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They don’t need to be on the same platform to be cross shopped. The number one variable used to cross shop is price. With the A5 only about 3K more expensive base to base.

Why this car was ever green-lit for the US market is mystifying, continuing VW’s long legacy of bizarre sales-failure product decisions here [...]”

Like, a dozen more, over a full year. Though those would probably just have cannibalized the sedan sales.

I’m not mad. I just note that you keep making up ridiculous barriers to owing an EV. Dismissing home charging is one such example.

Most people I’m guessing would be satisfied with similar performance to refueling with gas, 300-350 miles in 5-10 minutes.

“What’s this do?”

From a $/kJ perspective, electricity at $0.11/kWh (a typical midwestern rate after all the fees, taxes, etc) is exactly the same as gas at $4.03/gal. The unit of kJ (kilojoules) is a unit of energy.

Just wait until he moves that goalpost.

5 minutes to charge from 0 to 500 miles of range is insane and will not happen without, like, new physics, or directly tapping 12 kV transmission lines.

Go ahead and reply about how irrational you feel that is,”

Is your daily driving enough that you’d actually need to install a charger? We have an EV and PHEV and we have been managing fine for like 95% of the time just juggling a 110 connection.

I mean, yeah, it is nice to have a level 2, but if I remember the stats correctly, nearly half of commutes are like 35 miles or less.

I’m guessing if you did a survey in 1905 of why people weren’t trading in their horses for the new horseless carriages, you would have gotten similar responses.

Exactly, his defense of sedans was bizarre rationalization. 

Automakers making decisions we don’t like is not the same as those decisions not making sense. It seems pretty obvious to state this, but here we are.

Buy what makes sense for your situation, not what will impress Jalopnik commenters. Stinger is great and practical, but a Santa Fe costs about the same, doesn’t weigh much more (200-300lb), and will be way more practical + comfortable.

Cue the crocodile tears from people who had no plans to buy either car anyway.

A CRV, a compact crossover, has at least 37.6 ft3 with the seats up.

There’s a dude at work: single, no kids. Bought a brand new Expedition. No one has ever sat in the second row, much less the back. Open the rear and the vacuum tracks from the lot monkey are still visible. Dude carries a gym bag and a messenger bag. Gets his groceries delivered.

We want a practical car that looks good, there are some nice looking crossovers out there that are more practical than a sedan (although I agree the stinger is a more practical sedan) This is not a car I am trying to save a few tenths on a track day with, it is a car we want to be easy to use in everyday life. We have

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