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13-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
These Are All The Things You Thought Elon Musk Was Going To Do To Bump The Stock Price
Oh boy, did this Question of the Day end up feeling a little bit like prophecy! We had no idea that the falling stock price would become a national crisis when we wrote it, but it seems so obvious now. While I am a little worried about putting together this AOTD because we might speak something into existence that we can't take back, I will say, no one had painful sales pitch from the president on the White House lawn. Just goes to show truth is stranger than comments. Take a scroll through these comments and see just how hilarious you all are. Unless your name is Elon Musk. We don't need you farming our funniest readers for actual ideas. Read more: Tesla Cybertrucks Are Rusting Despite Being Made Of Stainless Steel So he has already claimed to invent the atmospheric railroad and the bus, only to make both worse.... He claimed to invent a integrated solar roof for homes, only to make one that was worse than what was currently available... A robot that was a person in a suit... His main skill is to convince investors he invented something that already exists, and then make it worse. I'd say he 'invents' gardening to feed your family, only it will be soylent green, just somehow worse. From Forgotpassword He'll announce that the NHTSA has "discovered" all other non-Tesla EVs on the road are too dangerous because reasons, and cannot be sold any longer. When the NHTSA says "no we didn't", he'll fire every employee save one lone soul who suddenly agrees with Musk. From Polysyllabic I think Tesla brand has become too toxic now. Musk needs to rebrand Tesla to something less toxic, Say Union Carbide! It maybe less toxic than the current brand name. From Prasad R He's gotta fight Zuck in the Octagon. Don't actually know if it'll boost sales but it can't hurt. From klone121 Y'know, its been awhile since we heard anything FSD related. What are the odds they just say the next update is officially capable of L3 Autonomy? Just claiming all the liability and everything. It could literally have no updates other than the version #, they are just gonna say this is it, and it would be perfect deflection from... *gestures at everything*. From Tahoe Guy Announce that all government vehicles will be EVs within a year because of the fuel savings found by DOGE. Then announce that Telsa will be making 6 new factories to support the sudden spike in Demand. In parallel, the DOD will announce that based on lessons learned from Ukraine, a new tank, the M2 Swartkop, will be all electric and that they will need 20,0000 of them before 2030. The project will be sole sourced because only Tesla knows how to make large EVs right now and a complete new tank fleet is needed urgently. From hoser68 I think he has been bored with the Tesla thing and will continue to neglect it. He'll probably move on to some new project, colonizing Europa ... From DLBedford Elon's going to hold the world hostage, by threatening to engage Full Self-Driving in all Teslas simultaneously! From Modusoperandi Pump and dump (whole country edition) speedrun any% Launch himself on the next Starship test flight 👍 From pay pall Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
These Are The Cars Our Readers Wish Would Depreciate Faster
Earlier this week, I noted that early Nissan GT-Rs had barely depreciated, if at all, which is something I find particularly annoying. It's been more than 15 years since 2009, and you're telling me the only way I could maybe, possibly, sort of afford a Nissan built back when Obama was president is to buy one with a salvage title? That doesn't seem right. Sure, it's a special, low-volume Nissan built back when Obama was president, so it should cost more than a used 350Z, but that doesn't mean it isn't still annoying to me, personally. While I was sure many of you shared my frustration, I also suspected the R35 wasn't the only car that y'all wished would depreciate faster, even if it wasn't realistic to expect it to do so. So we put the question to you, and asked what cars you wished would depreciate faster? And wouldn't you know it, we got far more responses than we could possibly include in AOTD. So let's take a look at some of the most popular responses. Read more: The 2024 Lexus GX 550 Turned Me Into A Believer I want the Lexus LC500 to depreciate wildly - it's an interesting looking GT with a great engine, and should be more reliable than your average $100k car. But it hasn't particularly dropped off yet, and even the 2nd gen SC (the weird, boring, lumpy one) seems to be holding its value relatively well, so I don't expect an actually desirable car to get more attainable. Suggested by: Maymar Ford Maverick. Used ones cost the same as new ones. Now, a lot of that is because Ford raised the price by 8 grand. Suggested by: Mark H The Caddy CT4 or CT5 Blackwing with 6speed MT? It's probably the only thing that I'd new-ish that I'd spend money on. Suggested by: RattyDatusn The Lexus GX550. I intend to buy a Certified Preowned, under 50k miles, under $50k, Nori Green Overtrail in three years time. Currently a new one is just under $80k, and a used one is just a little more than that. I need the market to cool down by 2028 if I'm to get into the car I wanna drive into, and through, my 60s. Suggested by: Papa Chris Lexus LFA. I've been obsessed with it since it was first announced. It looks amazing, sounds even better. It's not the fastest, or the best performance. But the engineering, precision, and design of the thing are just beautiful. Suggested by: Bossrday All I want in this world is an Audi R8 V10 with a six speed gated manual shifter. Or really any R8. Even the first model year which is like a 16 year old Audi at this point can be anywhere from 60 to over 100K Suggested by: Matthew Wakefield All of them. A couple years back, I got a Malibu LS as a rental. It wasn't anything special, but it was good enough. Out of interest, I did some window shopping. I figured a used GM would be cheap. It wasn't. For the money of a used Malibu, I would rather get a similar mile/year Camry. It used to be that a used American Sedan could be gotten with half the miles for less money than a Toyota. And these made them good deals. Not anymore. Suggested by: hoser68 I wish all Teslas would depreciate to the low three figures as soon as they are delivered. Suggested by: Pernicious BM Porsche GT3, specifically 991 generation. It's insane to me that an 11 year old car is selling for just about MSRP with significant mileage/track time. Unfortunately, with the recent 992 price hikes, I don't see them dropping in price.. Suggested by: Ismail They already depreciate quickly, but I need them to depreciate more - large, full-size AWD luxury sedans. Mercedes S-Class, Genesis G90, etc. There is nothing like a large sedan with a killer stereo for a long road trip. I have a 90 minute freeway commute to work, and a full-size luxo-barge would be just the ticket. Suggested by: Corey Stringer a few: I'd love a sub-50k mile hellcat for under 35k by now, a LC500 convertible that was under 50k without a zillion miles, I want Porsche sports cars to depreciate more like they used to 15y ago, and I would appreciate it if jaguars depreciated rapidly enough to make them a slightly less awful choice to buy haha. Suggested by: Nathaniel Kuhn I wouldn't mind if the Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio got cheaper. Suggested by: Beavis 1st Gen NSX. It started to depreciate a little at first. Then it didn't. Then prices did what they did and now I'll never have one. Oh well! Suggested by: JBodyBuilder Evora GT. Prices are starting to back down from Pandemic highs thankfully. Suggested by: DLBedford I was hoping that Alfa's latest effort to import cars to the United States would fail spectacularly and no on would want the oddball little 4C coupe that no longer had factory support and I could get one for $20,000 or so, never happened. Suggested by: Greg Lemon Want more like this? Join the Jalopnik newsletter to get the latest auto news sent straight to your inbox... Read the original article on Jalopnik.
