My mother-in-law had one of these. It was this weird reliable but not at all reliable car. Everything was broken yet somehow worked. It was functional crap. Top got stuck? Pull/push it aggressively and hear it make really bad sounds, but then it will work again. Moldy smell because it leaked? You bet. Half of the trim…

The worlds fastest man can’t improve his 100M time as much as the average Joe either. Of course more established manufacturers can’t grow similar amounts to Tesla.

You don’t really lose anything. A Pacifica with stow-n-go doesn’t really have any less room or noticeably higher floor than say an Odyssey or Sienna. Plus, you get nice under floor storage for when the seats are in use. I totally get why they don’t have them here, because the batteries don’t allow it, but the models…

Every actual production model VW has shown has not had any of that.

Idk, I’m honestly confused. The concept had the front driver and passenger captains chairs be able to swivel around 180 into rear facing chairs. It also had a big flat cargo area with no rear seats if you wanted. Then last year early reviews came out of the short wheel base Euro model and they didnt have any of that.…

Everything I saw from last year stated the middle row was not removable. Has that changed? Multiple sources state the seats “fold flat” when pair with a height adjustable rear cargo floor to raise up to the folded seat height as well as the fact the second row is not remote. This is the first place I've seen it…

I still cant believe this thing doesn’t have a flat rear cargo space via fold-into-floor seats or even clunky removable seats. I honestly think this might be the first modern EV that has a less friendly cargo layout compared to the incumbent ICE alternatives. You’ve got the looks of a van, the utility of a CUV, and…

I thought I had recently read that the Netherlands had very recently closed this loophole that “commercial” vehicles were getting so now this is coming to an end, no? I mean, to me, this is a good thing. For years this loophole didn’t seem to be an issue and now that it is, their government actually did something…

When I turned 16 my parents got me like a 200+ piece Craftsman mechanics tool kit so I could maintain my first car. It had all the basic tools most people need. That was 16 years ago and I still use a lot of pieces from it. I mean, it’s no SnapOn or even GearWrench, so stuff like the ratcheting wrenches have been…

Sounds like it. I’m kind of surprised there hasn’t been more consideration of VW buying Ford or some kind of merger. There seems to be surprisingly small amount of overlap between products as well as what markets each performs well in considering how big each company is.

Wow, I just learned these were FWD based and not RWD. I always assumed because it was sized so similarly and looked so much like a Ranger, that it was based on a Ranger and therefore RWD BOF small SUV.

What makes the 05-06 Ford GT such a prime choice for this type of stuff over other supercars? Is it that much more slippery/stable at speed or something? I remember them getting pretty popular for it fairly quickly and it seems odd for them to still be so popular. IDK, I would think there would be other cars like…

Here is to hoping that Elon has a similar experience at some point in the future.

I have heard multiple people say SUVs (non-passenger vehicles) don’t have to meet the same standards as cars but I havent ever been able to find actual legislation or regulation that says that. I’ve tried googling and what not, but haven’t ever been able to find it.

Where are you connecting the dots that non-passenger vehicles are allowed more lenient safety standards? And this is an IIHS test, not a federal safety standard or test.

That doesn’t mention anything about crash safety requirements. That only describes Passenger vs non-Passenger, medium duty, heavy duty, etc; regardless I don’t think any of these would meet the definition of non-passenger.

Show me where it says these small SUVs can have more lax safety requirements than their car counterparts.

was an ultra-low production

Didn’t the P1, LaFerrari, 918, NSX, 296 GTB, SF90, Speedtail, Regera, etc already prove this?

No big loss. I mean, it’s hideous but that doesn’t seem to stop Subaru buyers anyways, however not having a real liftgate does seem like it would make Subaru buyers look elsewhere. Either way, it seems like Ford is already doing a good job fighting Subaru with the number of Bronco Sports I’ve been seeing and I’d bet…