Every paragraph includes the phrase “cost cutting” as justification for killing the innovation and creativity that makes prototype racing cutting edge. And the overarching theme seems to be the desire to take the series back to the great days of yesteryear.
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“Moving the bar” is the cornerstone of continued employment for people who already solved the problem.
The takeaway: “If we tear up enough shit, set enough cars on fire, we can get our way!”
Terminally ugly and reliable, and as enjoyable to operate as having a cavity drilled by the dentist.
Except that our present looks a lot more like the Aztec’s maximum ugliness and impracticality (huge, ungainly, off-road-incapable, operated with one occupant with seven empty seats...).
“Here’s how the effort to stop the car went down...”
That the automobile manufacturer did not in fact cut costs by using the lowest quality and cheapest part available, and that every alternative aftermarket OEM replacement part is not in fact superior to original equipment.
“...GM’s exclusive agent to sell Chevrolets, Buicks, and Cadillacs in Japan.”
Since this is a car website, I will relate this story to automobiles:
That’s false.
There is no law that the bottom edge of the side windows must be the same height as the bottom edge of the windshield. There are plenty of examples where the side windows are lower: Honda Fit, BMW i3, Subaru Impreza. Further, there is no law that says that the bottom edge of the side windows must slope…
So, Nissan does not have the same order-made program for legacy parts like the other Japanese car manufacturers?
Nope.
If the side of the car is now considered a “pedestrian impact zone”, they better put bumpers between the front and rear wheel wells...
Remember the little old lady with only the top of her head visible from outside the car as she drives while looking between bottom of the steering wheel rim and the dash board?
Those look really nice.
Those look really nice.
“Historically, lots of cars have big C-pillars like this, such as the AMC Gremlin.”
“...standard ones with random letter combinations...”
“People” smoke, and drink, and do drugs. There are quite a few self-destructive things that “people” do that are a lot more determental to their own well being, and demonstrate that, in general, “people are pretty stupid and make some pretty bad decisions.
GM:
“We must reduce model bloat... ...to make room so we can introduce more crossover and suv models (with no off road ability).”
A new Passport with absolutely no off road capability. Hmmmm.