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The Truth About Cars - The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news.By Matt Posky on July 17, 2020 Henrik Fisker, CEO of Fisker Inc., has announced a deal reached with Volkswagen that allows him to use the German company s MEB architecture to build the all-electric Ocean crossover. While it seems like the platform is going to turn up everywhere before long, the deal hasn t actually been made official.Neither Fisker nor VW feels comfortable saying the arrangement had been finalized.But that couldn t contain Henrik s excitement. The Fisker Inc. founder was on social media this week proclaiming the upcoming Ocean would start at just $29,999. Mathematicians will notice this is less than $30,000 and actually pretty damn cheap for an electric crossover, especially one that s supposed to contain so much luxury and sustainability (the latest in a long line of empty terms used by the industry). The series of 9s at the end of Fisker s proposed pricing should have tipped you off that there might be some light shenanigans afoot.  Read More >By Matt Posky on July 17, 2020 You may not have noticed this, but there s a lot of people wearing masks right now. These individuals aren t working with drywall or sanding anything, either. You can spot them shopping, walking, or crowded around these new outdoor drinking areas located downtown that force them to huddle together while you attempt to squeeze by — coughing politely to make your intentions known.After repeatedly Googling What s Going On Outside? it was eventually revealed to your author by a helpful neighbor that there s some kind of mystery illness nobody knows anything about. They continued explaining, but I had already stopped listening. This new information had me shocked to the core.All I could think about was how this was going to impact Lyft drivers.Surely the company has some kind of plan to protect its workforce and make sure they re not riddled with blood-borne parasites or whatever. Well, we seem to be in luck. On Friday, Lyft said it will distribute around 60,000 vehicle partitions to its busiest drivers as way to protect against the coronavirus while selling customized protective shields to other drivers through the remainder of the summer.  Read More >By Matt Posky on July 16, 2020 On Thursday, Uber Technologies Inc. announced the acquisition of transit software company Routematch — suggesting the ride-hailing giant may soon take up busing as a hobby.Don t expect it to supplant your local transit authority overnight, however. Routematch clients tend to be dial-a-ride shuttle services (see: paratransit) seeking to outsource the management of daily operations. The company offers analytics, computer-aided dispatching, route scheduling/planning, real-time vehicle tracking, automated fare collection and applications for customers intended to make finding transport easier. Much like Uber, it operates as the go-between between customers and the services they want.It doesn t actually own any of the businesses it effectively oversees, making this a match made in heaven.  Read More >By Matt Posky on July 16, 2020 Nissan s all-important turnaround has been complicated immensely by the coronavirus pandemic. Supply chains fell into in shambles as countless factories temporarily closed as a countermeasure, harming profits as demand came to a screeching halt. Now there s a looming recession that many economists fear may surpass the Great Depression — though this was a concern years before the COVID response hit the accelerator, thanks to growing debt and the way finance has been allowed to operate for decades.Seeing the writing on the wall, many automakers have tamped down expectations for 2020. Being in the peculiar position of restructuring before the pandemic hit — which isn t all that unique within the industry, truth be told — Nissan is reportedly plotting a 30 percent year-on-year cut in global production.  Read More >By Matthew Guy on July 16, 2020 There s an urban myth amongst gearheads that a clean car runs better. Whether or not it s true, we can t say. However, why take that chance? Best to keep your ride in spic-n-span shape.Most of us have an arsenal of automotive cleaning supplies hanging around the garage or back closet but we re willing to bet a smaller percentage have actual ceramic coating material on hand. This stuff is designed to give your car s finish that deep and rich shine which always seems to appear prominently on those infernal YouTube ads that pop up at the most inopportune time.Digging through Amazon, we ve found a neat octet of options, ranging from quick and affordable to time-consuming and costly. Now, go see if one of them makes your car run better.By thegamper on July 16, 2020 I have long been a family sedan buyer and was looking at replacing my aging ride. I have enjoyed rowing my own gears for more than two decades now, with the occasional automatic transmission thrown in the mix.This time was a little different, in that there are so many extracurricular activities with three kids. My wife and I frequently find ourselves having to divide and conquer to get it all done. Making the challenge more difficult has always been the fact that I prefer a manual transmission, while she avoids driving a stick-shift like the plague, despite being fairly well versed in the three-pedal dance. I guess, like the market in general, she just doesn’t find joy in that level of engagement.So, the writing was on the wall: An automatic transmission was in my future when I began hunting for a new whip. Read More >ajla: I can shift relatively smooth but I never really mastered shifting for speed. I also never experienced the...statikboy: Yeah, Steph, no word on a Fit for Canada?sgeffe: A lease is also a good way for someone with little or no, or a rocky, credit history to at least start out...MrIcky: So your theory is that the decline in manuals is because salespeople are lazy because they keep what sells in...jonnyanalog: I’m back in a manual after about a 10 year hiatus. It’s fun and I enjoy the interaction. It’s a 2018 GTI...Who We AreTim HealeyManaging EditorSteph WillemsNews ContributorMatt PoskyNews and Social Media ContributorMurilee MartinJunkyard Finds AuthorMatthew GuyTimothy CainAdam TongeBozi TatarevicChris TonnCorey LewisMark BaruthRonnie Schreiber

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