Actually thanks for this (a bit long-winded) story. Not sure what boomers or r/thathappened references have to do with it, I’ll just assume the usual Jalopnik commentariat assholes are bored and lashing out. Anyways I live in Montreal, which has shit weather half the year. I’ve been thinking more and more about an…

1) Range declined at a rate much higher than expected. They acted with a range left reasonable to find a charging station. What is the exact range they should’ve started adjusting their plans czar of range management?

What would you suggest he have done differently? It sounds like they tried to react best as possible.

Gee, who saw that coming? Jalopnik article AAA study.

What kind of car was it?

In China, about 70% of the 1.2 million electric or gasoline-electric hybrid models sold over the past year went to government and company fleets,

a car with sporting intentions that lacks a manual gearbox option

I mean, all of those are going to add some weight-that’s not surprising. You might drive it before you make decide. The feel in current BMW’s is....less than ideal. Hopefully the new gen 3 is improved.

I’m confident that you missed my point.

I also disagree, but that’s another can of worms.

There are fingernail scratches on this plastic.  This looks like cheap brittle crappy plastic.  I get that it is surrounded by carbon fiber, but how does this plastic scratch that easily?

Really? Because the light switch already seems to be scratched to hell.

It seems like the trend lately is toward straight-line speed as curb weights go up. Relatively little mention was given to how this car handles; the focus was on acceleration and brakes.

Look, I like being pinned in my seat as much as the next guy, but where am I gonna use that 3.8 second party trick on my daily…

No sliding doors.  Not a minivan.

Thank you.  Not a minivan!

We had one of these at an old job for benchmarking. It’s super cool, but definitely a wagon, not a minivan.

All modern cars are so safe that basically any car made after 2010 would be suitable.

I’ve driven the S60R before and... it feels like a goddamn Buick. I hated it so much.

Is the staff of jalopnik tied up somewhere while somebody else pretends to be them? I think this is the first time I remember one of these going down with all suggestions actually kind of making sense. There was no “buy this half finished pro mod car and put an extra set of seats in it. A roll came means it safe,…

I found this S60R in red with the coolest shifter of modern mass-produced performance cars for sale not far in Connecticut with pretty low miles for half your budget. I would scoop it up and raise hell in it, if it were me, though I think keeping an eye out for a good V70R isn’t a bad plan, either.

For an economy hatchback, they handle surprisingly well. They are not in any way fast but that is not unlike the corolla, forte, civic, etc