Yep, that has to be a big part of the problem. They don’t have as many dedicated owner-managers who are in their stores every day, and have expanded beyond corporate’s ability to perform effective quality control on all their locations. 

That’s probably because of all the yoga mats they make it out of.

$2500 for a running, driving, evidently road legal car that isn’t crazy old and/or high mileage doesn’t sound too bad, regardless of the car.

The dealers at the preview seemed to suggest it doesn't. Though even the Wrangler's isn't what it used to be, what with the permanently fixed frame. 

I know, I’m not an SUV or truck person at all, but this Bronco, and the possible baby Bronco to follow is starting to catch my interest.

Especially since Ford has been selling a competent Wrangler competitor in Brazil for ages. 

You can have good crash safety and functional bumpers, but doing both and also getting good fuel economy is kind of tough, hence the auto industry’s successful lobbying against the 5mph bumper standard.

I had a couple of the current Escapes as company cars, not impressed. Sloppy handling, loads of body roll, bouncy ride, thinly padded seats with poor back support, underpowered, cheap materials, and mediocre fuel economy. We also had a lot of issues fleet wide with electronics and transmissions.

Big deal, I had this basic idea in prototype form years ago, except it involved a Roomba, a Glock, and some duct tape. 

We could probably put these back in production for around $16,000 a piece.

Wonder if the nav system will have a vocal fry voice setting. 

Of course, Kia King-size Krossover, 6 passenger, 6 cylinder, 6 way power seat. Makes total sense. 

Theyll probably change the name to something even dumber for production, like KXT800 or whatever. 

Ive never seen a Challenger in a burgundy/claret color like that, it is really rich looking. Gives the car a whole new image. 

I figure he must mean the Hellcat is impractical? I mean, fuel economy and insurance costs will obviously be worse than the standard Challenger, but that does say just plain Challenger, so I’m confused.

Which would be hilarious, considering that Dongfeng Motor and SAIC both wanted to buy GM (or pieces of GM) before their government funded bankruptcy in 2009. In other words, we go through all that and spend all that money, only to have one of the two rescued companies wind up with the Chinese within a decade anyway. 

FCA is something like 10 times Mahindra & Mahindra’s size in revenue and market cap.

More like Daimler dumped a half dead corpse of a company onto Cerberus, then the global financial crisis hit ca. 12 months later and car sales totally tanked, dragging an already weak Chrysler down the tubes. 

I would agree with a lot of that.

Oh absolutely, it's vicarious enjoyment. Even better, playing with a friend's dog for awhile. They're really nature's antidepressants.