“no tippy feeling in corners, had a decent ride even on the 20" wheels, and it was about the most practical vehicle outside a true minivan there was.”

Ford and Ford customers apparently agree. 

“It’s not like nobody was buying Flexes—while they weren’t the massive volume seller of something like an Explorer, they were consistent sellers at around 20,000 or so per year, a number that’s held steady up until the present.”

No. It’s to indicate that it’s being called a satellite by someone generally, which they would only do if there was some question as to whether that’s correct. 

If they’re going to complain it’s clickbait, they should probably read the article to confirm before complaining, at least. Especially verified commenters. 

Sigh:

As was covered in the article. Hence the quote in the headline. 

- The Bolt is only 6 inches longer than the Mini. In the age of crossovers, that’s hardly “significantly bigger”. It also has 259 miles of range. (that’s about 160 more miles of range btw).

Yeah, if you need the range, the case for this is weaker, but if you have a home charger and need an EV city car, this might not be horrible. 

Nah.

“the e-Golf blows this thing out of the water and has great build quality from what I’ve heard.”

The Bolt is significantly bigger, more expensive, and punishingly ugly,

As long as both of these are crossovers, sure. 

It’s not even that. The reason Mitsubishi is moving to Franklin, TN is because that’s where Nissan NA is headquartered. It’s cost cutting by moving in with the (adoptive) parents. 

Were they recent purchases? Were they EVs? Does that have much bearing on the MINI being nicer to be in?

I don’t think I need to explain why sitting in a MINI is preferable to sitting in a Nissan.