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Okay, yeah that's quite a big difference in size then. Thanks! It sucks the Guilia platform can't be stretched like Alpha can over at GM for ATS to CTS. CTS seems like a pretty large car that would be great size-wise for a Charger.

Is it really that much smaller of a car? I didn't realize how small the Guilia was.

If the source wasn't Jalopnik, probably.

I'm still rocking a 6(non-s). I have had my battery replaced twice now for ~$50 each time(2nd one they replaced for free because they saw it was their battery but regardless I was willing to pay it) and it makes it a brand new phone again. It was definitely worth it to buy some time until you want to drop the cash on a new phone.

Not surprised.

What a freakin jabroni

Personally, I'd keep Alfa around and if they can't also keep Maserati around then move Alfa onto those platforms as higher end cars as well. Then Alfa could be a full luxury line from the Giulia to whatever high end Maserati is out. I think having a luxury line will help them once they really sort things out. As much as some don't really like Alfa Romeo they're a good brand to keep as a whole for a luxury line with the Giula getting great compliments from professional reviewers.

What's their tariff/tax on our autos to their country?

If they are priced the same, I think I'd only really want the Charger because I would see myself with some aftermarket exhaust and a louder 300 seems trashy but an equally loud Charger seems to fit. FWIW, I wouldn't do anything obnoxious, likely a Borla/Flowmaster/Magnaflow cat-back.

To me, the threat of ban sounds more like he is trying to get our tariff lowered as opposed to raising theirs. IMO, because everybody raising prices doesn't really help but if ours got lowered from 10% to match theirs at 2.5%..1: they would still sell here which is a good thing and 2: our sales to them would likely increase as prices to consumers over there would decrease with a lower tax which would still help our overall economy.

They'll even screw that up. It'll be RJAM or some crap, lol.

I'd love a 5.7 300 or Charger. I think it would be difficult to buy a 300 over a Charger though. There doesn't seem to be a large enough gap in "niceness" for a 300.

I know a flat/regular panel isn't that bad but we'd be talking about all this curvature and fitment that goes into a body panel. I know $10,000 was an exaggeration but I'd still have to believe they'd be hella more expensive than a steel or aluminum body panel. Or even carbon fiber. Yeah, that's stupid.

Solar panel body... sounds like a fender bender would total that thing out. Door ding, loses 18% of range and costs $10,000 to replace.

The idea behind the threat, from my understanding, is to get the tariff on the same level playing field as they tax our cars 10% while we only tax theirs 2.5%, whether it is raising our tariff or getting them to lower theirs. I think there is zero chance they ban German automobiles.

The idea behind the threat, from my understanding, is to get the tariff on the same level playing field as they tax our cars 10% while we only tax theirs 2.5%, whether it is raising our tariff or getting them to lower theirs.

I think this could work! I think something like the Subaru Crosstrek or new Focus Active would work with a Jeep nameplate.

Personally, I think there is room in the market for Alfa but I don't understand bringing back low margin compacts with Fiat. I'd get rid of Fiat and keep Alfa as a real luxury line to compete with the Germans and Caddy. They might be bleeding because of them right now but I bet a lot of that is just people don't even know where to buy them yet. They probably have a really small dealer network. Dodge Ram Chrisler Alfa There is room for them all. They just need to do things right. Make Chrylser like a Lincoln/Lexus/Acura/Infiniti competitor. Dodge would be mainstream. Alfa and Ram are pretty clear what their roles are already. Hahaha I forgot about Jeep but their role is also obvious. The goal is the same, kill sedans. That's all i see here as well. I actually can't think of one that isn't all 4 brands.

I know these aren't bought based on looks but their capability as a work van but my god is that ugly.

Is the GigaFactory partially owned by Panasonic then? I thought they were building that to also build their batteries there or is that just for the final assembly? Also, it's a plug-in Escape not Focus, which I think they need really bad. I will seriously consider a plug-in Escape as a next vehicle. I was originally thinking of a second vehicle originally but a plug-in would be fantastic.

Ford said this and everybody freaks out...

I think you're confusing Corvette buyers and Viper buyers... Well, most people there are retirement age anyway so...

there are more Demons running mid to low 10’s because not everybody is a professional. The P100D is a lot more repeatable.

Oh that doesn't seem too complex...

Hahaha that's because you're having fun with it not just commuting though!