If you ran one of the three remaining Mitsubishi dealerships in North America, you would be doing the following three things:

He’ll put all those doctors, nurses, researchers, and pharmaceutical workers in the cancer treatment industry out of work!

You forgot about the cost of operating the bureaucracy. You will need about $10,000 in labor costs paid to government workers to process each $3,000 rebate.

The Second Great Depression Of 2008-2016 may be a contributing factor, but Cash For Clunkers is the primary reason that the used car market, and used auto parts markets, have seen major shortages. Just ask anyone looking for an early 275 HP, direct injection, variable valve timing V6 for their hot rod.

James Bond, You Only Live Twice. The Toyota 2000GT was not the first choice for the car in this movie. Mike Walker had originally planned to use a Isuzu Bellett GT. The Isuzu employee negotiating with Mike Walker for the use of the car (Sachio) left Isuzu during negotiations and picked up a job at Toyota, taking the…

Gawker frowns on independent thinking and failing to tow the line on the chosen narrative.

I commented on the previous story about how many of the cars auctioned were limited production models that you had to be on the manufacturer’s preferred customer lists to even purchase, so they know their customers are genocidal totalitarian dictators. (Lots of up votes on that comment.)

Federal Funding being sent from the Federal Government to the state of Kalifornia?

I had to check the top of the page, and it still has that bold motto “Drive Free, Or Die”. But based on this and the rising tide of virulently anti-automobile rhetoric showing up on this website, it seems that motto will need to be changed to “Ride The Bus, Or We Will Kill You”.

What the hell is Amazon going to do with 100,000 vans? Amazon has embrace the “Gig Economy” and subcontracted all of their deliveries to independent contractors who rent or lease gasoline powered vans from truck rental companies.

“...automaker posts strong profits...”

The same answer to the question:

VW having trouble selling cars in China? Interesting, because China’s Renmin Business School National University of Singapore’s business school issued a report that sales of US made cars in China rose 9% in China, and sales of US branded cars rose by 16% in China, after China put their retaliatory tariffs in place.

Automakers should be required by law to state a/the guaranteed top speed of the vehicle they are selling and then be required by law to prove that claim by performing a top speed run with the car of any customer who requests proof of that claim.

HA!

“Fenske explains in the video how the smaller wheel _could_ make for quicker acceleration (something about ‘moment of inertia’...”

Sell Lancia to Isuzu.

The existence of the 500E illustrates the reason that the totalitarian dictatorship of Kalifornia should never have been allowed to set their own emissions requirements or dictate the Federal standards. Kalifornia requires car makers to offer electric vehicles or Kalifornia bars the manufacturer from selling their gaso…

I am highly skeptical that Amazon has problems with items similar to those described in the story like the motorcycle helmets that failed safety testing, because Amazon requires UPC codes for all products in automotive and motorcycle related categories.

It is fitting that the exhaust venturi powered vacuum cleaner is shown on a VW Beetle, a car noted for those wonderful heater boxes designed to heat-exchange between the primary exhaust pipes into air pulled from the fan shroud, through boxes enclosing the exhaust pipes, and finally circulated into the rear footwells,…