Could it be that the ubermensch that is the average BMW owner doesn't want to be seen in some faggy electric car?

So we've got the Volt and the Bolt...

Did he read that in the brochure Ford sent him?

Same reason soccer moms need them.

Paris isn't the first place to try this plan. Berlin banned cars from the city center five years ago, but the French plan is much more aggressive.

Don't feed the trolls

The link is in the story

Meh. Same difference.

I dunno, it's a cheap thrill I suppose.

Shut up and take my money!

Did you read all the way down? To the bit that says:

Agreed.

Needs m0ar hagwalah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every time I've been to Europe I've seen something like a trillion Dacia Dusters and, frankly, they don't look that cheap to me.

You didn't think you were going to find useful advice in a Michael Ballaban article, did you?

Lexus LS400

I remember a guy on VWVortex was trying to sell a set of those Otmar Alt seats for $900 or something crazy like that...

You must be living on a different planet to me. I think you'd have a hard time showing a correlation between high build quality and high union wages in any UAW-run plant.

Wow, are they better or worse than Polish Fiat?

Yeah, that would work too...