Not really. Volvo is not controlled by Geely. No more than when they were partnered with Ford.
They kept designing and building their own products with Geely financial backing, but this is a 100% Geely creation with a Volvo badge on it.
$36K, 275 mile range, 268 horsepower EV compact? With Volvo’s seats and peerless safety?
Raddest camper of all time, not even the raddest of Citroen H vans.
A conversion van with multi-coloured stripes called a Transtar? Quick, buy it before Republicans ban it.
Aaaaaand the Civic is already sold
I have seen Antarctica 1.
A couple things never get mentioned in articles about the Element perhaps tied to it’s demise... 1/ Mileage is lackluster for a small SUV but the Element is not that small. It’s as big Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, mileage is proportional really but visually the expectation is that it’s small = 35 mpg, not 20 ish. Any…
Seems that many people don’t understand what “unkillable car” means.
I’ll go out on a limb and not regurgitate all the tropes about slant 6's, Mercedes OM617 engines, Hiluxes blah-blah-blah. I’ll stick with what I know first hand:
My dumbass college pal Sean had a Mazda GLC that received zero maintenance, ever. He honestly thought an oil change was when you added more. One day on our…
Hybrid Element with a slot for the new Motocompo
Yeah, because that Benz is hideous. The Toyota ain’t much better, but at least it doesn’t look like a bloated grinning whale.
Clout and speed. Two things people in the market for a Toyota Century care deeply about, I’m sure.
I have a hard to believing it, too, because the Century is 10x better than any Mercedes SUV
My apologies. I forgot your generation exists.
“Hey guys we need some more clicks let’s see if we can get people to fight and make generalizations about entire demographics in the comments with nothing more than anecdotes to back it up”
This is one of the best compliments I’ve ever received.
This is a 1 of 13 with this interior/exterior color combo built on a Wednesday in October of the 2008 model year, I know what i have!
Meh. I have a rarer car.