I may be in a minority here, but I just don’t think the 928 has aged well. As a kid I used to lust after a GTS, but now the entire model range looks like a failed experiment in the future of the automobile (which is I guess what it was for Porsche, since they abandoned the plan for it to replace the 911).

I’ve heard many, many people say they would love a Rivian, even if they know it’s priced way out of reach. I’ve heard very few people say they want a Lucid. Rivian managed to build a truly aspirational product, Lucid didn’t. Not that the state of Rivian’s business is any great model to emulate, but at least they have…

Same people who think a pound of feathers weighs less than a pound of steel.

Terryifying.

Are people’s math skills seriously so bad that it’s a surprise that a $60k vehicle financed over 60 months at an interest rate greater than zero is more than $1,000 / month?

EVs really don’t have anything like the differentiation that ICE cars do. Not simply because they are all quiet and linear in their power delivery, but also because they’re all pretty heavy. You can spend more money disguising the weight of an EV with advanced suspension, but you can’t create something that truly…

I know that’s Fiat’s reputation in Europe, but they could easily remake themselves here. The target buyer really knows nothing about how Fiat is perceived in other markets, and the car is objectively very stylish and appealing to the equivalent of the market who loved the MINI at its launch.

Later down in the thread, he says that the Model S is five years old and only has 30,000 miles, which means it would have a heat pump and would be the same vintage as my 100D. I did plenty of -15 celsius drives and never saw anything like this kind of range degradation.

First gear: Properly marketed, the 500e could do really well in North America. They basically need to position it in the same way that BMW launched the new MINI in 2002, making a virtue of its limitations. There is no other stylish, small, affordable EV available in North America, and this has a chance to be it. A lot…

If someone’s prepared to lay out over $80k for a hot hatch, they should just take it to the next level and get a Carrera T.

That was my experience when we had a Kia Soul EV (the second gen with the same 64 kWh battery as the Kona, but was only sold in Canada, not the US). We would regularly exceed the claimed range.

With that age / mileage, he can probably get Tesla to replace the battery pack.

I saw one on the road the other day, and it is truly hideous, and frankly looks cheap from the outside. The bulbous headlights make it look so awkward, and generally the proportions are just wrong. Not to mention that it will probably drop in value like an anvil pushed out of a window. I’m not in the market for a…

Fair point, but it still seems extreme. I’ve had a Leaf, Kia Soul EV, three Taycans, a Tesla and the Ioniq. None of them showed anything close to this level of range drop in cold weather. Even in MN, I wouldn’t say -20 F is a regular occurrence. Typical daytime temps in Jan / Feb are more like -5 F.

In that case, there is an issue with the battery pack. How old is his Model S? I also had a Model S (100D), and it would take a hit on range in very cold weather, but maybe 30%, not 75%.

That seems highly unlikely. I have an Ioniq 5 and the absolute worst range I’ve seen is just under 300 km (200 miles) in windy, sub-zero conditions at highway speeds, with the best being over 500 km (310 miles). I live in a part of Canada where it drops to -20 celsius at some points during the winter, and gets to…

And the amazing part about the 911 is that Racing Yellow is one of only four no-cost colours. Or you can spend $15k (Canadian) on Speed, Signal or Bahama Yellow.

It’s hardly FUD. This is the real-world experience of many EV drivers in many places. I have two EVs and live just outside Toronto, in the most populous Province in Canada. Non-Tesla fast charging infrastructure is very limited to say the least. Electrify Canada has 13 locations to cover an area of over 1 million km2…

I have such a soft spot for Saab turbos. One of my earliest car memories is being driven in my dad’s friend’s 99 Turbo. Nothing, nothing, nothing, huge boost and blurred scenery...

Cool, I will definitely pay attention next time I see one. Agreed that Alfa has made some amazing sounding cars. One of my dream cars is an Alfaholics GTA restomod, which I think gives you old Alfa sound combined with infinitely better build quality and reliability.