If you ever had any doubt that automakers can laugh at themselves, you only need to wait for April 1 each year. Several automakers choose this day to launch weird products in such a convincing way that some (cough, Toyota...

During the press briefing, someone from the back of the room asked the question I had been thinking since I saw the pricing on the all-new 2018 Nissan Kicks: How do you do all this and still make money?Seriously.The base...