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Are you certain he said all that? He’s definitely a fan of 4WS. I recall him saying once experienced, you’ll never want to be without it. But he is definitely not a fan of Active Lane Assist requiring multiple actions to turn it off each trip - compulsory from 2024. Ok on a nice straight and...

Enough energy is available currently. Enough energy is not available at all of the places it is required to meet future demand. 2 separate problems are cited: (1) Grid connectivity isn’t available at the required locations to satisfy new renewable energy sites. I’m referencing Greg Jackson, CEO...

For UK law, regardless of which underling produces the proposal and drafts the law, ultimately ministers, secretaries of state, parliamentary select committees and the 2 chambers review, amend, vote on and pass legislation and create statute. Lobbyists represent the vested interests...

True. Also true, you can’t sell what you haven’t made. And repeating @whitex - why do we keep on legislating more and more stuff without making sure it's sustainable (except the public never vote on the detail). We’re led by donkeys. Or, in the US, Elon Musk.

Further to my comment above, legislators should be reviewing why vehicle production in both the UK and Germany is declining- it has fallen by around one third since 2015/16. If you don’t make them you can’t sell them.

There may be some inaccuracies in the supporting detail, but that shouldn’t detract from the bigger picture argument in the Harry video - that car manufacturers are mostly producing immature and more complex products to satisfy demands from myopic numpty legislators, rather than consumers; and...

Lost irony.

@F1Ruaraidh Can you elaborate and evidence with examples?

@whitex - apologies, you’re correct. Cyber was the reason quoted in the You Tube video I posted above. Perhaps the occasional Taycan PCM unreliability is down to hostile cyber attacks.

The Boxster and Cayman are also being dropped rather than develop them to meet the EU driver assist regs. that no one voted for.

This is a general problem?

Registrations are not necessarily sales. Last time I looked there was a couple of hundred J1.2 cars in UK dealers, plus some j1.

Dealers have whole regions sewn up, creating monopolies. The absence of competition affects both quality and cost. Whilst you can buy nationally, you then see an attitude of ‘you didn’t buy it from us’ for warranty claims. Using an independent dealer for service would result in a 200 mile round...