I sort of agree, but where I differ in opinion is that the regulations should have been written so that commercial vehicles would have been treated as truly commercial. Like having to have a commercial license and commercial insurance to operate one. The problem I have with large vehicles is not their size per se, it…

The only problem behind your idea is that having 3 different engines for the same car, but different trims based on price, means all three choices are more expensive than putting the most expensive engine in all the cars, regardless of trim. It’s why we see so many 2.0L 4 engines in most cars, with an added turbo as…

All of what you state may be true, but think about this.

And thank you for a thoughtful response, especially after harsh words from me originally.

Well, the Falcon van, along with the Corvair van you posted a photo of, are not compact minivans, either. About the size of the VW Type 2 van, almost the size of a regular full sized van of the time. Compare actual sizes, and you see how the Chrysler K-Car based minivans were really smaller in footprint. The Corvair…

You have a lot of this right, but you miss a main point.

I know you were noting high dollar sales at “regular” dealerships, and I was noting that the cars you mentioned were very low volume sellers. Both models you noted sold less than 2K units per year, so most dealers never had one on their lot to even showcase, let alone sell. They sold GTRs and GTs in specially chosen…

This. Exactly this.

And there is the difference. I do not see CEOs or boards even trying to do the right thing, and they have not at the majority of businesses here in the US. They shifted jobs to overseas, they closed factories, they did not reinvest in the communities they were in, they stopped pensions in favor of making the workers…

Well, we do.

While you are stating a fact, it smacks of fatalism at its worst.

1st. Gear: Publicly held companies have one mission, to generate returns for shareholders.

See my reply to ManicDan.

Actually, the choices are there, but not as easy for you, so you overlook them.

I agree. But...

Bad wording on my part, yes, Opel plants were repurposed to build the new Corsa and such based on a PSA shared platform.

The risk for NA factories is that there is overcapacity for every brand not called Jeep or Ram, and the sedans and minivans built in Canada are the ones most in trouble. You are correct that there is no overlap, but then, there is no need for Chrysler or Dodge product, outside our market. And as noted, the Mexican…

Congratulations Stellantis.

Depends on what you call “racing”.

I get it, different strokes for different folks, and it’s all good. But I totally understand your situation with the friends with a kid. The whole irony of a lot of “gay liberation” from the 1970s was that it turned from a fight to be as queer as we wanted to be to allowing gay folks to become just as dull and boring…