... Except a metric ton is neither 2,000lb nor 2,240lb. It’s 1000kg, which is closer to 2,240 than 2,000.

This is a Federalized LiteAce. The HiAce is one size larger, Toyota’s answer to the full-size vans.

You can drive a new Transit Connect but it’s kind of institutional inside.

Those are all American-branded vehicles not available in Australia that actual American families use as family cars. Nothing more 2021 American than 2 BOF vehicles and a 3-row SUV trimmed out in cheap leather to justify a $70,000 ask.

You forget, GenZ kids don’t have “stuff”. They got their clothes on their backs, a cell phone in their hand, and everything else is rented/subscription. /s

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Yeah, this is definitely all the GenZ kids just graduating college from ASU, which happens to be... in Tempe.

More like, for the woman too insecure in her own sexuality to drive a Subaru Forester. :P

I got a lot of that in my old 2004 SVT Focus. Apparently a silver 5-door hatchback codes hybrid, when it was brand new.

It’s just a check engine light, we’ll take a look at it closer to when we have to get the rocket smogged.

Given that the C-Max is essentially just a variant of the contemporary Escape with the AWD hardware replaced with a battery pack, it should have about the same space as a RAV4.

Same here, except that the L-word is ableist so probably best to stick with uncool.

I’m with you re: Lotus SUV. Mostly because Porsche sports cars always had variants that were more style than substance (912, Carrera convertible) and were decently easy to live with as a daily, what with back seats and some amount of storage. The Cayenne channeled the 911 style.

Oh yes, Lotus Engineering. Are they going to continue with the consulting work, or is it all in-house work now? The acquisition makes sense, especially since it comes with 49.9% of Proton, which will presumably become rebadged Geelys assembled in Malaysia with a Proton badge. I’m mostly questioning the need for a…

That makes a little bit more sense except that Lotus wasn’t really known for lux, and more like flat out performance. This seems like it could extend to an EV world, basically anything that isn’t battery or motor gets thrown out. Out-Tesla-ing Tesla, if you will. Or something that is more like an all-Lotus solution to…

So is the goal skateboard CUVs in S/M/L sizes, with mainstream/luxury/sport variants, in domestic/export brands? Sounds an awful lot like 90s/2000s Chevy/Buick/Pontiac | Opel/Vauxhall/Holden/Saab to me....

What is Geely even doing? So they have export brands Volvo, Polestar, and Lotus, and then domestic brands Geely, Lynk&Co, and Zeekr? All on electric skateboards but somehow differentiated? I’m having trouble seeing how Geely won’t GM themselves to death.

forget it, I’ve been trying to make “European-American” a thing for like 20 years and it hasn’t stuck...

I only didn’t because the long downhill stretch when I was in grad school had a speed limit of 45. My bicycle speedo says probably between 30 and 35 most days, though.

I think they paid by the letter for their URL and had to recoup some of that cost somewhere....