G. David Felt

GM should have done this before all the Italian garbage auto's did it and everyone else. They could have been leading in this segment 40 plus years ago. Now I think due to Marketing, it is a requirement that the Corvette goes mid engine, yet this could also be a testing as they are still making the traditional last gen corvette for a while too. Be interesting to monitor corvette sales and see which one comes out on top. Yes and your comment is such a Millennial thing to say!

Yea, Saw that but questioned if it was legit since Ford has never led like that, but then on hind sight, I guess they are leap frogging the luxury auto's with Lincoln. ? Dedicated Spark plug gap tool? ?

Amazing old Iron, not sure what year, but in mint condition. @balthazar what year? I always laugh when I see these magnetic stickers on a foreign name plate. Yes I know it is American built, but the profits still go back to japan.

2020 Ford Police Interceptor anyone? Gotta think it has the twin turbo V6 or NA V8?

@Drew Dowdell @William Maley Seems Corvette 2020 stuff is leaking. WOW talk about a lot of buttons on this interior. Just on the center dash, I count 23 buttons not including the touch screen.

Love the consistent tone, very informative and like the video editing cuts. My only thought is the same as @balthazar where the music needs to be dialed down to background music. At the start have the music start out even lower and come up to 50% of your own voice level. Other than that, I really enjoyed it.

Have to say this custom Chevelle is HOT HOT HOTz Sexy as Hell! GM is selling the ZR1 755HP motor as a crate motor and GM decided to refresh a Chevrolet Chevelle with this motor. https://www.gmperformancemotor.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=NEW-LT5-ZR1-CRATE-ENGINE WOW, very sexy and will be on display at SEMA this fall. They also have done a K10 and C10 based on Performance Crate Motors that will be shown off too.

This is freakin crazy cool. Rear Demon Powered Challenger. https://www.thedrive.com/news/27584/behold-a-demon-powered-dodge-challenger-hellcat-rendered-as-hurst-under-glass-plymouth-barracuda

Have to say, I really like this Daytona package on the current Challenger. https://www.thedrive.com/news/29016/abomination-or-brilliance-check-out-this-modern-dodge-challenger-daytona-recreation Ricers have nothing on this Fin!

Yes it will be interesting to see who ends up with their tech. I suspect 1/3 of Chinese auto start ups are under funded and with a global slow down will have many crash to be closed.

Anyone want to bid on one of 36 forgotten corvettes going up for auction? https://www.thedrive.com/news/29038/historic-collection-of-36-forgotten-chevrolet-corvettes-will-be-raffled-off-for-charity Very cool! See this shows your own Fanboi love of what you think are better auto's. The CTS Coupe stands apart from the rest of the Cadillac family unlike the Germans Generic all look the same. From top to bottom, from coupe to sedan, they just all blend in together.

Tariff war and global auto slow down is having it's first affect on taking out an Electric auto startup that started by buying a battery company startup and was known as SF Motors, then Seres Motors. They announced in April of this year production to start on an SF5 for the Chinese and US market. The old Hummer factory was purchased in South Bend Indiana is now mothballed again. Most of the staff in California has been laid off as the Chinese owned EV auto company tries to find a financial way to survive long term. They say this is a downsizing to survive, but it has gutted the bulk of the company and I do not see it coming back IMHO. Cool skateboard concept that was to underpin a 5 and 7 person CUV. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1124066_seres-ev-startup-postpones-us-launch-amid-downsizing

I LOVE the CTS Coupe, one of the best of their Science and Arts style unlike today's design.

@balthazar What do you think of the styling of the new Bentley Concept EXP 100 GT? https://www.autoblog.com/2019/07/10/bentley-exp-100-gt-electric-autonomous-concept-car-revealed/#slide-2152025 I have to say I really like this car.

I have to say I like the looks of the newest version of Ford Puma CUV for Europe.

I have also noticed here in job hot Seattle that hiring has been frozen by lots of places and the amount of off site storage lots for auto's has exploded. So many all over. Definitely time to be cautious about taking on debt. Good read on the new Audi eTron and how it's first full month on sale nabed 856 units sold compared to Tesla 1,000 Tesla X units sold. https://fortune.com/2019/07/18/audi-shows-tesla-isnt-the-only-automaker-that-can-build-an-electric-vehicle/ Jaguar iPace sold 226 last month in comparison. Audi's seems to be the most roomy and has a 4000lb towing capacity. Very good review on an Electric CUV AWD. Interesting note is that Audi eTron purchase gains you access to the Electrify America re-charge network that VW is building due to Diesel gate and still Audi also announced that they will have online XFC or extreme fast chargers that the public can use with a credit card, debit card or EA member card with 300 Highway XFC charge locations and 650 metro XFC charge locations. Seems billions being spent on installing fast or extreme fast chargers will reshape the charging landscape. This will change much faster how folks use and get around as EVs are pushed out. Interesting note is that Tesla is going to push out their V3 charger network this fall and VW has stated that all new EV models coming out will move from 150kWh charging, aka the eTron to a 350kWh charging which means the GT car coming will charge the same size battery pack 100% in 15 min versus eTrons 30 min full recharge time.

58,000 Ford Focus being recalled for gas tank issue that could cause tank deforming and will be addressed with a software update. Very weird. https://fortune.com/2019/07/10/ford-recall-focus-tank-issues/

Very cool read on Formula E racing now in it's 6th season averaging over 400 million viewers and the fact that unlike Formula 1 ICE racing that has limited city appeal, Formula E racing has been invited to numerous lovely cities due to the reduction in noise and emissions pollution. https://fortune.com/2019/07/16/formula-e-racing-is-shaping-the-future-of-electric-cars/ According to this story, they are now pushing 900Volts that allows rapid minutes recharging and Audi and Porsche have all stated they will move to a new 900V system on their newer EVs. This will make re-charging faster than ICE refill times.

I have to say that I really like the looks of this Lotus Halo car and the design of the rear lights around the air flow holes to mimic afterburners on a fighter jet. Very cool.

Seems the Economy is going in the down direction. Interesting Read on some metrics that Warren Buffett follows. https://fortune.com/2019/07/17/warren-buffett-cap-ratio-tmc-gdp/ The last 3 recessions and the most current depression we lived through all began with bloated auto inventories and reduced RV shipments. Seems the RV industry has seen a 22% reduction in shipments this year and double digit increase in costs due to the various parts that are built in China. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trumps-tariffs-trip-up-the-all-american-rv-industry/ar-AAEvISd?li=BBnb7Kz Interesting is that for every $20,000 in sales price of an RV, the tariff war has increased costs about $1,000. Auto inventories are now approaching 1 year on cars, 9 months on CUVs /SUVs and trucks. Great auto industry history here: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/categories/32993 Records go back to the 60's

Investing in the future

Except for those of us into the auto scene, most people did not know about it due to the lack of marketing / use case focus story telling to move them. Kinda like some of the various auto's that Ford built and I think have a useful life yet are being killed off. Fusion should not be dying. Just saying.

Very True +1000 I am seeing more and more couple my age late 40's to early 50's doing a Terrain AWD with RV setup to get away for a nice couples date weekend. GM is truly missing the cue on selling and moving metal with their piss poor marketing. Why is Rivian so popular even without selling a single truck or SUV EV yet? Marketing to the outdoor lifestyle of being green. If GM does not have a Truck and full size SUV in the next 18 months to show off what will be out within the next 24 months as an EV, they will lose out to those companies that can and will move forward. The folks that are plunking down their thousand dollar deposits on Vaporware EV Truck and SUV at this point believe in the message of living life outside that Rivian is selling. The CEO is a smart cookie at Rivian and I believe Ford has bought into the Sales Idea of selling Ice to Eskimos as they invested in Rivian with rights to use the platform for a truck. I believe we will see an EV Truck from Ford this year at one of the auto shows.

From the sales numbers of the last few years, seems Europe and the Asian rim is moving to CUV/SUV style of auto's also.