Indeed. But the concern here is really over whether they can replace the boxer engine well. And tacking on an electric drivetrain to an ICE model does not exactly inspire confidence, unless they perform some sort of packaging miracle a là Lucid Air and stuff the batteries in every free nook and cranny under the seats,…

Seems like folks were upset about Ford not planning adequately for electrification, lagging VW, GM and Tesla. But investors, considering the long term? Hell must be chilly today.

Ford HAS an EV, it just sucks. The Focus Electric’s range is poor, the cost isn’t justified, it has had few updates for a shameful amount of time, and the reliability is a joke. This firing may or may not be fair, but the fact remains that Ford needs to get its rear in gear on electric cars.

Saying that this car and the Model 3 will compete against one another is a bit premature, considering we don’t know the former’s price tag.

Thank God the bathroom is the nicest part of that plane. The rest is bland and ugly. Check out the dining salon of the R100 airship, by contrast:

Yesss. I love engines like these. Dead simple, torquey engines you absolutely, positively cannot kill except under the most wild circumstances, made of pig iron and manly grunts. Who cares if they don’t make much horsepower? I’m in it for the pull, baby.

The Outlander PHEV has a 2.0 liter transverse mounted engine up front, with two iMiEV motors, one on each axle.

Is this the only way we can get an Outlander PHEV in the States? I’ll take it.

I love these daft, ugly little things. Rear engine! Gas-electric like a teeny locomotive! Suicide rear doors! Wood trim! Carbon fiber! Floating touchscreens!

Indeed… it’s a crying shame that good 1st generation DSM cars are getting so rare. They’re either beaten into the ground as they’re passed down the socioeconomic ladder or modded to the point of total destruction by overcompensating teenagers. Mine is virtually pristine, and I intend to keep it that way. I got it from…

Which generation, and was it the AWD version? The first is what I have, and while it isn’t a convertible, the first generation is ostensibly better than the latter ones which grew rather, uh, big-boned. Without much corresponding increases in power.

Problem is, if you want the government to give people jobs like FDR did, the Republicans will block you and call you a dirty tax-and-spend Communist, then promptly get elected by a minority of voters and blow up the deficit on tax cuts for the rich and kickbacks to interest groups.

Honestly, it’s like some people think that private industry is the best solution to any problem. They’re no better than Communists who think that everything should be controlled by the government.

Mmm, seafood pizza.

To the person who wants to lift a ZR2: admit it. You just want a spider tank.

“Remember, the junkyards are now government owned, whose sole purpose is to wipe out the classic K-car from the face of the earth.”

I wouldn’t hold my breath. The i3 is a great little ugly duckling of a car, but it costs $40,000 and is only a 115-mile subcompact.

Look at that completely incongruous grille! It’s like seeing a propeller on a spaceship.

You know what? That’s admirable. They had a crazy idea and they actually had the determination to see it through. I salute you, insane Pri-ja owner.

There are many adjectives and nouns that are applied to cars, but the only one I can find for this one would be “atrocity.” It can’t even get being an abomination right.