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Not gone- just split up & renamed.

1992 Oldsmobile Toronado Trofeo. Nice example!

Already have the book.... ?

Such a meh risk averse segment now these midsize lux sedans.. at least the Genesis is a different look inside and out that hasn't grown tired yet.

California CARB has released their final draft of the Advanced Clean Trucks Standard and entered their 30 Day public comment period. Not going political on this or taking a side one way or another, but lets look at the facts of what California is proposing for Diesel from Semi trucks Class 8 all the way down to your Ford, GM and Ram pickup trucks. This policy would apply to manufactures that sell 500 or more trucks of any class a year in the state. So by 2035 here it is by the numbers. Class 8 or what is known as Semi Trucks 40% sold have to be Electric Medium Duty trucks, this is HD delivery trucks and vans 75% have to be electric Consumer trucks such as the F250 or Silverado 55% have to be electric CARB says that this new standard that could go into effect by end of 2020 would require that 4,000 of the estimated 75,000 new consumer truck sales would have to be electric by 2024 with 20% of the trucks on the road in California being electric by 2035. There are currently 27 companies in California that sell 70 models of electric trucks / buses. The Union of Concerned Scientists hailed this standard but said it does not go far enough and the reason for this is as follows: 28 million trucks / buses on the roads of America represent 10% of all vehicles on the road in America, but these trucks / buses contribute 28% of carbon emissions, 45% of Nitrous oxides and 57% of particulate matter pollution. Diesel being the most toxic fuel used in the transportation business. Interesting note about this is that China current emission standards and plan to go to an all electric auto economy by 2040 has fashioned it after CARB. China is watching CARB on this as the commercial truck / bus industry is the last sector to be updated with new regulations to push into the EV era. Now by the numbers and the fact that many companies are outside of the state of California and deliver or pickup in the state using trucks registered elsewhere will not force an all out transition from one fueled by Diesel to one powered by battery pack or Hydrogen. California Trucking Association is disheartened by this standard being pushed out at a time of a pandemic with businesses in survival mode and what many believe will end up being a generational recession that could last a decade to recover from. https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/rulemaking/2019/advancedcleantrucks https://chargedevs.com/newswire/california-proposes-to-enact-zero-emission-mandate-for-commercial-vehicles/

Interesting...not familiar w/ Maltron. I've tried a Dvorak keyboard years ago. Though 36 years after learning to type, I'm very comfortable w/ QUERTY. I kind of like the mechanical clicky QUERTYs, have tried some of them before. This looks pretty interesting, a typewriter style mechanical keyboard.. https://www.qwerkywriter.com

It is never good enough with badge snobs. Customers who do not worship the false god of German engineering will have a lot to like about the new G80.

'64 Imperial. A fine year to be borne.

155 HP gross. Gross.

My idea of beauty, as in "less is more" Those were the days.

'latest version' - unfortunately, trillions of batteries still use the much more common rare metals. That'll change about as fast as moving from IC to E has gone. But with the world addicted to plastics like it is (especially -but far from exclusively- the auto industry), oil is correctly defined as a 'vital commodity'. I'm not sure what the 'wind turbine huggers' think they're double mocha lattes are going to be served to them in. Every present & past container material involves petroleum in numerous ways. Automobiles are a tiny sliver of 'a tiny hole in the ground'.

Except... that's an extra letter, and the R is nowhere near the O or the V on a keyboard... what type of sausage is that? If you advocate lockdown until 2021 (a convenient time), then spell the name of the virus wrong, it kind of deflates your argument.

Thanks for pointing out my sausage fingered typing. LOL Fixed it. Yup a dead long gone oil company. FYI - Rockefeller family trust divested of all oil stocks in 2016 as they are focused on cleaner environmentally better ways of living life. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefeller-family-is-exiting-the-oil-business/

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Agreed. I had quite a few things going on that I was excited about...even looking forward to working on my cars/project car. I’m just hoping this will be but a break, and back into the fold I go.... The work I had planned for my Cav sadly won’t happen, as partly due to funds (conserving cash) and saving our dog Bella, and the fact I won’t be able to have friends give me a hand..... But considering everything going on, I can’t really complain- Blessed to have my family and health.......

Chrysler. Same nose '61-62; '61: huge fins, '62 (this): sometimes called the 'plucked chicken'.

That's gross profit. Net profit is substantially lower. Net for 2019 was $14B, a decline of 31% vs. 2018. Q1 2020 saw a 125% decline, to a loss of $600M. - - - - - Electric vehicles use numerous petroleum-based materials in their production, from tires, bearing lubricants, paint additives, varnishes, coatings, distribution, plant machinery, etc. Just because EVs don't go to the gas station doesn't mean they're not firmly part of the petroleum spectrum. Tesla NEEDS Exxon.

The new Ford Bronco is really growing on me though.....really growing on me. That one will stick around.

^ I sure hope that's an Olds powerplant in there. - - - - - Awful lot of 'pure toy' money for these times. Dead on the vine is my prediction.

Back to c4c it decimated the used car stock. I live in Dayton Ohio and was out of work from 2009- 2013, sure my age and highish past pay rate added to my woes but that was a painful time. In looking through car adds afterwards the used cars were more than triple and my wages were 1/3 of what I previously was making. My point is that the folks at the bottom can't afford new and get a Gov check. The used car market hasn't recovered here yet, my 2000 Dakota Sport 3.9l 5spd man. with 300k mi would still pull in maybe 1k-1.2k$ and that's absurd. I know pricing inflates but this insane and I was just reading last week that the used market was reeling from all the lease turn ins and rentals. I was hopeful that I might be able to afford something newer, after I get back to work.

Yes such lovely innovation of Covid-19 masks. Amazing the innovation of humanity especially in China.

Like the Influenza of 1918/1919, expect this over the next 18 to 24 months. I expect an increase in cases for the fall, the time to take an actual real vaccine, test, verify and then produce for global use will take time, so I do not see an end to social distancing and shelter in place at home till after 2021.