Allan Mullaly is an idiot. Why is he collecting millions while riding Ford into the ground to they extent they had to sell Jaguar and may sell Volvo?

He is presiding over a Ford that is building poorly enginered, low quality, awful customer service vehicles.

“Ask the man who owns one”

Too bad no one will be able to by one. Obama and Pelosi won’t let these be sold no matter how much people want them (unless it can be run on 2 AA batteries with a top speed of 15 mph and a range of 5 miles)
Once a car Czar is appointed in the bailout, this will be the first car he stops production of.

That is correct.

If Pelosi wants to help Detroit she can start by canceling the CAFE standards and after that she can roll back the emission standards, t hen they wouldn’t need 25 billion to retool. You whiners about fuel economy in CA don’t realize that your very own CARB is responsible for much of the shitty performance of modern cars. Then eco douches in other states thought it was a good idea to adopt CA standards as well.

Why would you need CAFE standards when the epa fuel mileage is printed, very large, right on the sticker?

The CAFE standards forced Detroit to build a bunch of crappy little cars when they were not good at doing that. They had to build those and lose money on each one, so they could continue to sell their big vehicles which was what they were good at. Appointing a “Car CZar” will destroy the domestic auto industry. Can you think of anything run by the government which is run well?

The Mustang isn’t going anywhere so all the haters are just wasting their time.

…Meanwhile back in Dearborn… the Camaro struggles to get off the ground and the Challenger faces early retirement, story at 11.

>>Cool. Let me know when they are selling
>>“plenty” of them in the US…

Will do, Paddy-RAMBO.

What’s your criterion for “plenty of”? As many as they sell Lamborghini Murcielagos? As many as they sell Ferrari 599s? As many as they sell Maserati Quattroportes? You must know the popularity of those cars from the sales figures of the radio-controlled ones you sell at the ‘Shack.

Or do we have to wallow in the putrid mud of Humpers and Naggravators, that every wannabe nouveau-rich McMansionite dreams of having in the driveway? That’s a pretty high sales bar to clear, but I’ll bet that Version 2.0 will sail right over. Your bellicose ludditism notwithstanding.

Cool. Let me know when they are selling “plenty” of them in the US…

Only difference being, I assume you aren’t pulling down those Million Dollar Salaries Plus Bonus, but you probably do think you are just as smart?

I love this blog. A real live republican. Cute as a baby rattlesnake but still poisoning society. But even in your universe, your attitude is proof positive the market “works” as long as gasoline is kept at a low enough price, yes, many Americans will prefer oversized humpers. I like the tech of hybrids since you can’t work on any cars anymore, “gas” has lost its appeal.

Trust me, Paddy-RAMBO, the people who are going to buy this car are not the ones who come into your Radio Shack to watch you entertain them with the remote controlled cars.

If there are enough people willing to pay $325,000 for a car to make it “a player in the auto market”, there are plenty of people willing to buy this one. And Version 2.0 will be a landslide success.

Not enough people to make it a player in the auto market.

Maybe two of them as powered rollerskates would work?

Why, oh why didn’t god give us an innate desire to protect Mother Earth? Maybe he did, and the devil took it away????? Damn Devil!!!! Devil eats coal for breakfast and uses gasoline as milk. Paddy smiles.

RAMBO, why don’t you just give it up? You’re like Bobbo with his theophobia…you have a congenital need to ridicule and dismiss anything that could possibly be good for the environment.

So what if Version 1.0 of the electric car commodity won’t serve as a panacea for every single person? Christ, you sound like John C. Dvorak ridiculing the computer mouse. Get over it. This is the wave of the future, and you’re obviously under this bus, rather than on it.

And also take note that it isn’t everyone’s goal in life to live in a cookie-cutter McMansion, driving 20 miles in their Humper or Naggravator to the nearest grocery store. For millions and millions of people who live in cities, towns, or who don’t have the automotive needs of a traveling salesman, 50 miles/ day is plenty. And when it’s not, there’s always planes, trains, buses, and rental cars for the longer trips.

You should move out of Mom’s basement and get a place closer to your Radio Shack. The electric car would do you just fine. Maybe they’d even let you plug it in at work.

Save the planet, save $100’s per year but accept the inconvenience of occasionally having to rent a gas car and spend 50-60 bucks every once in a while.

Oh—-WAIT=====THE CAR IN THE LINK HAS A GAS ENGINE!!!!!!!!!!

See Paddy, I tried to meet you half way.

Is the availability of this car a good option for certain people to entertain or not? Or is any drawback to any number of people a black ball review in your book?

How do you think change ever comes?

What part of most people WILL drive more than 50 miles many times over the course of a year?

And, they won’t be buying an additional car just for those trips. Thus they won’t buy as their primary car, something that can’t make those trips.

You see–any number above 50% is “most people.”

Further–the car in the link has a gas engine to give the car much further range.

Explain how this car, other issues being equal/ignored for now, is not a valuable option for anyone to consider?