Sunday Share: Priggish Puritans Vs. Arab Arrivistes

Wealthy Arab men have been in the habit of offending the sensibilities – pecuniary, aesthetic, and otherwise – of the English upper class for some time now; just ask Prince Charles. Recently, however, privileged Arab youths in the habit of transporting their exotic wheels to London for “Supercar Season” – a fortnight of pre-Ramadan Dionysian revelry based on conspicuous consumption, street racing, and gratuitous throttle blipping rather than imbibition – have found themselves in the public eye. Rather than breathless Youtube and Instagram fluffers, these arrivistes have found themselves in the critical eye of a Very Serious Documentary Film, entitled Millionaire Boy Racers.

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Egyptian Sheikh Declares Chevrolet "Haram"

An Egyptian sheikh has declared Chevrolet products “haram” (or forbidden, in Arabic) but the culprit this time isn’t the “Zionists”. It’s Christians.

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  • VoGhost OK. But if Subaru really wants this to sell, they'd make it as a PHEV with enough American content to get buyers $7,500 back on their federal taxes. Otherwise, this really doesn't stand out in a world of RAV4s and CR-Vs.
  • VoGhost Tesla has an average of 28 days of inventory, less than half industry average.
  • FreedMike Ah, Chesterfield Mall...my old teenage stomping grounds. Bummer what happened to it, that's for sure. But that's what happens when the city council approves not one, but two "premium" outlet malls right down the road to be built. That killed this mall dead.And in case anyone's interested...yes, Teslas and other EVs are very popular in that neighborhood.
  • MaintenanceCosts Subarus can be durable, but they are going to demand more frequent and expensive regular maintenance than your typical Honda or Toyota. I suspect for a lot of third and fourth owners that means the economic equation favors scrapping them a bit earlier.
  • Bd2 Hyundai and Kia have zero problem selling their respective Ioniq and EV models at or above MSRP. EV9 is the top seller in it's segment.