A Polo GTI with the 1.8T from the regular Golf would also be in Fiesta ST territory. You’d have something closer in spirit to the original Golf GTI at a lower price point.

That 1.4T in the Jetta makes 150HP and 148 ft-lbs torque. You’d get similar fuel economy to the Fiesta with a slightly better power to weight ratio. Plus the Tiptronic or DSG behaves a lot better than the Ford Powershift.

The people complaining about millenials living with their parents are the people who are trying to sell mortgages and overpriced apartments/condos.

On one of my internships I worked with a bunch of “contractors” around my age and we’d review and correct part drawings that got farmed out to an “industrial design” firm over in Bangladesh.

It’s not that there is a shortage. There’s a shortage of people with those degrees who want to get paid peanuts for their skill-set. So they just get people with H1-B visas.

Historically and in other cultures children live with and help support their families in adulthood. “Leaving the nest” is a relatively modern thing.

A brass era EV is actually a pretty neat idea. You could bring back things like the old 1907 Detroit Electric with a modern electric motor and battery chemistry.

Most of that mass is the battery pack.

I’ve got a 2009 Rabbit with the 2.5L 5-cylinder and the 6-speed Tiptronic, outside of oil changes every 10k miles and fresh spark plugs at 60k it hasn’t given me any trouble in 70,000 miles of ownership

It might be the assembly or overall engineering.

For the amount of money they were charging for a Volt coupe really didn’t help matters. A more powerful Bolt powertrain with AWD or a range extender might work.

Or you could use hub motors at all four wheels like the Mars rovers and use a small displacement gas or diesel engine to generate electricity. Then you don’t have a driveshaft, and center-locking/rear differential to armor.

In all honesty, the niche vehicles are really the only thing that FCA had going for it. From the DaimlerChrysler-era on none of the companies that have seemed to have an interest in rebuilding the business.

Selective Catalytic Reduction. You have a tank of urea and an injection system that feeds into your catalytic converter.

Odds are that CARB won’t be happy unless VW does a buyback of affected vehicles and puts a considerable amount of money into their pocket.

It’s got a big battery in the back that might impact the Stow N’ Go third row? The party piece that is the reason other than price why people buy these?

I agree, not having a fuel bill for a daily driver would free up some money to own/run a fun car.

They should call the cargo van variant the Chevrolet Capacitor.

Maybe call it the Outback GT? Give it some sporty STI bits and offer a WRX or tuned version of the flat six?

They really should put it up on GOG or other digital distribution services. The only problem is that EA released the game and WB Games is the current license holder.