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Tuesday 24th of March 2026

Car culture Americans are so dependent on their cars that investors are betting that they would rather lose their home to foreclosure than their car to repossession. Or in the words of a Santandar Consumer investor, “You can sleep in your car, but you can't drive your house to work.” New York Times, January 27, 2015 (Santandar Consumer is a leading high-interest subprime auto lender) © 2015 Kwiple.com
Car culture Analysis from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has shown that pedestrians who are hit by pickups or S.U.V.s are two to three times more likely to die than those who are hit by cars. In fact, the number of pedestrians killed by vehicles rose forty-six per cent between 2010 and 2019. John Seabrook, The New Yorker, January 24, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
Car culture As American cars have bulked up,  the number of fatalities for the drivers and  passengers inside these rolling fortresses has fallen by 22 per cent. But the number of pedestrians killed has risen by 57 per cent. John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times, February 23, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Car culture The F8 is a wellspring of moral delinquency: 0–124 mph in 7 seconds. Now that's social distancing done right. Dan Neil, Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2020, review of Ferrari's new F8 Tributo © 2020 Kwiple.com
Car culture If we dont have barriers, walls – call them what you want – but if we don't have very strong barriers, where people can not any longer drive right across – they have unbelievable vehicles; they make a lot of money. They have the best vehicles you can buy. They have stronger, bigger, and faster vehicles than our police have, and than ICE has, and than Border Patrol has. So they're pretty good at that. Donald Trump on migrants crossing the southern border © 2019 Kwiple.com
Car culture Ordering a car via an app means the profits leave town. Margaret Heffernan, Financial Times, April 17, 2017 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Car culture The pattern of car purchasing maps on to the US political divide.  Republicans are more likely than Democrats to buy a new vehicle of any kind, and vastly more likely to buy a big one. About 65 per cent of buyers of the largest pickup trucks, utility vehicles and SUVs last year were Republican, compared with just 15 per cent bought by Democrats, according to a survey by the research company Strategic Vision. John Burn-Murdoch, Financial Times, February 23, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Car culture A survey by Accenture found that only 2 per cent of car executives “plan to significantly increase investment” in reskilling programmes, even though most acknowledge that workers require new skill sets to work with robotics, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Financial Times, June 17, 2018 [They rather hire new workers] © 2018 Kwiple.com
Car culture The worst-kept secret in Motown is a forthcoming long-wheelbase version [of  the Jeep Grand Wagoneer] to compete with Suburban, Navigator I, and Escalade ESV. Good news, equestrians, now your horse doesn't have to ride in the trailer. Dan Neil, Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
 
Cars The average annual cost of ownership is up more than 13 percent from last year to more than $12,000, or just over $1,000 a month, according to the latest research from the automobile owners group AAA. … It estimates the cost of using a new car over five years and 75,000 miles, con- sidering costs for fuel and maintenance, insurance, license and registration fees, taxes, and depreciation. It doesn’t include the cost of parking, which can add hundreds or thousands of dollars to the cost of car ownership if you live in a big city. New York Times, September 22, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com