Been there, done that.

yeah, that article says supply will increase by 20% by 2020while this story says that china vehicle sales alone will increase by 19% in 2020. That is china alone and their cars alone, that says nothing of india or other developing nations.

ha ha, sure it will! Demand is increasing by 30% and the price will drop. Somehow I don't believe you

It does look really high, but from the picture it looks like the hood is at shoulder level. the people are sitting as low as is practical, assuming they kept the engine and drive train low it doesn't look too bad (for an offroad vehicle at least)

except CVT's are not fun ( I say this in general, I've never driven a razr)

I thought the same thing, why are they in line with the hood? I'm gonna go with cheap. At over 1000 lbs it sure as hell isn't to save weight...

Dat ejector pin mark.... quality

Where would you be traveling that you have good enough network service for a NAS to be useful. IMO NAS is not pleasant to use unless you have a gigabit connection to it.

is it just me or do they look very Porsche?

That upgrade plan reeks of F-35 style cost overruns and delays... all that new software, hardware, redesigned composited components. Had it been green lit we might finally be seeing it come into service now!

the problem is, how can they compete with ford/chevy/dodge in the full size truck market?

Citroen 2CV

You haven't been able to do that on a car for many years already. Regardless I am in no way saying that you shouldn't love that, it just means that you are already and will even more so in the future be part of the "old school" part of the car hobby. That area is already a huge part of the hobby and is definitely not…

What really is "good for the hobby"?

I think you're at least partially right about the future and that it won't be quite as simple as many are suggesting. Mechanical knowledge will not suffice, although it will never become unnecessary. When you want to drop that hot ford electric motor you found at the junkyard into an old chevy body you might have to…

some companies are very good at doing this, I'm not saying that it is impossible, just that it is a challenge and many companies screw it up

Everyone knows if you want to impress women you don't get a car, you get a motorcycle.... jeeze

it's the classic question of how to share platforms economically and maintain distinct brand images.

you should keep going to school. once you get past 101 at some point they'll tell you the truth, water is not incompressible.