It’s definitely a ‘do it all, but not for all’ kind of car. I really recommended my empty-nesting parents get one as it’s exactly what they needed—small bed for dirty hiking or scuba diving gear, soft-roading capability for those National Park dirt roads, and unibody for long-distance road comfort and mpgs.…

“I can’t wait to see how they ruin this on the production version.”

Huh, so they’ve made the Soul electric now?

I hope they go out of business.

If you have a hard on for these turds you do you.

Daily reminder that Americans have become jaded to speed. Auto Express did this in 2021 for the UK market and the fastest of their ten is the Transit Connect with a 15 s 0-60.

Clowning on them because of their ‘vape kid’ stereotype is to completely ignore what these were when new. Sure the ergonomics might have been worse and the engines might have sounded weird, but when was the last time the Japanese made a RWD sports sedan even remotely comparable with anything German? This was a big…

Or time waiting for one that’s in the shop ;)

Why?

Korea and the US have a tariff-free trade agreement, so the chicken tax argument is DOA, 

Not really. Still the same formless blob shape as the iX. 

But isn’t that true of a modern ‘compact executive’ sedan anyway? 

Agreed on all counts, but really?

Toyota executives are definitely looking over at Hyundai/KIA and thinking, “...fuck.” (and probably lobbying the government to ditch their idiotic hydrogen push).

a little bit of space?

Still kinda sad that we never got a new Galant

Very Bugatti EB118 back there

Exactly. The new one already looks like the old one was ‘AI’ed into being a 2024 model. 

BMW made them until the last of the 2dr e30 3-series in 1991.

I don’t care about the Tiktoker—she survived and is fine and everyone’s no worse for the wear. But when did we all accept that 30+ minute ‘updates’ that completely brick a car while they’re happening are acceptable? What happens if there’s a minor emergency, like someone needing to be picked up on short notice or…