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I found this headline mind boggling, as I've been reading reviews that cover the 500e continuously since it was introduced. A "brings back (to the US market)"

• metadat 2y ago
  It's just another submarine*. * Or similar media manipulation. https://paulgraham.com/submarine.html https://paulgraham.com/submarine.html P.s. I hate linking to [what I perceive as to be] another stereotypically "privileged" guy's website, but it was the original place I learned of this mass-manipulation phenomenon. To be clear, some of his writing is good but what he stands and represents doesn't vibe with me. Yet I'm still in HN, fml.
  • gnicholas 2y ago
    Is it a submarine if it doesn’t hide the ball? If the topic is right there in the headline, isn’t it more of an aircraft carrier rather than a submarine?
    • metadat 2y ago
      A good point.
• asveikau 2y ago
  Cars are one of those things that make Americans think backwards, and global markets don't exist anymore when some people talk about them. I saw a lot of commentary when they stopped importing Fiats that Americans don't want a car in that size. It's still one of the most popular cars in San Francisco, despite the fact that they haven't sold it here new in 5 years. But we don't want that kind of car. They tell us that and we don't get nice things which are popular because we don't want them..
  • jupp0r 2y ago
    There is also almost all of the really reliable Toyota diesel engines for Land Cruisers, etc that never made it to the US market.