Two of them don’t have beards... but probably are beards.

Level setting expectations to an extreme low? Sensitive to the concept cars that have been really nice-looking, only to be brutalized by a thousand cuts on their way to production?

Oh hey now, the Bond Bug is positively sculpted by comparison.

That is a good point. Skum has a habit of going after public funds, doesn’t he? His magic pipe(dream) with an SUV in it; his other magic pipe(dream) with a Disney monorail in it; Solar; Space; ... now this heap. Can’t sell to the people, so force them to buy it.

evidently

I grew up on Tron, Automan, and vector graphics arcade games without hidden line removal. I can confirm this is a pile of junk that should stay as a one-off demo of how to do it embarrassingly wrong.

... ticks (and tocks) all the boxes ...

They look almost ready for Sporting Trials.

Maybe don’t put the heater on and go easy on the way back.

Caravans aren’t braked. Speed limits are lower though. In the UK, that’s 45, where the default limit is 60; and 55 on motorways where the limit’s 70.

Plus, this is a weld-free mod. If they were willing to spend any amount of time and effort in “making it right” (which isn’t to say it’s “wrong” now) the door window frames would be lopped, the doors likely welded shut, some kind of structural piece would need to be added behind the B pillar, and then you have the…

Yeah, there’s a whole different approach where you don’t “cheap out” on anything, but deliver a solid, foundational product.

The dealerships are blocking it? Get rid of protectionist business practices.

I think he’s happy with the power it makes... (although sure, a more modern drivetrain would be more efficient for less weight and make more power with a longer range - but that’s going to be a nice-to-have, not a burning platform).

Not how you do it.

These comments make me think some people should learn how to read.

For example, the traction control on my car is so bad it’s downright dangerous in snow.

Dude, seriously? Most people who are going to mod their cars are going to mod them anyway, so switching off the electro-nannies is legitimate advice.

My exposure to this was in the world of Steve Jackson’s Car Wars. Pushing around little punched-out cardboard counters on ¼″ grid paper. But it was in the rules for building a car, where he’d listed luxury, station wagon, mid-sized, compact, and subcompact. I never got why a station wagon always had to be the size of…

especially if your rushing on a production line.