you’re a year into the dealer telling you that it will be here, “any week now.”

This confused the shit out of me too.

My dad had one of these as his work truck for years. I took off the stickers with a pressure washer on the first day I worked for him - well, not all of them, the O and R/T were left, and from then on, it became known as the “ort truck”. Actually, all the other dodges became Irish after that, I remember the V6 manual…

It looks like an electric Mini Cooper.

Exactly only people interested in Alpine are ones who want the A110. They’re probably not cross shopping for a CUV.

I’m surprised someone bought an RS6 to a track with curves.

I can see why they are offering the removal of sound deadening for the performance pack. You can’t really hear anything in these.

Only Boomers are worried about being seen driving a ‘girls car’.

VW screwed the pooch by explicitly making the New Beetle a “girl’s car.” It worked to move metal in the 00s, but now the nameplate is permanently tarnished as a result. They tried to correct this with the A5, but it didn’t work.

for this pioneer they considered to be a player in a niche and unprofitable segment (oops...see Tesla above).

I don’t expect non-car people to know specifics in categories 3 & 4

I wouldn’t know WTF this is and I’ve seen a video of Tom Holland running one around a race track.  I know the name as the Benchmark Car for Throttle House, but I wouldn’t know one if I saw it in the wild.

They may not post the kind of performance figures that a good auto or DCT could, but they’re just more engaging to drive. And isn’t that what you want in a sports car?

I actually thought the same exact thing when I saw u/MMOSB’s comment. But I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to embarrass them (see: linked comic).

perhaps Zuck bulks up to 165

First two are about the process of the bill and not the contents.

This is a legitimate question. I was curious too, so I went through the testimonies submitted by the opponents. Here’s some reasons they gave:

“OK, yeah, you can do that yourself. Do you know how?” (insert eyeroll here).

not everyone is in a position to go full electric.

I’m not sure you’re getting what I’m saying: The Z launch has been a complete and utter disaster.