The removable body panels.

It’s not baffling in the slightest. Jalopnik has had a serious hard-on against electric vehicles in general (and autonomous driving in particular) for quite some time.

“Accessible” means they will make more than 12k of them, which means they don’t plan on it appreciating in value, which means there will be used ones for you cheapskates.

Legit laughed out loud

A bunch of factory workers are gonna get that ‘Rona.

I’m assuming they get that kWh capacity out of less physical battery cells, due to the different battery architecture.

So, why are some cars so tied to their engine type, and some other, often equally iconic, cars aren’t?

Talk about almost becoming your father . . . my dad and I are so geeked for this Beemer you’d think we were the same person.

Strong agree on the A6; a truly handsome sedan. Its only true competitors, aesthetically, are its cousins (Panamera, Taycan).

No he doesn’t - go drive one. Nothing he or anyone else says will be more persuasive than trying one out for yourself. 

Truly, you should never meet your (car) heroes.

Disagree, sorta. Hyundai has been democratizing design from the BMW and Mercedes for years, because that shit sells. Hell, their performance division is led by the former chief of BMW M division. It was only a matter of time before Porsche got cribbed - though in their defense, if you’re going to make an EV, there…

LC has no earthly business being that good-looking, surrounded by all its ugly siblings.

I’m not your friend, pal.

Legit wasn’t on that day. Just went to see the post and now my eyes have been molested.

Hon-duh

In all my time at Jalopnik, I’ve never hit CP so quickly.

Wouldn’t kill anyone if they made a limited 100 car run of these.

I disagree. This was an internal project/design exercise; if Alpine customers had come asking for one, that’d be another story - though I’ll concede that exercises like this definitely help to spark interest.

Pretty sure that was just an elaborate money laundering scheme, but otherwise agree; collectors will drop fortunes on watches like this.