Why Car Companies Lose Money on Purpose 

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Hahahaha 😆 fantastic.

Thanks.. they don't want to show the rest of the world.

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While they are round numbers, it is still weirdly specific... It's not like any consumer would say that's what they are looking for in a car.

A lot of people gave it shit when it released though. lol.

@@MaddNomad1015 Just purely because of the badge.

The LFA is a mediocre Vehicle that is overhyped because its so fucking rare. The only thing that is really outstanding is the V10 Sound, but thats about it. Weight, Performance, Driveability is something you can have on any other supercar. So saying its the best supercar is like saying the C63 is the best coupe ever made because the Stock sound is so good...

@@DarkSession6208I agree and hate to ageee since I love LFA’s. But the Lfa is corvette territory with performance and the selling point was the sound and gauge cluster was out of the world for the time it was released. I still pick an Lfa over soooooo many cars. It’s sexy and knows exactly how to whisper in your ear while it excites you.

I would say it happened because of Akio Toyoda, if he was just the run-of-the-mill CEO, Lexus LFA wouldn't have happened.

It's Not Knowing When To Use CAPITAL Letters Correctly.

let's not forget the money they get from the government to try new things... they make money.

@@Ryanbmc4 It's not about being a grammar nazi,

@@BobbyBlackOps Nazi is a proper noun and you finish a sentence with a period.

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I'm not sure I understand what you mean, I get the Jack Welch part and constantly cutting the lowest 10-20% of staff. American car companies were definitely anemic from the late 90s to 2008 when the financial crisis happened. But after that most of the American car companies basically rewrote their play book (aside from dodge and cheysler of course, they're still garbage) and started making actually decent cars. Cadillac rebranding has been nothing short of incredible. They went from cars strictly made for old people that drove once a week to church on Sunday and 20mph under the speed limit to high performance luxury sedans that now appeal to younger people. The cts-v and ats-v are awesome cars. Fast as hell, handle great, and feels like a good luxury car inside. Plus they invested into motorsports to help rebrand their imagine and it worked great. I just don't entirely agree with what you say when some foreign companies have gone backwards as hell. Look at BMW, I utterly adored my e46 330ci, like I absolutely loved that car. But the new bmws have lost everything that made them great. And lets not even talk about BMWs obsession with using plastic in their engines, poor quality plastic at that. My buddy works at our local BMW store and brings home cars for us to test drive occasionally. Aside from a few of the M cars the rest of the BMWs have lost everything that made them great and gained no benefits. And then we have GM/Chevrolet continuing to store massive wins with the c8 corvette and zl1 camaros.

@@beeman4266 my dad's a bmw master tech & I completely agree. Even the i8 didn't manage to feel as good as something like an old 2001 2.8 Z3 or an E46 M3, it just feels wrong & that was their halo car to transition into their new era. Also, the new kidney grills still have not grown on me lol

@@von... I've only driven 1 i8 and I... wasn't very impressed. It was definitely no m3 or m5, I didn't know it was supposed to be their new flagship car. On top of that it was rather ugly imo. It's hard to beat the beauty of an e46 M3 and the e92s aren't bad either. But I'd never buy any BMW newer than a 2008. I got my e46 330 from my buddy the BMW store for 1200 because it was a trade in and misfiring. They didn't want to bother diagnosing and putting money into it so they just sold it to me at cost. It wasn't perfect by any means, the right side paint was faded, it had 186k miles and it was misfiring pretty bad. Turns out.. it had the ORIGINAL SPARK PLUGS at 186k miles. 50 or so bucks later the car ran beautifully. Vanos still worked perfectly, the car has great power, clutch was strong, none of the gears grinded when shifting, and the engine was in damn near perfect condition. Although it did burn about a quart of oil every 2k miles or so but iirc that's normal for those engines. Idk, I have a c5 corvette that's fairly modded and around 400whp. Although I love that car, I actually enjoyed driving my 330 more. It just.. felt SO good to drive, I can't even explain why either. It's such a shame how far BMW has fallen, it seems like they're like Apple now with planned obscelesence. Lease a car from them for 3 years, return it and get another. Such a shame, they made such great cars. Although one of my favorite bmws I've ever driven was a 2013 135i with the m sport package. That thing was fun and felt more like an e46 BMW. And it wasn't a giant land yacht either. And a shout out to the e60 m5's. I'd never in a million years own one but man they're fun to drive. That v10 is pretty great. The rod bearings though.. not so much.

I'd like to call your comment about Cadillac absolutely bullshit. I don't think there are even a thousand of any make in my province. Last time I saw one in the shop I was 17. I'm 26....

@@FeedMeSaltI agree with you. They sell cars that appeal to younger buyers at a price that only wealthy can afford with brand prestige that’s a net negative to that very demographic. Cadillac sports sedans are for people who really really want a modern take on a muscle car which for most is satisfied by the Dodge offerings.

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@PaganiGaming keep up man,one day you will get it

They are good if you want to bankrupt

@@chrisxa1222 If you have bought one new yes. Now theyr'e cheap as hell, fantastic and easy and cheap to maintain because it's VW

The Volkswagen Phaeton was a failure because they already had the Audi S8 competing with the S-Class. It caused internal competition which is not always good.

@@chartreux1532 no they are not. Germans have some the most expensive parts . Especially for a special vehicle like phaeton. Plus they are extremely complicated and problematic

@@johnnymason2460 the phaeton was destined to be a failure. People who spend that kind of money for a car want the image. Vw didn't have that image

Mercedes Benz hated that Chrysler made a supercar that was going to be faster, more powerful and cheaper than the SLR McLaren. Even that car now, with its timeless design, if it had the Hellcat engine in it, would have been a proper send off of the ICE era from Chrysler instead of that old ass 300 model that’s been on life support for the last decade

Was going to ask the same thing! Car was a legend. Definitely want to know more about it

@@original__gmebvyit looks like Chrysler copied Audi’s homework

@@original__gmebvy Well duh, why would Mercedes want to have to compete with itself? It would be like Chevy making a new Camaro that's faster than a new Corvette. Manufacturers have one flagship car. Chrysler could've made the ME412 if they had made better business decisions in the 80s/90s, so they wouldn't need to merge with Daimler to avoid bankruptcy.

I want some tool party vids personally. This was good too though.

Seems maybe you missed the car on the lift behind them and the car on the thumbnail. It was a great vid but it was very clearly brought to us by "the all new Lexus whatever"

@@yeahitskimmel seems you may have missed the point of my comment. I'm not denying this is probably in some way sponsored (?). The point I'm making is that It was more of a list than anything, in my mind. It wasn't some Rocket ship Mr beast video or something, is more my point. But I do get what you're saying dude, and I respect you for it!

@@yeahitskimmel Paid advertisements pay the bills. Everyone knows Lexus paid them but why does that change the video?

Age doesn't = money, and only folks who have money to spare can spend on ANY new car. If a supercar is even an option in the first place then they are rich and have multiple regular incomes of money to spare by default.

I remember that and was so sad, cause I was always an LFA fanboy from its release. Even the older design concept of it had its own charm, but man the redesign just looked so futuristic at the time. Even now, 10+ years later it still looks good and people actually started coming around to it since it didn't look great on paper, but the combination of everything made it into a great driving experience.

Yesss I own a 5 speed swapped one and love it so much but it’s so expensive to do anything to so I’d love to see them do it

The engine block is manufactured at Toyota's then-dormant F1 facility, the cylinder heads and the assembly are done over at Yamaha, then shipped back to the LFAs waiting for an engine. Wondering what happened to that high tech facility Toyota had...is it still around?

​@@ruikazane5123 toyota x yamaha engines are the best.

@@grozaphy Since the 2000GT (2T engine, and the car was assembled right at the Yamaha factory!) then the 4A-G 16 valve (also Yamaha cylinder head) then the 20 valve Blacktop (definitely Yamaha did something with it) then the last gen Celica engine (2ZZ or something) Then you have the Taurus SHO engine...

they just need to stay away from Subarus cuz they don't know how to properly handle them

agree@@GlycerinZ

I own a 2014, bought it at 33K, now it has 105K miles... swapped in some rebuilt bags when the suspension started to leak... $2G. Dealer wants 10G... IF the dealer as the equipment to even work on the Equus. Grrrr.... But I'm absolutely PASSIONATE about this car... and best of all, it EXISTS in the wild, and is affordable to buy, and to have repaired. What's the suspension cost on a Phaeton? Genesis cars top the Best Of lists today, because of the lessons learned on these absolute sleepers.

Yes, RMT components is what most people go with when replacing the suspension on these. I pulled the trigger on mine because it had a fresh pump, solenoid block and bags, the whole system. But still, in negative temperatures it would sometimes deflate due to some glitch, and I would need to unplug and replug the battery for the computer to reset and reinflate the bags. Sold it because I had an offer for 30% profit, it needed about 2k of tyres and I had bought it straight pipe, which was sometimes just too loud for my taste. @@mr.morelock

When I was getting my 2012 Veloster, I sat in the Equus in the showroom... damn that thing was luxury. The rear seat entertainment/AC controls blew my mind. This was a car you were driven in, you didn't drive.

Him doing accents is my favorite

Not the Pontiac Aztek? 🙃

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missed out on a 90k mile 2nd gen SHO taurus for $2800...have regretted it ever since 7 years later

yes to this

I wanna watch employee's vehicle review in B2B style just like Jeremiah's Catfish back in the day...

It was still ultimately a failure to sell it as VW.

The A8 and W12 is a much better combination than with VW.

@@WyleCote Not stealth wealth anymore

yeah!

Are you unable to pay attention? Planning has nothing to do with it. Plan all you want, that ain't what's going to happen. Can tell you have never picked up a tool in your life.

-50? sounds insane! do you have a source?

I don't think that was on purpose lol

@@overcast2959It was, others like Toyota did it as well. They existed to balance fleet emissions and weren’t expected to sell let alone turn profit directly.

Unfortunately the only V8s that Plymouth had access to at the time were old truck engines. It would've been a major success if they designed a V8 specifically for it though. 400 hp would've been crazy in 1997, 300 would be more realistic.

the 318 Magnum truck engines were the only v8s they had...their Magnum v8 only made 10hp more but weighed 190lbs more and took up a LOT of space. The prowler made 23hp more than the s2000 and yet it weighed the same amount...it was pretty good for the era. Even the camaro with 320hp in 1999 was a full 600lb heavier than a Prowler

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for real

Sounds like peak fiction.