Neutral: Do You Like Tesla’s Marketing Hype?

You know the greatest irony of the TSA? The terrorist won....

I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, dear FK, but there is the Chrysler Imperial rose. And Chrysler or Imperial is not the ne plus ultra in cars, now is it?

Neutral: What Will Solve Our Transportation Problems?

Assholism. The disease kills many, and leaves others crippled by the agonies it causes.

The point is that a huge majority of those customers who bought a Fiesta or Focus are not buying the EcoSport or Edge. Did you not read that part? And the 21% who upgraded within brand probably did to take advantage of the OEM’s owner loyalty program cash on the hood to returning buyers. That $500-1000 rebate ate into…

Valid technically, but just. A $1 million margin item may be cheaper to build than 1 million $1 margin units, but how easy it to sell compared to the low cost item?

If they can’t take away his pension, do one better. Make him financially responsible for the review of every case he handled, so that he is left with absolutely nothing. All costs, from lawyers to investigators to court costs. Leave him with absolutely no financial resources left, old, broke, and without any chance…

I agree with you completely. I honestly hope for change, and am doing what I can to make that change happen.

Just like minivans?

GM and Ford were profitable due to size and scale. Going niche will allow higher profits, but lower total revenue, and thus lower share price and value.

Well, you’re wrong.

You’re right, but you are also on the wrong track.

Sadly, I don’t enjoy reading things like this at all. I am happy that a dealership was concerned about customer loyalty and did what they did to ensure that loyalty, but it speaks volumes about the issue with Infiniti and Nissan.

The problem has always been simple:

Infiniti is nothing but a drain on the bottom line right now.

You are thinking with your heart, not your head. I applaud the sentiment, but Nissan needs a sports car about as much as a fish needs a bicycle.

Wheel size issues are not new. The issue in the past was that OEMs did not offer many choices in wheels, leaving it to the aftermarket companies to popularize them. Real wire wheels and mags were not often factory options for cars in the 1960s, thus the rise of cheap to make “wheel covers” that created the illusion of…

Ah, Rashomon in a nutshell, minus the bartender’s POV. Let me add it.

GM should have made Corvette a separate brand and killed off GMC, Cadillac and Buick after the bankruptcy. Two brands - GM or Chevrolet for basic vehicles, and Corvette for the high end ones.