Except one of the arguments against trump in the primaries was he was a democrat, and most of the traditional republicans are still against tariffs. They haven’t done anything to stop it though, because the base and blue-collar, union folks favor the tariffs.

There is no real market for it. Idiots want the big truck with the big genital supplement engine. They don’t want the hybrid version. GM sells a mild (VERY MILD) version of the GMC Silverado that has a start-stop system that completly changes the entire electronics of the truck. By FAR the most befuddling system like…

There’s a company called XL that’s built a thriving business out of selling hybrid kits for common fleet vehicles with rear drive architectures and long drive shafts - basically pickups and vans (both regular, such as your standard Transits and such, and those built on cut-away chassis, such as ambulances, shuttle…

What a bizarre time we live in...

SUV doesn’t equal massive. The most popular SUVs right now are crossovers in the compact and small size class with fuel economy at or near 30 mpg.  

“What would be the cost, if any, of retooling the plant to produce an electric vehicle of comparable size to the Chevy Cruze?”

You’re not wrong. There’s no excuse for not having hybrid SUVs and trucks (better than they’re lame attempt in 2008/09) that can get about 25-28mpg. 

I can shed light on the “turkeys”

Working slowly, ever so slowly, to restore my ‘64 F100 CrewCab that my dad bought in 1965. I learned to drive in this truck. It runs but needs some help.

I think I know what the zinc plated turkeys are.

They did an amazing job. All those modern upgrades are subtle and don’t detract in any way from the appearance or driving experience, but make a big difference in usability.

Awesome. And cool story. But Jesus Christ the PR agency or department that put that video together needs to be fired. My kid could have done a better job with his iPad and iMovie. 

You know Suzuki’s still around, right? And still makes the Jimny, which was called the Samurai in the US? The new model’s even been covered pretty thoroughly on this site: https://jalopnik.com/search?q=jimny&u=5876237249235542125&zo=-05:00

I can’t tell you how happy that video of them being reuinited made me. Happy tears all around!!

I run into an old woman with a dark green 240Z around here sometimes, she told me she bought it new. I saw it parked at the Larkspur Library the other day. I gave her some advice when she asked me if they have interior kits, but Nissan should restore it for her, she DDs it, it’s a pretty rare automatic (I know but..),…

“I wonder what I have to do to get Volkswagen to do this for my Beetle in a few decades?”

Read the article: she wrote a letter to them.

“When Volkswagen found out about Kathleen”

That’s what I said, and I like to think that I contributed a little to the making of this nice article.