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Nice set of photos, different from the usual skyline or "mass of people walking in dense modern urban environment" pictures you usually see of large Asian cities. I really enjoyed my HK visit when we went 20 years+ ago, will definitely go again someday, hopefully for a month after retirement (would like to do the same in Tokyo).

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the current platform aside from needing better material fit and finish. They are full size and should remain so... not squished down to Euro standards.

Georgio is too small and light for the Challenger and Charger.

This sucks that the GLobal Executive for Chevrolet smashes the pace car before the race even gets started.

Over two years ago, hundreds of thousands of people put down $1,000 deposit to order their very own Tesla Model 3 with the hoping of getting it in 2018. Flash forward to now and a growing number of those have been asking for their money back. Second Measure, a company that analyzes billions of dollars in anonymized credit and debit card purchases to determine various trends said in a post today that 23 percent of reservation-holders have asked for a refund as of April, a noticeable increase from 12 percent last August. Contrast this with only 8 percent of holders that have configured a Model 3 for production. The remaining 69 percent is a mixture of those waiting for their turn to configure their vehicle and those who are waiting for a refund - numbers Tesla only knows. A Tesla spokesperson told Recode that their internal data "does not align" with Second Measure's data, but would not go into specifics into as to how far off. Tesla has been struggling with Model 3 production for some time, pushing back production targets several times. At the moment, Tesla is targeting "approximately 5,000 Model 3's per week in about two months." Source: Recode, Second Measure View full article

I don't know about reasonable, it's what they are. Seems like over the last 40 years cars have been downsized (though small cars have gotten larger) while trucks have gotten larger and heavier. Meeting crash standards and adding content has increased weight, even though a lot a lightening has gone on. There are no stripped down cars for the most part today, and stripped trucks only exist for fleets. It seems the average 4cyl compact is better equipped than a typical Detroit luxury car 40 years ago, and more powerful. So cars today on average are more efficient, more powerful, safer, and better equipped than 40 years ago. And heavier...interesting times we live in.

There are models of 3-series that weigh more than my big old body-on-frame boat of an '81 Toronado with a 307 cubic inch iron block under the aircraft carrier sized steel hood. A 4-cylinder 330xi weighs more than a V6 '81 Toronado A 6-cylinder 340xi weighs more than a V8 '81 Toronado. And for all the tech and weight savings they put into the M5 carbon fiber and all.... it still weighs 500lbs more than my iron beast. Now, I'm not comparing performance at all of course.... but these are generally considered among the lightest cars in their class and they they all tip the scales more than some "old tech" Oldsmobile.

This is untrue. The 300 is used for police duty in Australia now that both Ford and GM have ceded that market. The 300 was also sold as a Lancia in Europe, and with a properly stocked Chrysler brand, the entire brand should have been branded as Lancia or just kept as Chrysler and sold in Europe. The Europeans had an unusual love for the Town and Country and the GM vans. The new Pacifica would have done well there. The 300 with a 2.0T should absolutely be sold in China. The Chinese just lowered their import tariff from 25% to 15% effective July 1. They could still be built in Brampton and shipped over. Stick the Pacifica hybrid on the same boat and price it like the Enclave. The failure of Chrysler and Dodge rests entirely on Sergio's nationalism and inability to effectively use the brands he got in the acquisition. He is an absolute failure of a CEO.

A-HA, I thought as much. And if I'm reading the above correctly, the '23%' is those who have had their cancellations processed; the true number is obviously higher. I would seriously not be surprised if the eventual cancellation rate approached 40%. It takes a very unique nutball to wait 3 or more years to get their order filled - that's insane.

Looked at the 30-ish pics. Question: is that enough quantity of photos to fairly declare Hong Kong as officially being a dump?

The only reason I may stay with Android... and I do mean only.... Is the MotoMods available for the Moto Z series. Doing what I do with this here website thingy... and the instagrams and facebooks and other sites I manage. I would really like to have a proper camera attachment on my phone. Phone cameras have come a long way, but there is only so much you can do without a true optical zoom. For the Moto Z, you can buy this that attaches to the back of the phone: Samsung did make a Galaxy Camera. It was a full fledged digital camera with an android operating system.. but they gave up after the second one, so now the newest OS you can get is Jellybean. Google has already said they are going to start forcing apps to be up to date with the OS, so that means old Jellybean devices will stop getting apps. I don't blame Google for that.... but I do blame Samsung for constantly producing abandonware. It might be the one thing that could save Android. Go get the $29 replacement. It will make it like new.

I use iTunes, Amazon Music, and Google Play Music, because there is no way to get all of my music into a single ecosystem without re-buying the same stuff. ?? I like Amazon the best, but I can't upload my old iTunes purchases or old CDs into it. ?? I can't use iTunes on my Android, but Google Play Music will upload my iTunes library from my laptop, so that's how I can listen to my iTunes music on my Nexus. ?? But Google Play Music interface is beyond rubbish. It can't find my music if I type in the name, but if I scroll through artist - album - song, I can click on it and play it. Forget about picking an album by voice command. Searching for music takes you to their store rather than the library you already have uploaded. I don't need to buy the music again! I already have it! Find it in my library! ?? Google Assistant is SO BAD, I ask it to play "Play Playlist Star Trek", a playlist I KNOW I have set up in Google Play Music and GPM is set up as the default music source in Google Assistant. Google Assistant tells me it can't find the playlist, then it opens Pandora and plays Pirates of the Caribbean. I do hope some Google engineer was listening in on that one and they entered the new swear words I invented into their database. Apple Car Play I haven't had as much experience with since it is my work phone, but generally, Siri does as she's told. The only frustration I had with her was one time when she couldn't find a route home while I was on an interstate 300 miles from my house.

@ocnblu Your Next Auto, California Camper Van from VW. https://jalopnik.com/heres-every-cool-thing-we-could-find-in-the-2018-vw-t6-1826454018

Very cool pics of Wrenching on Auto's in Hong Kong. Amazing what they do and would be illegal in the US to do what they do there. https://jalopnik.com/the-most-dedicated-mechanics-in-the-world-wrench-on-the-1791804151

I have an iPhone through work. It's.... tolerable. What I'm annoyed with on Android is their planned obsolescence. I have yet to have one that works satisfactorily for more than 18 months. The fact that OS updates stop after 2 years, or earlier if your carrier decides it wants to sell you a new phone. I have a Nexus 6P on Project Fi... so I'm all in on Google service. Yet 24 months in and OS updates have stopped. Security updates stop in October. This was supposed to be their flagship phone. Meanwhile, my partner's iPhone 6s and my own work 6S keep right on chugging along and will likely get iOS12 when it rolls out in a few weeks. Additionally... As of Android 8.1, Android Auto is an utter disaster. It crashes constantly. It is laggy. Half the time my music won't play... or if it does play, the music on the screen does not match the music playing in the speakers. Voice commands are absolute rubbish and completely non-functional. Car Play may be limited, but at least it works when I tell it what to do.

You might as well get a replacement battery installed for $29.. https://www.macworld.com/article/3245168/consumer-electronics/iphone-29-battery-replacement-faq.html

To be honest, that was one of the biggest reasons I've been holding out on Android. What the Motorola Z3 Force looks like is going to determine if I stay with Android or leave for iPhone. I've been on Android for a long time, but my negative experiences with my current phone, and all the prior ones, are telling me to jump ship. The one thing I really didn't want to lose was Waze for in-dash navigation. Bollocks. #neversamsung

Since Job's Death, just further proof that Apple is surviving on the past and not creating new. Samsung has replaced Apple as the better Phone.

Georgio is fine for a compact sports sedan, but the Charger and Challenger need to be at least 4000lbs and have V8 versions. Different market niches.

What a freakin jabroni

Tors were probably cold and the rear end snapped around...

My truck is getting seriously old when ALL the lawn guys have newer rides.

Yeah, it’s supposed to be another revision of LX platform. Really, if they just refreshed it and put the effort into the interior that they did with the Ram, they’d be fine. Put the new turbo 2.0 in there as a base engine, maybe eAssist the V6 and V8. The cars today are super solid and have all the latest tech available. The possibility of their cancellation has renewed my interest in acquiring a 300.

Keep in mind these product forecasts are global, some of those won't be US models, like how the Grand Commander is for China. And a small Jeep CUV below the Renegade would likely sell in markets like Japan and the UK.