“but, but, we NEED those executives to stay! We have to give them something, or they’ll abandon the company and then who will make decisions??!”

You don’t know yet if electric is going to be viable at a large scale either. http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2016/04/rising…

While the Chinese are buying up the world, no mention of them purchasing J.D. Power?

As you can imagine by my user name I agree wholeheartedly! Many of my favourite historical engines are straight 6s (old Jag engines, E46 M3, Skylines, Supra, TVR, Aussie Fords).

Lol why ? Their V8s are quite lovely, to put it lightly.

The Focus is a compliance car. Ford isn't intending to mass market it. It just satisfies the minimum for states that require them. When they say "immediate" future they really mean immediate future. It is known that Ford is working on car, reportedly to be called the Model E, that is 2-3 years out that is supposed to…

Holy mother of god yes, please let this lead to more V12s too!!

“Jaguar Land Rover’s all-aluminum Ingenium engine family is a scaleable one...”

Emphasis mine. Basically Ford is all in with self driving cars and letting someone else spend the R&D money on battery technology. Once the tech is perfected (and ultimately commoditized) they’ll sweep in and reap the rewards.

Kevin Layden is wrong. Really wrong. Hilariously wrong. If you want to buy a vehicle that covers your commute and nothing more, buy a bicycle. If you want freedom, buy a car.

3rd Gear: Do these “Chinese Electric Car Company Startups” have or hire Chinese engineers and managers? Also, I guess many of the companies find it easier to start up and innovate a business over here than over in China due to our encouragement of entrepreneurship and intellectual property laws, etc. Correct me if I…

We’ll be writing more about Keemstar in the future, this was more about specific recent events, however. Big picture I did say that there is a danger in false accusations.

It is a pickle. On one side, you have a guy who will suck the bank accounts dry of every douchebag who ever hit on you at a bar, and on the other side, you have a female president which will mean there will be world peace as far as America is concerned. What to do.

This one of the most even-handed and accurate assessments that Gawker Media has published to date. If even half of their coverage was like this, I think we’d all be better informed. Nuance is a big deal, and something that is easily missed when it comes to election sloganeering.

This is me, except that I have a strong preference for Bernie over Hillary. However, if Hillary wins the primary (and surely she will), I am absolutely casting my ballot for her. I’m not saying that Hillary is a rabid porcupine, but I am saying that I would vote for a rabid porcupine with glee before I would opt out…

are you me? This is exactly how I’m approaching the primary, and my friends on both sides think I’m a traitor.

TBH it reminds me a LOT of the 2008 elections - just in the sense that everyone was fired up as hell, and they (myself included) were pretty sure that Obama was gonna ride into office on a Unicorn and fix this fucked up country.

1) This dumb election has made every single politically minded person lose their minds and I can’t wait until it’s over

Cool. I guess it speaks more to my own insecurities as a geek. I’m a pfofessional in the games industry and currently I’m teaching in college. When I tell my colleagues what I teach, I almost always get flak for gaming being a adolescent diversion rather than a serious and very technical discipline.

This is probably going to make me sound as a sexism apologist.