So I’m the reader that contacted Tom about the deal I received. I’m glad that he decided to write something up about it. This is my second Bolt, I find them to be an excellent value for the money, although I fully acknowledge that they aren’t for everyone. Some of the critiques regarding the interior, seats, etc.…

“Oh thank God. They’re making another one.” - VP Global Procurement Avis/Budget

The dozens of satisfied Eclipse Cross customers must be clamoring for it.

OK so, like, yeah, laugh, they do look silly, and GM and all that, but...

Yeah, but, you have to drive a Bolt then...

I have come very close to buying a Chevy SS, so Chevy SS. The stick and V8 make it an easy question.

I'm shocked that I had to scroll this far to see this comment. That car is a 370Z with some SEMA work done to it. 

Shit, that does make it look better.

That looks way better, great job dude!

Please don’t release it with that plain square grille Nissan... this took me 10 minutes, I’m sure it can be updated at this stage:

It’s a heavily facelifted 370z. As a former 350z owner (I really enjoyed it), the interior especially is basically identical, with limited updates suggesting a refresh rather than a new model.

I would argue that to BP “peak oil” means peak of profits. This seems to be illustrated in this graph and is BP’s main concern. To me it looks like BP is saying here that competing sources of energy will become cheaper and more popular, driving demand down, which would force the price of oil down, as it becomes more…

The CT4 is more 3-Series, they killed the CT6 so now the CT5 is covering the old CTS and CT6 spot.

Oh hey there Rory! I have some notes here, as someone who recently traded in my CTS V-Sport. I loved it, mostly. What I don’t understand is why Cadillac de-tuned the engine. The V-Sport made 420 horsepower, while this car, with the same engine, is only putting out 360 horsepower. Why not just uncork it? That makes no…

Cool and maybe they can badge them with the torque rating in ounce inches too

“Some 42% of Ford Focus and Chevy Cruze compact car owners have stayed in the compact car segment with a significant percentage buying competitors’ vehicles”

Yeah, not one thing is practical or functional about this travesty. There’s no headroom in the rear seat, the bed can’t be used from the sides because of the sail panels, and that windshield seems tailor-made to have dirt/rain/ice/glare problems. And for what? So it can have the side profile of a pyramid.

This exactly. A quick estimate puts the steel skin easily in the neighborhood of 1200 pounds, not including the chassis or huge glass panels. With that ramp, that’s a 300 pound tailgate EASY.

This is a flashy concept, full stop.

It is kind of interesting to consider how a bunch of the ridiculousness of this thing is based on trying to solve the production and support issues that have plagued them in the past.

I have to disagree with this part. I think it’s aesthetics over everything else. Yes, there’s some trick engineering choices in there as well, but I think at the core, Musk wanted to ape designs from 35+ years ago and call it “futuristic” and “revolutionary”.