My apologies, I don't follow your post. Porsche F'd up majorly in the mid 2000s when they thought they could buy VW. They racked up some non inconsequential debt trying to do it, and ended up taking the sharp stick in the eye as a result of the failed buy out of VW. So now VW owns them, and the #1 selling automobile - worldwide - is the macan. Which is, generally speaking, much closer to a pure porsche as it is almost a 911-station wagon, no? ... View more

Why would BMW change what they have? Nobody is clamoring for FWD hatches, funky or not. What they (apparently) are clamoring for is Mini Clubman, four door minis, convertible minis, and the like, as that is what they are making. Next time you are out, look at every mini driver that you see. Report back on the demographics..... ... View more

I love "chasing market share" because it completely misses the point of margins and profitability. Back when I used to work for one of those Fortune 500 companies we used to have a "market share kicker" bonus enhancer on the year-end money. IF the company's market share went up even a little bit, there would be a multiplier on your bonus - 1.1X, 1.3X, etc. It only took a few quarters for the profit center managers to figure out that 1.75 x 2 is bigger than 1 x 3, so guess what happened..... ... View more

I laugh at the idiots who wait in line at Costco b/c they don't understand how the long hose works to reach either side of the vehicle. I laugh harder at the folks who let that fuel hose sliiiide across the vehicle once they pull the hose over - always damages the paint or clear coat ... View more

Don't get me wrong, I am all for this new engine, but I am not sold on 3 liters. I like my 500+ ICE at 4.4 liters lol ... View more

Sorry about your sh1tty "squat trucks" getting the axe. But honestly, you should have your a$$ removed if you do this to a truck. What is the point? You can't see anything, and how do you drive at night? Possibly the dumbest thing I have ever seen done to a truck. Period. ... View more

Good for Stellantis. Apparently they are aware of the supreme challenges facing anybody going fully EV by 2030, but whatever. There will be a reckoning well before 2030 that the grid and the general infrastructure needed to go full EV is literally decades away. I am still waiting on anybody to explain to me how 101 million people who rent in this country will charge their EVs, but that also doesn't have a plausible answer. As for the engine itself, nothing really new - I can think of five different twin turbo engines V6s that have been around for decades. ... View more

Amazing! Something nobody asked for and it never took off ... View more

I agree with your post. At the end of the day even Ferrari has to bow down to the mountain of money they are "missing out on" b/c they do not have any SUVs/SAVs and b/c their shareholders demand more profit. That being said, if you were a person who had physical limitations that you could not get into a low-slung car, but you had plenty of money and always wanted a tall ferrari, well then this is great news. People will line up for these things no matter what they look like - here is hoping it is at least a good looking vehicle. ... View more

$7.1 B investment is chump change for VW ... View more

I wonder when I will see one at the mall? ... View more

Can somebody PLEASE post what the EV range range for these models is when towing 3,000 pounds? That is a real number, not this recommended range crap ... View more

There is a guy near me who has a GTO that I have enquired about every year or two. It is sitting in his yard, just rusting away. The amount of deterioration in the past two years is just heart breaking. He "no interest in selling it" ... View more

Neither the video nor the article mentions the other dirty secret about ethanol/corn: Federal subsidies In 2016 the subsidies for JUST corn were almost $14B. The subsidies, when combined with the real-world impact of ethanol not really doing what it has been reported to do for the environment from an emissions standpoint, add back in the extra greenhouse gas produced from turning over dirt, and you have a real mess. ... View more

Is it me or are companies on their last leg trying to cash-out big? Aston is a shell of its former self - not that it ever made that much money when they randomly made money, but they are hemorrhaging cash over there and are possibly the only "elite brand" that didn't see a surge in their volume from the covid cash. De Tomaso? Really, $1M for a ford coyote engine powered car?!? De Tomaso wasn't all that great in their heyday, not sure how they command $1m for a gussied up ford. ... View more

Sorry, I just get it, $13M for a french tear jerker car? ... View more

Lotus needs a winner, but if the styling cues are indeed Kia-eque, ooof ... View more

Where to begin? Let's start with the easy one - carvana. First off, they suck in every way a company can suck. They are literally losing hundreds of millions of dollars ($330 million in '21 to be exact) and aside from clearly being a ponzi scheme, they built those awful car vending machines that will truly be the covid-era equivalent of the dot-com bust. If you bought a vehicle through carvana, well, you get what you deserve. Like the parent companies, Ugly Duckling or the your-credit-is-so-bad you need to shop at DriveTime. That is who "owns" carvana. As for your new truck, good for you. I stopped buying "new" when everybody colluded to offer "no haggle pricing" - if I am going to roll my fat arse to your dealership, you better damn well square off across the table from me, otherwise, why am I here? That is when I found a few websites like carindigo.com and started to enjoy buying very gently used-new cars. $100k bmw with 3,400 miles for $65k? Yes, I will take that, and that was supposedly at the height of the chip shortage and dearth of used autos..... ... View more

So if you win a $450,000 "sweepstakes" your tax bill on the wining will be approximately $207,000 assuming that you are a US citizen. Just sayin ... View more

I am not really sure this "decision" has any impact on me whatsoever. These autos will NOT be cheap - and they will not be true classics - they will simply be like many things in today's world - a fake that is paying homage to the Original. I have seen several stories about the "DeLorean Motor Cars" - I certainly hope the new company is better than the original, because the original DMCs were not very good. Ask me how I know. ... View more

Not snobby, you make a good point. ... View more

Don't forget, the US military said they are 50 years away from being fully EV, so that sounds like a reasonable number for the rest of us ... View more

A few takes that nobody asked for: 1- That $1,750 woody package doesn't look like it is worth $17.50 and the main issue is the rig is SO big - too much "stuff" not covered by the faux wood 2 - If you regularly travel at or in excess of 150 mph and you do NOT have a roll cage or other pertinent safety equipment, it will not be long before you are just a blood stain on the pavement 3 - Rivian got caught being greedy and taking a cash grab. How does it cost thousands more to simply wait on producing a vehicle? It doesn't. If you don't have a chip that you need, you wait, or if you are Ford, you just delete that option on the vehicle that it is needed for. But for a former exec to say they would lose money at $67,500 that is simply not true. There is no such thing as a loss leader in business, it is BS. If the vehicle is losing money at $67,500 it is the manufacturer that is to blame, not covid. ... View more

That is funny, good on you RallyeRalph! ... View more

not bad looking at all, would love to know some performance specs on it ... View more

BaT sold a GNX in May for $205,000 - how does that not get mentioned? ... View more

I like EVs that look like ICE vehicles- good on jeep for not producing some EV that looks like a baby shoe ... View more

Piech had more to go on than the Bugatti when making the decision on which car(s) to produce and which ones to dump. In 2000 VW released the W8 passat. VW couldn't give them away as people would look at the price (well north of $40k once tags and title were added) and simply say "why would I pay BMW/AUDI/LEXUS money for a vee-dub?" Until he Phaeton came out the W8 was the highest priced car VW ever made. ... View more

Also, that 1:13 video, I can never get that time back. It was absolutely awful. Just sayin ... View more

The minute Lotus and "china" were linked, that did it for me. Good bye. And before anybody gets all twisted up over it, the same goes for volvo. I don't care who the "original" owner was, if it is now backed/based/built by a communist country, it will not see a dime of my money. And that has nothing to do with the other idiot commies and the tragedy of Ukraine. Despite the best intentions and attempts by Lotus, they just never really had the financial foundation to not need somebody like china. Oh well. ... View more

How can you say NO to an old porsche? They are like buying Amazon shares in 1997 ... View more

I read this article on February 28th, the final day of Black History Month. What a fitting story to end on! ... View more

A couple of questions - how is he ZF stuff not confidence inspiring? They are pretty much the gold standard. As for the BMW engine, I have yet to blow one, and lord knows I have been trying to for over a decade now. There is nothing on this rig that approaches even the slimmest glimmer of the Gwagon, in either style or substance. But good luck ... View more

Just because you can doesn't mean that you should.... ... View more

The key to any scam rests in getting the money. In today's technology, there are literally 35+ different ways to send and receive money, so you can bet that there are at least that many ways to get ripped off. The more person-to-person interaction that you can have, the better. ... View more

Sure, the robots and the tech will know "when" to turn the lights down so nobody gets blinded lol. The lights in all my imports have been several times better than any domestic headlight in any vehicle that I have owned. That being said, if you slow down and pay attention, you don't need special lights. How much is this going to raise the price of already staggering vehicle costs? I can not remember a single person that I know ever saying their headlights were too dim. What they all say is how bright everybody else's are and that they get blinded by the jacked up trucks and suvs though ... View more

I can think of at least 10 worse half time shows ... View more

Meh. Convertibles are overrated. Go on a 3 hour highway drive in your roofless car and then tell me how you feel. And I have done it hundreds of times. ... View more

Mr. Bill, you really aren't missing anything. Going for a quick spin in a convertible is ok - anything over 15-20 minutes and the wind drag, even if you can't feel it or really sense it - starts to take its toll. Go for a highway trip, say 45 minutes at 70 mph and you will notice the impact it has on you once you are out of the car. I have driven multiple convertibles from Philadelphia to Atlantic City and they are all over rated. ... View more

You should absolutely buy the car. Maybe somebody on here will come up with a super cool nickname for the beige car and that will push you over the edge. I tried thinking of some but I ate too many tacos at lunch and I'm fading fast. ... View more

The mas suv is ugly and overbearing in its badging; nobody cares about the "trident" - what they cared about was where the engine came from, which it doesn't anymore in either iteration (the original mas engines they made decades ago or the roughly 20 year run when ferrari was hooked up with them). Regardless, if you have to resort to lame badging gimmicks and putting words on the vehicle to tell people it is NOT the new honda CR-V, I don't think the future is too bright for mas. ... View more

I am with you, excellent point. ... View more

A few takes that nobody asked for: People with more money than good taste is A-ok with me, but on the $700k resto vettes, does anybody have a good guess at how much it costs to build it? If the donor car was $200k and the mods were $300k (pure guess, I have no idea what a blah-blah chassis is worth or any of the other stuff) then I can see maybe a $100k bump for the look/idea and another $100k bump for being so unique. But if it "only" cost $400k to source and build it, why the hell would you pay a stranger $700k when you could bank roll it yourself and get exactly what you want? In general I am not a resto mod fan - it pains me to see a rare classic that has been worked on, like a Hollywood star who has too much plastic surgery and is now not only a mockery of their former beauty, but unable to be cast in anything because that person is now almost a parody. Finally, I feel like the classic auto has a certain provenance about it that resto modding simply erases and cancels which leaves me not caring that somebody spent $700k on an "old vette", but rather I am saddened that the "old vette" had to be sacrificed for some ego maniac who needs to spend $700k for the world to know how awesome he is. ... View more

Nice review - simple and succinct ... View more

Who cares if some rando autos sold "cheap"? The T bird while in great shape is the least desirable one per the Hagerty price graph. Also, the hammer prices do NOT include the Buyer premium, correct? So add that in to the equation too. I have been to Mecum and BJ auctions in person, and unless you are going after one of the white rhinos they have listed, you are much better served going online and avoiding the buyer premium for almost every classic under $100K IMHO ... View more

Not a fan of cars morphing into the blob shape. See the EQS. Now, with the addition of the mega ipad in the dash, the interior is trending downwards as well. Lastly, the last three vehicles that I have purchased all have interior lighting changeability. I have yet to change any of them. Seems gimmicky and if pretty much all the autos have this today, why bother? ... View more

All the commercial sucked. Plain and flat-out sucked. Not funny, not cute, not even galvanizing. Just stupid and poorly conceptualized. It is a good thing some folks are all-in on EVs, because those commercials wouldn't make me do anything but inquire as to who the surgeon was who worked on Selma Hayek most recently, because she, uh, looked very different..... ... View more

Not sure why you mention a ferrari engine in a maser - it has been widely circulated that ferrari is NOT doing engines for them, effective now. Like 2022 now. ... View more

This torino and the torino GT are pretty cool in the right color/graphics ... View more

So Alfa, which has serious quality control issues (and before the alfa crowd gets all twisted up, you can believe what you want, but the Market has deemed the brand inferior and prone to issues, hence the abysmal resale value/depreciation curve) is going ot start using new tech and and NFT tech to help prop up value? I have seen it all. ... View more