G. David Felt

I thought that was the heated windshield fluid and wiper system.

For a Muslim country that is ass-backwards, not the brightest moment in his career. Should have kept those private. IDIOT!

Maybe a Family of Mid engine Corvette auto's? Maybe they are planning to shelve the Ice version and go all EV!

How about drop it to at least the same 2.5% we charge on them. Equal to Equal, That is a deal making deal!

No reason to get excited till the trade war is over and eve if they do reduce it to 15%, nothing gained here at all. So how is Potus 45 being that ultimate deal maker that is making a difference? All we have had is higher prices and stress.

Which I prefer than the Lazy Boy recliner seating. I loved my grandfather's Cadillac Brougham but I always fell asleep in that car. Way to soft for me if I was driving.

Electric motors are cheap, the battery is the big cost for sure but then I do expect the cost to come down significantly over the next few years as production ramps up. Economy of Scale. If we keep following this trend, I expect the cost of per kWh battery to be below $100 by 2023 which makes the battery and a crate electric motor on par with traditional ice crate projects. $100 is where WITHOUT incentives, battery and electric motor are on par with ICE powertrains.

If it looks like this: as I posted in this story I would then be up for this as this is sexy looking to me. Way better looking than the Tesla. Thinking on this, it could be the color too, maybe the matt grey just does not do it for me.

Jetta fans will love it, but for me such a blah looking car. Reminds me of Toyota Camry, but this is the VW version.

Considering he had a hand in the EV Camaro plug in motor to the tranny, I can see a legacy of Box'd electric motors to replace ICE motors for restoration by those that want the Torque and reduced maintenance of an electric motor.

RJ made it very clear at the LA auto show that besides building their own auto's they would also be selling the rights to use the platform for auto development by others. This would save other companies the time to build a basic Skateboard and they can focus on just being a Coach builder. Reminds me of the early 1900's with all the various coach builders. Interesting Times we live in.

One Can hope for CUVs to cover the full spectrum of price points. I think the Suzuki subcompact cuv would be doing well if it was still on sale here. Just too early before people decided to move from cars to CUVs.

Seems that Rivian has it's first customer. Pininfarina is being reported by Autocar India as having purchased the rights and will use the Rivian Skareboard chassis to build their PF1 Luxury Performance SUV. Pinifarina is building a PF0 hypercar using tech from Croatian EV maker Rimac. Now they will build their PF1 SUV based on the Rivian Skateboard with external and internal style by Pininfarina. Expected to launch in 2021, the PF1 will have 1,088 HP and is to compete against the Lamborghini Urus which arrives in 2020 with 650 HP. Pininfarina PF1 will weight about 600 pounds more, but also have 538 more HP over the Urus. https://www.autoblog.com/2018/12/10/pininfarina-pf1-suv-rivian-ev-platform/

Considering the amount of crime in Brazil his native country, I take the Japanese honor over his manipulation of the system. Innocent till proven guilty, but so far what has been shared would tend to show his guilt.

@regfootball Totally agree with what you have stated, I know way too many 50 year olds up to baby boomers who hate having to do squats to get into and out of a car and just want to slide their ass into the seat. My parents are perfect examples of why they love their Cadillac SRX 2004 and 2008 models. They can just slide into and out of those cars and are very happy with them. As the US ages, tastes changes and cars are on the decline, I am hoping we will see cheaper CUVs to replace them.

Criminal High-flyer. Never cared for him as a business man. Looks like a weasel and clearly was a slick one till it caught up to him. I say prosecute for everything. Make an example.

Doubt it at Ford or FCA, maybe GM. But far less chance than in Japan where Honor is a big deal.

Probably the apartment is where another of his mistresses lived and he stored his own evidence. Total speculation on my part based on watching so many movies!

Not only clean out his garage, if he cared about anything other than listening to his voice, how about cleaning up the old bags of waste on the background. But sticking to cars, how about the occasional engine bay cleaning, how dirty his car is behind him. The cut in change is terrible, clearly does not care about anything but bashing GM. He has no knowledge of the VOLT, clearly is just a bashing due to some past experience that he still is pissed about. WOW, talk about an idiot in how he addresses the ignition recall, praises Fiat, what a joke. Clearly is all about buying american made Japanese products and ends with a watch my repair videos and ring my bell for support. What an Idiot. Have to say it was one of the hardest videos to watch, I would not watch that again unless there was a point I missed that was so important I had to see it.

@Robert Hall He rocks, loved the Kill BIll movies, but seeing him in concert is Awesome! Thanks for posting. Would love to have seen his full concert with the Orchestra as that looks like it was a Rock'in Concert.

Have to say I am really liking Keiko Matsui new albums. Listening to her "The Piano" album from 2014. Relaxing music to work too. Hair has gotten a bit crazy over her more conservative look. LOL

Glad to hear she is mobile and not feeling it yet. Safe driving all.

Wishing her all the best in not having any aches or pains. Hope the rest of her week goes better. Any pictures on what the Kia looked like? Interesting to see how mushed up it was.

I honestly can see having inexpensive RWD commuter EVs and then you step up into AWD EVs and Luxury / Performance having AWD with Torque vectoring. OEMs can then also have a single set of Controller boards and a customer if later on has the money and wants more power can go online, pay the OEM for the power upgrade and it gets pushed down to the auto to unlock performance improvements, luxury add-ons, etc.

I am going to disagree with Toyota CEO. I first think the recession we have starting is going to cool sales off further and that especially includes cars sales at the bottom end as lower income workers become even more frugal with their money due to credit card debt. Second, I think more and more people who bought in the last 1-3 years will also hold off or if in a lease renew to a like vehicle or buy outright the auto. I hear plenty of people talk about how they would like to reduce the cost of maintenance of their auto. EVs seem to be that next step, people I think are going to hold off on buying to move to an EV. Third, I am seeing more cities focus on inner and outer city mass transit and with the push for denser living, I suspect we will see more use in mass transit which will cool or keep even auto sales. I actually do not see them ticking up over the next 3 to 5 years over what they have been. Toyota very well could see a gain in car sales but that will be only due to Ford and GM leaving the car market to focus on Trucks / SUV / CUVs with traditional ICE and Electric power trains.