A bit of both, I guess?

I always thought part of the problem that didn't get talked about enough was the lack of branding consistency on their passenger cars. After ditching Rambler, they used "AMC", " American Motors", and "American" interchangeably in advertising and badging, then started switching over to Renault after briefly badging one…

The problem back then was the Renault brand was flopping on the US market, they had run into financial problems back in France and needed to start making cutbacks there, militant French labor unions didn't take that news well and pressured the company into selling its stake in American Motors to raise funds instead of…

Forget about fuels for a second, I’m willing to guess they’re really after our zinc, precious, precious zinc. Without it, their revolvers, car batteries, and rotary telephones would be totally useless, and then where would they be as an advanced civilization? And, then you add in our massive sand reserves on top of…

There’s also the possibility that they already have some high level secret treaty with some of our leaders that allows them to do various things. But, we’ll have to wait for the History Channel show to see the science fiction explanations. 

Well, we are a species that controls a planet packed with natural resources and the ability to sustain life, which, while probably not completely uncommon in the universe, can’t be exactly common, either. We also possess the capability of destroying said planet many times over. I have to think there’d be some value…

Well, Lotus solved the issue of how to actually build the DMC-12 in a manner that made it handle acceptably for a production car people were expected to drive on the street.

Well, luxury used to mean that the car was made with better materials and craftsmanship and offered a plusher, quieter, generally more comfortable riding and driving experience than a regular car, and also typically with a bigger and more powerful engine. Extra features were kind of a secondary concern.

Me neither, really. Always thought the mk7 Regal and the Rialto were both better looking, but I suppose I'm not looking at them with the eye of an industrial designer in the 1960s/70s. 

Are you saying those Navy pilots just took too many diet pills?

Iirc, he always seemed most proud of the Robin. He basically did that design on spec, Reliant hired him originally to facelift the Regal, but he hated the way it looked and was frustrated by how little he could change, sketched up some ideas for a totally new car, showed them to Ray Wiggin at Reliant, and it was…

Or, we’re dealing with a race that doesn’t advance technology as rapidly, because longer lifespans and interstellar travel means they have acquired a different perspective on the concept of time and process than us. Or, they slightly underestimated our technological level from the intelligence they’ve gathered and…

It was sunlight reflecting off clouds, and perhaps the pilots were initially mistaken in their recollections and could use some more time to collect their thoughts and give a more accurate account that is reflective of their current rank and career ambitions. 

And center instruments persisted on a number of economy car models for decades, because it cut down on the cost of making separate RHD/LHD versions. It just isn’t something that’s really been done at Tesla’s price point before, at least not since around WWI or so, so I guess people today just find it jarring and…

The Beer You Will Never Forget, marketing writes itself. 

Depending on who you ask, some people put the start of Gen X as early as 1961, some put it as late as 64 or 65, you're kind of in a middle zone. 

Probably because Monteverdi favored Chrysler V8s in their passenger cars, kept the commonality. 

Yep, he's 83 this year (was in his early 40s when he did that song).

I wouldn't say that, the original release hit #1 on the Billboard chart, the late 90s release only hit #60 on the country chart. And Daniels was born in the 1930s, so he's a generation older than the boomers (old enough to be the parent of one).

Oh, there's a couple different conversations in the thread