I love retro cafe racers so I’d have to go for a Triumph Thruxton RS or a Norton Dominator for daily fun. Maybe a BMW R90S for an actual classic cafe bike. Parked next to that would be a BMW R 1250GS for big road trips or any time I need to actually carry something.

Counterpoint: I haven’t built a legacy of greed, abuse, racism, sexual assault, and fraud, so a little schadenfreude at the irony of the situation does not tip the scales back to balance.

Death Race 2000. David Carradine and Sylvester Stallone. With such character names as Casanova Frankenstein, Machine Gun Joe Viturbo, Matilda the Hun, and Lt. Fury, this is as cheesy as it gets. Also I think may be where the infamous points for hitting people concept came from.

He is referring to a ridiculously powerful version of a Koenigsegg Agera that had a power to weight ratio of 1:1.

I’ve been saying for years HD needs to build a scrambler. The retro bike craze that started 10+ years ago was a golden opportunity they completely blew. Ducati figured it out immediately once they saw Triumphs flying off the lot, and that Duc isn’t even a proper scrambler.

Given the build quality of a $50,000 Tesla, I shudder at the thought of how well built one is at $25k.

Sounds like you need to head out of state to find a good deal on your next used car then.

This is a Lemons candidate and should be priced accordingly. No Dice

I think you just made the biggest point that no one is here is making yet: The electric vehicle as a viable replacement for the ICE just isn’t there yet. It’s getting closer every year but if the best efforts result in expensive cars, cars with questionable build quality, and cars that underperform, it seems…

No, but it sure does look happier.

What’s happening to my life that I’ve just now typed that?

It does. I’ve seen a couple running around.

No, it won’t, but the battery (and thus the center of gravity) sits low so it will corner better than equivalent ICE crossovers.

The Kona is much smaller (shorter than a Golf, and the same size as a Bolt) so it’s not really in the same category. And VAG reliability has significantly improved over the past few years (actually right around the same as Hyundai at the moment according the Consumer Reports) so I wouldn’t be overly concerned.

Not going to be, it currently is priced like that. The configurator and options list is up on the site already. With fed tax credits you can easily get this for under $35k. If you have an extra $15 grand to spend on the Model Y, then obviously it makes sense to go for it. But a lot of people would rather keep the…

Despite the criticisms of the range, remember that, for the moment this is the longest range EV crossover/SUV you can buy for under $40k.

This is the longest range EV crossover you can buy for under $40k. How is that a fail?

Just like VW unveils the Golf before the GTI, they will almost certainly apply the R formula to the ID range, so expect a faster version in a couple years.

No. They will definitely make aftermarket front clips, but they will almost inevitably make it worse.

This guy gets it!