It took decades for these cars to become valuable and lots of Fed rate repression . My high school buddy sure wishes he had kept his 69 Firebird for 40 years.ICE RULES!!! This may be one of the better investments i have made in the auto space..Paid $45,000.00 before Christmas as a gift for my wife….just for giggles I ran her by my bank and they said they would cash out finance her for $55,000 at 5.2% 5 year….These uncut trucks are going for $80-+$100k all day on the auction sites (BAT). How much has your Tesla appreciated in the last 2 months?
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morekaos
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like comedy, it’s all about …..timing
morekaos
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Build what people want….not what the government wants them to want…
HEMI Is Back in a Big Way: Stellantis Targets 100,000+ V8 Engines for 2026
Stellantis is moving to significantly expand HEMI V8 production after demand for the engine outpaced supply in 2025, according to Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis. In an interview with Mopar Insiders at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, Kuniskis confirmed the automaker is increasing output following last year’s shortfall, when Stellantis was unable to build enough HEMI-powered trucks to meet customer demand.
In 2025, Stellantis received roughly 50,000 HEMI orders but produced only about 30,000 engines, limiting retail availability and muting sales gains. Kuniskis said the gap was the result of capacity constraints, not lack of interest, as the company reintroduced the V8 while also ramping production of its twin-turbo Hurriance I6.
Kunikiskis added that Stellantis plans to build more than 100,000 HEMI engines in 2026, more than tripling last year’s output. The increase is expected to better reflect actual consumer demand and clarify the long-term mix between HEMI V8 and Hurricane I6 powertrains. Kuniskis estimates the HEMI could account for roughly 35 percent of take rates once supply stabilizes.
HEMI Is Back in a Big Way: Stellantis Targets 100,000+ V8 Engines for 2026
HEMI Is Back in a Big Way: Stellantis Targets 100,000+ V8 Engines for 2026
Stellantis is moving to significantly expand HEMI V8 production after demand for the engine outpaced supply in 2025, according to Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis. In an interview with Mopar Insiders at the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, Kuniskis confirmed the automaker is increasing output following last year’s shortfall, when Stellantis was unable to build enough HEMI-powered trucks to meet customer demand.
In 2025, Stellantis received roughly 50,000 HEMI orders but produced only about 30,000 engines, limiting retail availability and muting sales gains. Kuniskis said the gap was the result of capacity constraints, not lack of interest, as the company reintroduced the V8 while also ramping production of its twin-turbo Hurriance I6.
Kunikiskis added that Stellantis plans to build more than 100,000 HEMI engines in 2026, more than tripling last year’s output. The increase is expected to better reflect actual consumer demand and clarify the long-term mix between HEMI V8 and Hurricane I6 powertrains. Kuniskis estimates the HEMI could account for roughly 35 percent of take rates once supply stabilizes.
HEMI Is Back in a Big Way: Stellantis Targets 100,000+ V8 Engines for 2026
irvinehomeowner
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I thought you said Stellantis was stupid?
morekaos
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They were, until they fired their woke CEO and got back to selling what people want….my gripe has always been that these fools bought into the con, wasted billions chasing unicorns and now have returned to reality….
morekaos
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Another company that has come to its senses after running wholeheartedly into the EV disaster…fired their woke CEO and returns to reality…always follow the money…
It too has seen a significant reshuffle at executive level, with PB Balaji parachuted into the CEO hotseat at JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) late last year, arriving from the car maker's Indian owner Tata Motors to steer Jaguar's redirection.
www.thetimes.com
Jaguar explores part-petrol car after pledging to go ‘all electric’
It comes after a turbulent couple of years for the iconic British car firm, which has endured a public backlash against its electric-only reboot and controversial rebrand, on top of falling victim to a high-profile cyberattack last August.It too has seen a significant reshuffle at executive level, with PB Balaji parachuted into the CEO hotseat at JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) late last year, arriving from the car maker's Indian owner Tata Motors to steer Jaguar's redirection.
Jaguar explores part-petrol car after pledging to go ‘all electric’
Secret plans to hatch a range-extended hybrid car follow a backlash against the carmaker’s ‘complete reset’
www.thetimes.com
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morekaos
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You see…stupid companies led by stupid people can regain their credibility and profitability when common sense returns…sell people what they want..not what the government (or the singularity) tells them they want and we will all make money…the EV doom loop has been broken
GM is nailing the U.S. auto industry’s profit, politics balancing act under Trump
More broadly, the automaker’s EV retreat, including $7.9 billion in write-downs last year, means it’s going to continue to sell more profitable traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines.
And GM can now produce as many gas-guzzling vehicles as the company would like without federal penalties, which were eliminated by the Trump administration. It will also save billions of dollars on purchasing credits to offset such penalties.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/gm-earnings-trump.html?qsearchterm=gm is nailing
Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots
Tesla reported its first annual revenue decline on record, with sales falling in three of the past four quarters. Musk has been trying to turn attention away from traditional EVs and toward a future of driverless cars and humanoid robots, areas where the company currently has virtually no business.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/tesla-ending-model-s-x-production.html?qsearchterm=elon musk says tesla ending
GM is nailing the U.S. auto industry’s profit, politics balancing act under Trump
More broadly, the automaker’s EV retreat, including $7.9 billion in write-downs last year, means it’s going to continue to sell more profitable traditional vehicles with internal combustion engines.
And GM can now produce as many gas-guzzling vehicles as the company would like without federal penalties, which were eliminated by the Trump administration. It will also save billions of dollars on purchasing credits to offset such penalties.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/29/gm-earnings-trump.html?qsearchterm=gm is nailing
Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots
Tesla reported its first annual revenue decline on record, with sales falling in three of the past four quarters. Musk has been trying to turn attention away from traditional EVs and toward a future of driverless cars and humanoid robots, areas where the company currently has virtually no business.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/28/tesla-ending-model-s-x-production.html?qsearchterm=elon musk says tesla ending
irvinehomeowner
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If only you could read.
Did you forget I said they would shift to lower cost EVs?
Oh that’s right, you still think they cost $100k.
Did you forget I said they would shift to lower cost EVs?
Oh that’s right, you still think they cost $100k.
irvinehomeowner
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Uh no.
Declining sales were because of.Cybertruck fail (too expensive), increased competition, no innovation and reputation hits due to flip flopping alignments.
I would AI answer you but you won’t read.
Tesla is still the leader in EV sales but Musk knows that China/winter is coming. The irony is China built robots may eventually eat away that business too.
Speaking of, if Americans really don’t want EVs, let the Chinese ones in. Don’t tariff Canada.
Declining sales were because of.Cybertruck fail (too expensive), increased competition, no innovation and reputation hits due to flip flopping alignments.
I would AI answer you but you won’t read.
Tesla is still the leader in EV sales but Musk knows that China/winter is coming. The irony is China built robots may eventually eat away that business too.
Speaking of, if Americans really don’t want EVs, let the Chinese ones in. Don’t tariff Canada.
morekaos
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Uh yah, I’d be all for letting china in if they didn’t massively subsidize their EV producers. China would just dump inventory and eat the losses for them…no thanks, that’s as bad as subsidizing them ourselves. Compete on equal footing and they would still fail…no infrastructure to support it. ICE still rules the rooste
morekaos
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I basically said this 3 years ago…could have saved them $114 billion…Painful lesson learned on the backs of taxpayers and shareholders…along with 1 or 2 CEO scalps…
US, European car brands have lost $114B on EVs — as idiocy abounds in electric market
Just two years ago, Mary Barra, chief executive of General Motors, declared: “We believe in an all-electric future.” She went on to claim that the challenges her company was facing in the EV market were merely temporary bumps on the road to net zero. But as Bob Dylan famously observed, things have changed.
On Jan. 8, GM announced it would take a $7.1 billion hit in charges against its earnings, of which $6 billion is due to Barra’s failed EV strategy. In a filing with the SEC, the company also warned that it would take more write-downs this year as part of a “strategic realignment of EV capacity.”
The car companies made 5.4 million EVs in three years — and incurred an astonishing $20,887 loss on each one.
GM’s move came less than a month after Ford Motor Co. announced it was taking a $19.5 billion write-down on its EV business. Ford has racked up a jaw-dropping $35.1 billion in losses on its EV misadventure, which raises the question: why on earth does Ford chief executive Jim Farley still have a job? Ford’s EV disaster will go down as one of the biggest fiascos in modern automobile history, yet Farley still took home $24.9 million in compensation in 2024.
Sales drops
It’s true that global EV sales are rising. Some 20.7 million EVs were sold last year, up 20 percent from 2024, but those numbers are misleading because nearly two-thirds of those EVs were sold in China. Of the 20.7 million EV units sold, China accounted for 12.9 million and Europe for 4.3 million. Meanwhile, North American EV sales totaled just 1.8 million last year, or 9 percent of the global total. Further, EV sales in the US grew by just 1 percent in 2025 and in Canada, they dropped by a whopping 41 percent.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/01/opini...-on-evs-as-idiocy-abounds-in-electric-market/
US, European car brands have lost $114B on EVs — as idiocy abounds in electric market
Just two years ago, Mary Barra, chief executive of General Motors, declared: “We believe in an all-electric future.” She went on to claim that the challenges her company was facing in the EV market were merely temporary bumps on the road to net zero. But as Bob Dylan famously observed, things have changed.
On Jan. 8, GM announced it would take a $7.1 billion hit in charges against its earnings, of which $6 billion is due to Barra’s failed EV strategy. In a filing with the SEC, the company also warned that it would take more write-downs this year as part of a “strategic realignment of EV capacity.”
The car companies made 5.4 million EVs in three years — and incurred an astonishing $20,887 loss on each one.
GM’s move came less than a month after Ford Motor Co. announced it was taking a $19.5 billion write-down on its EV business. Ford has racked up a jaw-dropping $35.1 billion in losses on its EV misadventure, which raises the question: why on earth does Ford chief executive Jim Farley still have a job? Ford’s EV disaster will go down as one of the biggest fiascos in modern automobile history, yet Farley still took home $24.9 million in compensation in 2024.
Sales drops
It’s true that global EV sales are rising. Some 20.7 million EVs were sold last year, up 20 percent from 2024, but those numbers are misleading because nearly two-thirds of those EVs were sold in China. Of the 20.7 million EV units sold, China accounted for 12.9 million and Europe for 4.3 million. Meanwhile, North American EV sales totaled just 1.8 million last year, or 9 percent of the global total. Further, EV sales in the US grew by just 1 percent in 2025 and in Canada, they dropped by a whopping 41 percent.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/01/opini...-on-evs-as-idiocy-abounds-in-electric-market/
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