I love the concept and it makes sense to give an EV vehicle that level of flexibility. I believe that type of system is used by electric scooters / mopeds in some countries.

It’s a great idea in concept. The challenge becomes: How do you know the quality / cell health of the pack you are swapping to? If I just invested in a new car with a brand new pack, do I really want to swap that out for one that’s had hundreds of charge cycles?

Obligatory:

I’d be down, but needs a cladding delete option.

Just slightly small for my taste. I’d prefer a Legacy GT Wagon / Levorg type thing.

Still no hatchback / wagon version means no sale for me. I’ll stay with my 2011 WRX hatch for now.

The Outback has a CVT, so I’m assuming there’s some optimization of the ratios / power curve for acceleration. I’ve driven a few and never had complains about lack of oooomph.

We all know that’s the fastest car in the world.

Delta does this with Porsches for top tier status folks with tight connections.

Might want to consider a used A4 Allroad. Used BMW wagons as well, but no clue on reliability / cost. Used V60?

Fun fact about the Runza: “Every winter we pretty much give away Runza sandwiches! Tuesdays in January are Temperature Tuesdays. The temperature at 6 a.m. is the price of a Runza Sandwich that day.”

Agreed. They canned it because the Crosstrek used all the chassis allocations. I’d even take a hot version of the Levorg.

I was so pumped when that came out. Shame it got neutered. Also furious that the hatch died so that the cross trek could live...

Long live the hatch:

From this:

Oooof. I consider subie replacement at like 200k...

I’m assuming to keep up with the Joneses or they just want the newest version?

Underwater on current car and rolling it into the payment?