Well your only justification is that it’s... taller than your hatchback.

It costs marginally more than the higher end Last Call Dodges you’re all about discussing. 

The Model X comes with 5 seats. 6 and 7 seats are optional extras. And in any case, the Model X costs more. 

The seating situation is optional. It comes with 5. You have to pay more for 6 or 7 seats. And it still costs more regardless. 

You’d need to likely prove some sort of negative effect on Tesla, if nothing else.

Then every thing is a car. Cool. How helpful to the conversation. 

They’re not going to do a bespoke shifter on this. I think the know is what they have for EVs.

The 2 sedan isn’t a great car, but the design is ok for what it is, I think. 

I think most BMWs look fine. The Z4, 2/3/5/8, X1/2/3/5 are all mostly fine. The 4, 7, X7, iX, XM, and SAV coupes are the oddities. So it’s probly 60/40 good to bad.

The XJ has a ladder frame integrated into the unibody, so it's kind of a unicorn. 

From Kia’s website: “5-Passenger Sport Crossover”

So... It’s still taller than your car, while not even riding quite as high. Not your best point.

Crossovers don’t exactly ride like brodozers, and he’d need to step up to the raised platform anyway. Plus, he’s the pope, there’s always people around to help. 

It’s... His bike. He rides for a living. It’s not like that’s the only thing they did. At least maybe criticize the weird animal print or something.

Most recent popemobiles have been built off crossovers and SUVs anyway.

There’s a full pic of it sans owner... At the top. They did whole galleries of these the pic in the story is the one the author pulled. 

Of all the things... he’s a pro BMX biker, what would you expect the bike to look like?

ICE cars aren’t that quiet even if hybrids and EVs are now louder, EVs without the sound are way quieter. 

“Is there any reason to assume they won’t?”

Gas cars make noise on their own.