Technically, Panasonic builds the batteries for Tesla, who are the sole customer of their facility. The arrangement is much like if there was a Cummins factory at a FCA Ram plant.

This is why people buy Teslas.

In other words: Mercedes-Benz need to sell large quantities of this vehicle to reduce/avoid massive emissions fines in the EU. They clearly don’t have the capacity or battery supply to do that and sell in the United States. This failure of planning means that they’re losing the chance to establish themselves as a…

I think ultimately it’s the car that makes the name, not the other way around. The same car could have been called a Skyline (name), R32 (numeric), or GTR (letters) and had similar reactions from the world.

Wow. $35k for a vehicle that doesn’t even have powered windows. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

Nope.

Those are nicer prices.

Planes are just buses with wings.

Rode 200mph trains across Europe. Shit was glorious.

Alternately, you could pool your money and pay someone else to drive you to the same destination together. With 60 of you the price should be very reasonable, a couple of dollars even.

It’s absolutely beautiful. That blue is absolutely sublime, and the stitchwork is clean and tasteful. And when you watch the Rolls-Royce video above, you see how it reflects the owner and his very well-dressed wife.

I’m young enough to remember when triangular trucks started to appear without mirrors completely.

Yeah it is.

Towards the end Ford was doing a lot of international design and engineering work in Australia. They retained a fair amount of that even after manufacturing shut down.

Back in happier days, when we loved and adored fire.

I’m starting to see them more regularly, so sales seem to have picked up. 

This is us in 2021. 

Calm your farm, SUV and 4wd are both used here in Queensland, though 4wd is increasingly reserved for actual off-road vehicles like Landcruisers.

They’re all designing EVs.

These will be perfect for Grandma and Fifi.