The news we’ve been hearing about GM make it hard to see where they’re headed right now.

News that aren’t really news are disruptive news. I’m sure there’s some disruptive company showcasing just that on CES.

My Corolla 2007 has a coin holder (left of the mirror control switch). I felt stupid when I found out that it was just a coin holder. I still keep my coins in the armrest storage though.

I didn’t even want it anyway, because of the probably crappy rear visibility.

And that reminds me of how I used Okulski’s quote that “the Corolla is perfectly average” to justify why the Corolla is Toyota’s Cash Cow on my MBA thesis and that this is a result of the Toyota Product Development System.

That was my very first thought as soon as I saw the picture. In person it looks a lot wider than in this picture on a plain white background btw, which could explain why it looks “stretched” on the surveillance camera.

Those stacked up headlights in front of Lynk & Co’s cars is what happens when Design and Engineering cannot agree on the final form.

I love it when money is rated on a basis that makes it seem reasonable to spend more on something!

4th gear: But then again FCA workers are not that happy about it.

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Advanced negotiation techniques right there.

It’s good to know that if a Lotus Evora and a Lamborghini Huracán mate the result will be beautiful.

So let’s keep pragmatical track of the Alliance’s opinion on climate change: first, they though it existed, coincidentally after a study had shown that people wanted more fuel efficient cars; then, they began assuming that climate models were actually “tuned” by evil scientists and that maybe people didn’t even die…

That’s how we downsize engines in Brazil.

And to think that the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers last year were pushing for tighter standards because they thought that consumers wanted fuel efficient cars more than they want ridiculously big gas-guzzler SUVs.

Oh, man, just imagine someone naming a car Neo-X today. Better just straight up name it Dieselgate.

While you’re reading this, mind you that I’m describing a car in Brazil in early 90s.

That officer that says “Cos’ you know it ain’t gonna do it” is most probably a car guy. I mean, which car guy wouldn’t doubt that a Honda can do that?

Let me try to make an analogy between RWD SUVs and the Titanic, because the Titanic can be a basis for analogy in every situation. Trying to make SUVs less boring by fitting a RWD to it is like trying to avoid the sinking of the Titanic by bailing water out of it. The boringness is as unavoidable as the sinking. When…

Holy Scuderi! That’s literally a Wankel-Diesel-Split-Cycle engine! The amalgam of cool alternative cycles.