Yeah, OK but Tesla isn't.

You’re oversimplifying. And besides, a 74-month loan on, say, $18,000 is still $243/mo. How many truly poor people can know for sure they’ll have that available every month for the next 74 months? A better question still may be how many poor people will qualify for a 74-month, 0% loan?

Your second paragraph is all I’m really concerned with. The kind of person who has $5k down and $5k in equity on their trade will generally not being buying a $15k Dodge Dart with 74-month financing, just based on general trends of financial management.

So lease it. What happens when the poor person has a car outside warranty with another 3 years of payments?

I guess, but how many people even keep their cars for 6+ years anymore?

Show me an increase in fatalaties resulting from multi-car crashes, and I will say maybe we should decrease speed limits. But if the increase is almost entirely from idiots driving at unsafe speeds, then why penalize everyone else?

I would argue that a 74-month loan on any car is a dangerous financial move. You will be upside-down until your last payment.

Mozzarella, tomato, spinach, pesto.

As someone named Zack, my name is nearly always pronounced correctly - except for the occasional old person who hears “Jack” - but nearly always spelled incorrectly.

On a cost basis, the price has got to be NP. I can’t imagine the amount of money that went into engineering and building this thing. However, realistically, I would never buy something like that, because who are you going to have to pay how much to fix and maintain it? CP.

Neither. The 500 is built poorly, very small, very slow (in non-Abarth trim), and not particularly fuel efficient, which relegates to niche status. Hatches have never been as popular in the States as elsewhere, but the Mazda3, Focus, and Golf sell reasonably well, considering.

Neutral: Is there honestly a question of whether that market matters? It’s not like we’re talking about Maserati-level sales, here; they just don’t sell quite as well as crossovers. A start would be making a car that isn’t heavier, less fuel efficient, and slower than all its competition. And the trim breakdown really…

1) This is my favorite post ever.

I struggle to see how leasing a pre-owned car could not be a ripoff in favor of the bank. Used cars depreciate so much more slowly than used cars, I’d have to imagine the payments on depreciation alone on a used Lexus would be smaller than your cable bill. So it seems like one of two things is happening here: 1) You…

I don’t totally disagree with you, but you’re making some assumptions that make this seem more cut and dry than it really is.

4th: Was the case dropped by the plaintiff’s attorneys, or dismissed by the judge? Because as far as I know, an attorney cannot dismiss a case.

Wheels are a dead giveaway, and a lot of states, unmarked cars aren’t generally on traffic duty, but this could cause even more panic when pulls up behind you when you’re doing ten over.

The old ones were childish, I guess. Loud exhaust, harsh ride, big hood scoop. One more like a Japanese GTI would be awesome.

I prefer the “Why not?” explanation, myself. It expresses Mercedes’ ridiculous, fun side.

The AP says today’s ruling has no bearing on the cases brought by Walker’s family, which are both pending in Los Angeles Superior Court.