Contrary to what you might believe, the American consumer has gotten smarter, and the smarter consumer doesn't want a sedan.

I really wish I'd caught my reaction on camera. I have NO idea what the hell is going on here.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Skip the mini-van, get the Man Van.

This entire article has taught me three things:

Fair enough. I'd forgotten that. But still, I'm thinking he needs better aides. Maybe. He did avoid getting hit by a train after all.

Earlier this month a judge declined to order GM to tell their customers to stop driving their cars. Since a court order didn't work, it seems critics are trying to get the feds to do it instead.

$10,000 per job to the tune of $40 million. It's clear Texas was serious about getting Toyota, and it's probably going to end up as a major economic victory for the state. Texas' lack of corporate and income taxes are good news for the automaker as well.

It isn't just their F1 effort. Toyota is easily the worst racing team all together. For all the money they've dumped into F1, NASCAR, and now Le Mans, they have exactly... wait for it... ZERO championships.

Definitely a 2-stroke single. Sounds surprisingly like a dirt bike.

Basically everything prior to 1915.

I refer you to my second paragraph.

No, my point was you can't claim that 57 cents was too much or too little based solely on the relative cost. It comes down to a business decision that neither you or I are fully privy to. Maybe 57 cents per car was enough that they couldn't pay their employees. Are you saying you want to make people go hungry? Maybe…

Read the entire response before responding please. I don't like repeating myself. And I do empathize. That doesn't mean I'm blind to the facts. And again, you don't seem to understand that it wasn't just 57 cents. It's not the change from your sofa.

What if it was $200 per car? Or 22 cents? Or 20,000,000?

Nice rebuttal.

No, if my loved one died as a result, I'd be pissed at them for their inability too. I'd be sad to have lost them, but I'd be pissed. And again, the car didn't take their lives, they died as a result of a car accident that may have been prevented by many factors.

Before you decide to make this a decidedly personal attack, you should take into account that I've taken up this point more than once on this site. I believe that personal responsibility, like wearing seatbelts, is important. Airbags are a secondary restraint system, not a primary. And as for losing power steering…

If one of my family members was mid corner and their engine shut off, they'd continue the turn with no power steering. Because that is what you do. You continue to drive the car. When the engine shuts off you don't lose steering and brakes, you lose power assist. I'm not a good driver automatically, my parents…

Actually, it is pretty easy to blame the owners. Car shuts off while driving, turn car back on. Kind of basic. But I do actually blame our current system of driver education (NHTSA) more than anything.

We'll see, because this looks fairly callous.