'our' government could be personified by the four horsemen. it destroys much more than it creates as mr peters will show you here;

Trump’s second, J.D. Vance, said something true the other day that triggered some on the Left. Something that indicates Vance understands, which is even better.

He said that the reason Stellantis – the European car conglomerate that owns the Chrysler Dodge, Jeep and Ram truck brands – recently announced that it could no longer sell the Ram 1500 classic pick-up that was sold alongside the redesigned Ram 1500 until just recently had nothing to do with lack of market demand for the Classic and everything to do with government demands.

And he’s correct.

The 2024 Ram 1500 Classic is – was – the only version of the Ram 1500 that could still be ordered with a V8 engine. If you’ve been paying attention, you already know that the 2025 Ram is only available with six cylinder engines, turbocharged to make the power of a V8 and hybridized to to comply with federal regulations.

Put more bluntly, Stellantis got rid of the V8 that Ram buyers wanted in order to placate the government – and hopes that the new inline/turbo-hybrid six will console its customers who wanted the V8..........more........