A Citation Against Conventional Wisdom?

Pirelli Cyber Tyre – an i...

Pirelli developed an intelligent tire, which monitors numerous parameters in real time. This will begin on the market later this year and monitors valuable information such as temperature, pressure, load and average number of revolutions made. Pirelli Cyber Tyre Pirelli tire manufacturers have created a special tire in collaboration with an American company called Schrader Electronics. They are to bring into production...

Mercedes Shooting Break C...

Mercedes introduced the images of a new concept, entitled Shooting Break. It prefigures a future version of the wagon version of Mercedes-Benz CLS. Germans from Mercedes-Benz presented a new concept car, this time based on CLS. Unlike the Fascination Concept, this model is much closer to the production of estate version that is based on the next generation CLS. Mercedes Shooting Break Concept Moreover, this concept...

Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa Conc...

Zagato designers have said that they will present a new Alfa Romeo concept at Villa D’Este Concorso d’Eleganza, where Alfa Romeo will celebrate its centenary. While the Italians from Alfa Romeo are preparing to celebrate its centenary, fellows from Zagato announced that they will present a concept in world premiere at Villa D’Este Concorso d’Eleganza. Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa Concept The model will be called Alfa Romeo TZ3 Corsa...

BMW celebrates 25 years o...

Technik may not mean a lot to you because today the subsidiary company of BMW founded in 1985 with one purpose in mind: the development and the construction of BMW concept cars. The company has changed its name since then to BMW Forschung und Technik, or Research and Technology but the people that are behind this division have rarely changed and are responsible for some of the weirdest concept cars ever made. That recent...

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A Citation Against Conventional Wisdom?

Posted on Nov 3, 2025 in Editorials | 1 comment

“V” writes: Hello Sajeev, Conventional wisdom says wait until the second model year of a new vehicle since that’s when the automaker will have fixed the glaring flaws decried by the “beta testers” who bought the first model year. Is this always true? Do automakers fix problems “on the sly” so that, say, a 2016 model year car manufactured in August 2015 could...