In a more historic view, that’s the story of every piece of habitable land in the world. Since the industrialization of war, this type of behavior has become a bit more costly and so is somewhat less common, hopefully...

It’ll be a $4000 option package on an SUV with 23" wheels. Exactly where it will do no good, but the designer draws it in because it looks cool.

Corporations are literally founded on the principle of greed, so no argument that they will act to maximize their profits. The literal only reason for a major public company to exist is to maximize profit for shareholders.

I’m not sure what you mean — it’s ‘global’ and primarily influenced by the pandemic. Economic policy by various governments around the world were created in response to the pandemic, and now we have inflation.

Yes — you can’t just create $5.3 TRILLION out of thin air and expect no impact to the economy. These subsidies were supported by Trump, Republicans, AND Democrats during COVID. Everyone knew this was going to happen when the stimulus and low interest rates were set; Trump may have been too distracted (or stupid) to…

They can just buy a legacy auto brand (like Volvo) and no one in congress will be smart enough to figure it out. Stellantis could get desperate enough to sell off some brand like Plymouth or Eagle and then BYD will snap it up!

The primary reason for this new baseline is the 21% inflation due to the $Trillions of dollars printed & handed out by the US government. $1 from today is worth $0.82 in pre-pandemic money, so yeah, prices are never going back.

The US already allows Chinese companies to build factories here, in fact:

This slideshow is proof that Jalopnik readers have almost no overlap with the general public of the US: there was not a single full-sized quad-cab truck on the list.  (You can still buy these for <$50K, right?)

I’m pretty sure when you buy FSD and click thru an on screen license for FSD that Tesla has themselves very much protected from lawsuits. Elon can crap out whatever he wants on Twitter, but end user is committing to a written agreement that absolutely does not match Elon’s pipe dream.

Chinese foreign import tariffs were > 25% ~20 years ago, and were recently reduced from 25% to 15%. It’s only fair that we spend the next 20 years taxing chinese-manufactured cars (including Volvo, Buick, etc) at the same rate, which can reduce to ~15% around the year 2045.

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thanks ... interesting description.

More views on instagram and tiktok when he drives through a light screaming ‘fuck’ than if he just came to a stop and acted calm.

Well... technically all the warning screens to tell the driver that FSD is a useless piece of crap and that you need to monitor the driving system, so yeah it’s the driver :)

Mercury couldn’t have cost much thing since they were 100% badge engineered Fords, and Lincolns weren’t(aren’t) far behind. They also share the same assembly lines.

Thats the Miata’s secret sauce is that its just as fun loafing around AND driving in anger. Cars like the Mustang are much more entertaining than the BRZ/86 in DD duties.

This gets back to education and reaction times. Many people are capable of driving 80-90 mph during the day on straight roads. No one is capable of safely driving at 90 mph at night because you cannot see far enough ahead to stop. This, of course, doesn’t stop people from doing it.

Well, Ford didn’t go bankrupt like GM and Chrysler, so that sale was a good idea. At least Ford still exists — the old, massive companies that were GM and Chrysler before 2008 no longer exist. (Sure the brands/assets carry on, but they’re not the same company.)

Aren’t you just describing the difference between a commuter and someone driving on a track or quiet, curvy road? Lots of people want to maximize 0-60 for merging and taking off from a stop light, and these people should really just go buy an EV. If you’re into a lightweight, good-handling car then the Miata / BRZ is…