CAFE is actually set by individual car size, not the industry overall. The 54.5 mpg number is an average for the entire industry based on the gov'ts estimate of what automakers will be building then. Each automaker gets its own mpg goal based on its models, and that's the number they actually care about. And yes —… Read more

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Actually, it was Marketplace, and it was me, but who can tell the difference? :) Read more

It only displays on browsers with webkit — Chrome, Safari, Firefox 4 and 5 Read more

After writing that, I found out that those icons only appear in browsers that support Webkit, but you should be able to see them in FF 5 Read more

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That's the same truck pre-paint scraping. Read more

I see your point, but there is a type of builder who's putting effort into making a custom car that looks like junk on purpose — Rusty Slammington being the poster child. We're not going to confuse rat rods with traditional hot rods, and wouldn't slur one type by calling it something else. If "rat rod" isn't the right… Read more

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Navy needs to haul oil around the world to burn it. And these were ordered before Capt'n Hazelwood showed everyone just how handy double-hulled tankers could be. Read more

Or just a Tuesday where I forgot to punch one of the buttons on the template. Read more

"Oprah, you look so slim. When is Gail going to make an honest woman out of you?" Read more

Nissan's official plural preference is Leafs. I can't remember birthdays, but this is somehow in my brain. Read more

"Old Apple computer" is accurate. Read more

There was a plan to run the CTS play on the LS, which was a top-notch platform, but the car was far more expensive than Ford felt comfortable with, and once it was launched it was caught up and eventually killed in the Nasser-era cost infighting. Bits of it made their way into the current generation Mustang. Read more

Audi only extended into FWD from a base in RWD performance and luxury in large sedans. Same with Mercedes. Lexus does get a lot of sales from ES — but it launched with the LS, and the IS, and now the LFA. Read more

That's the thing - Ford's the most profitable American automaker and earning money around the world. It doesn't really have a luxury brand now (I'd be surprised if Lincoln's in the black given the cuts in Town Car production) and it's been able to get people to pay more for Fords. No one said the Ford GT should have… Read more

Acura was once a full-on competitor to Lexus, but in the past three years has fallen way back of the Europeans, Lexus and Infiniti. Without a true RWD performance car, there's simply not enough Honda can do to justify more Acura models or higher prices. Read more

As we said - that's because GM spent the money to make Cadillacs worthwhile. Ford won't. Read more

I should ban you for that. SAAAA-RAH. SAAAAAAAAA-RAH. STORMS ARE BREWIN' IN YOUR EYYYYYEES. Read more