If you just want an electric car, there are lots of options. If you want a Model S, this price isn’t awful based on what’s out there. It’s ok I’d say.

Agree the price is ok. It’s not a great deal, but not awful. Also, some people (like me) have zero interest in a Model 3, but would pick up a Model S for the right deal.

What kills it for me is that it’s not a realistic concept. That is, the cockpit glass is so narrow compared to the body of the car... unless this thing is massively wide, 2 people inside would have shoulders touching. It’s just a design exercise, and for that it’s fine.

Spot on. 

Because they don’t have a level crossings on high-speed rail.

Google street view from one direction in may 2023. The lack of signage isn’t good, but driving through or around the blocks on either side, straight into trees/shrubs.. come on here.

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I owned a 2012 Golf R for 6 years (4-door), and was a fantastic car. I sold it in 2019 with right around 100k miles for $16k. It was in very good (not mint) condition. So, 4 years later, (but used car market kinda nuts for the past few)... I’d say this is probably about right.

I think the M8 coupe could be cross shopped here. It may be a bit large, but the M4 seems more sports car and less touring.

I appreciate your added commentary, makes sense. I wonder if MB thinks they might sell more of these now as a GT, or if it was just platform consolidation for profit reasons? I know the GT didn’t sell in amazing numbers, but I also wonder how many sales it really took from a 911?

I assume this means the new GT coupe is built on the SL platform? Makes sense from a cost perspective, but I wonder if it will lose a little “edge” in the handling. I’m sure it’ll still be very good for the target audience though.

Overall I agree, but I do think that there is real opportunity in level 4... but that’s mostly specialized cases. I’m thinking designed lanes for long haul shipping, or specific last-mile delivery routes... things like that.

No star for you... not because I think you are wrong, but because the thought is too depressing.

I like your take here... the separated headlights are just like the separated turn signals at the back. It is natural for us to see lighting elements clustered together. It’s natural to follow, easy to know exactly what is happening, and most important, quicker for us to process. One could argue that with enough time…

I sometimes don’t mind these... the reason being I have a car with the screen set way back and it requires the use of some dumb rotary knob. A touchscreen (for things like Android Auto... which I use every day), is so much easier to use. That controller in my car is just terrible. Therefore, I’d take a tacked on look…

As a pretty big proponent of EVs, I agree with you. I’m all for encouraging (and incentivizing) the push to zero emissions, but just making a mandate like that don’t solve issues... it just gives politicians a platform to say how great they are (and likely won’t be in office to actually deal with the problems when the…

Except this is the price of growth in the technology. If nobody builds EVs now, because they aren’t as efficient or the battery tech isn’t as good as it should be, nobody will spend development dollars to get them better. I predict battery tech will improve more in the next 10 years than it has in the past 50... not…

I’m glad you did, but this should not be on the owner. GM made an unbelievably stupid decision here.

Please this. Whomever thought this was a good idea has never driven in a parking lot.

I really wanted one of these back in the day. I don’t believe I’ve ever actually come across a manual one though. 

I mean, the chicken tax is still a thing right? So Mitsu would have to build an entirely new line for this to make it even close to affordable? This seems like a  less than zero chance type of thing.