Holy shit that factory photo. If Musk had any sort of automotive experience he’d realize that dirt is an absolute embarrassment. I’ve been to cleaner supplier plants that BMW had stopped production for not being in good enough condition.

And I guess you can’t tell the difference between a child old enough to be an unaccompanied minor and one that is still breast feeding.

Yeah, it’s totally that way to market crossovers to vintage BMW wonks who know the 2000CS details and not because most contemporary BMW drivers are a bunch of dorks stroking their ego with brand labels...

I can’t decide between Traffic Purple and Cliff Green.

The runway has huge run up areas. They can’t land on those, but they can be used for the takeoff roll.

20 cars per month? That’s crazy! As a full-time car salesman, I’ve yet to have a 20 car month, with 15 on a good month. That’s selling cars that actually run and are in good condition, with the backing of service, marketing, and finance departments that can fix the cars and arrange financing for the 90% of people who…

Adding on:

I think the distinction is that it is in fact not “launching” at $35,000. You can’t get a $35K one yet. The $44K (or whatever) are the orders that are being filled. So technically it “launched” at $44K...

Bingo, that is exact what was said by product planning at the OEM I worked at in the late 1990's when the first crossover was presented. It was all about suburban female buyers who did not want a mini van. They were getting ready to get away fro off of frame-on-rail truck based SUVs.

I have a feeling that it’ll just be the one large display. It would be nice if they went with something like a small HUD piece that Mini (and possibly Mazda?) use for speedo and range.

First, you must be blind. Second, I prefer the Pontiac Transport.

To be honest it’s a major improvement over the pre-facelift model. I like it. I know this is an unpopular opinion but I absolutely hated the curvy design language Hyundai adopted around 2010. I’m glad they’re starting to get away from that.

While Lexus went with “aggressive Predator face,” Ford went with “sad fish.”

Alright, whose idea was it to superglue the iPad Pro to the dash?

“Yeah, I went to the game. Actually, I went to an open-air nighttime vigil for my liver while a game was being played half a mile away.”

Nice metaphors but he really set the “pretentious asshole” bar high for later BMW drivers to aspire to.