These are Europeans, we understand things. Americans still get confused by traditional gear selectors.

Who calls a GTI a base trim? It’s the highest trim bar the Golf R, is this how its marketed over in the US?

To be fair, this concept is real, fully drive able and thoroughly engineered, Top Gear Magazine has a review of it up on their website

Can compete with cars like the Land Rover Discovery Sport, similar size to this but seats 7. GLE-GLS are in a totally different class.

Exactly the same as trams in cities. Shouldn’t be a problem.

This method is a lot more expensive. The overhead wire method is tested and proven over decades. Many european cities have trolleybus systems which work exactly like this and it’s also how electric trains work. 

Nope, they were a Works team for two years in the 50s and were engine suppliers from the mid 90s. Most famously with McLaren. In 2010 they took over Brawn GP (the team who Jenson Button won the Driver’s and Constructor’s Championship with) as a full works team with Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg, then when the…

This thing is faster than an M4 in a straight line, good enough for me.

The car was replaced by the Discovery Sport several years ago, maybe it's used? Idk

In fairness, their European bus models are of much higher quality than other competing buses, and their Taxis are C-Class, S-Class and E-Classes. Plus the V-Class. As the inventor of the motorcar, I think they should be able to make any sort of vehicle they like.

Put simply, here in Europe it’s essentially a Ford Fiesta for people who have a bigger budget. Or VW Polo.

Yes but when you buy an M3 as opposed to a base 3 series you get a totally re-engineered car. An entirely different engine and extensive chassis upgrades/revamps. If I’m not mistaken the rear end on a C63 is completely new and has no relation to a standard C-Class.

I don’t know what it’s like in the US, but in Europe at least lots of very rich people have been wanting for Ultra Luxury SUVs for a while. Range Rovers and the Mercedes/BMW/Audi etc. rival variants consistently sell in very big numbers, but the most you can spend here on an SUV used to be around £110k before the…

Other side of the pond? Maybe the Nurburgring?