The LC is equipped with a hybrid where the battery fills up the space used for the 3rd row.  My guess is opting for a higher trim with the hybrid in the 4R also locks out the 3rd row since the platform is the same.

There used to be an SR5 premium (I have one) which was basically a nicer version of the SR5- heated Softex seats, upgraded sound system, and power adjustable passenger seat. I didn’t want any of the off-road stuff because a 4R is plenty capable out the door and that just adds cost to maintenance down the road. I…

If my car lost 10% range over 62k miles I’d be pissed.  The car should have the advertised range for the life of the vehicle.  My ICE vehicles have not lost any range during there life span, some with over 300k miles.

It seems to me that tires go pretty quickly on EV vs. ICE cars. I am curious how well the suspension and steering components (control arm bushings, ball joints, tie rods, etc.) hold up with the additional weight of an EV but that should be considered during the design phase. Really the parts you save on are brake pads…

“The survey reached EV drivers worldwide, primarily through GEVA’s 64 member organizations, or their collaborating partners.”  So they reached out to members of their pro-EV Global Alliance to show that people would buy an EV again.  This is pretty self serving data.  It would be like reaching out to a Ford truck…

“according to the consumer lobby that represents about 336,000 EV drivers.”

I honestly think if this was a bone stock Forester XT with 87k miles that this would be NP. That being said the mods make me say ND because to bring it back to stock it would cost a lot.

For $17k I want a head unit.  The big ol’ hole in the dash is making this a ND.

Probably Toyota.  Most people I know who own a Toyota just treat them like an appliance.  They just know if they do the basic maintenance it will start for them every morning and that’s it.  I know one guy who had 3 highlanders in a row he just paid it off and traded it in and kept the payments the same.

The Acura ZDX?

That chrome at eye level is going to be blinding in the afternoon sun.

Realistically the best thing to do is swap in a GM based V6 and do away with the problematic Rover V8. I would probably try to build a turbo V6 based around GM parts and have something that would truly fly.

The supercharged V6 was the only one you could get with a manual.  It was pretty awesome too.

It looks like someone spilled grease on the speaker covers.

“This strategy is combined with an incrasingly assertive brand presence,”

Honestly there’s a lot of food waste that would be great for ethanol.  Watermelon rind has a lot of sugar in it and takes up a lot of room in landfills.

Missing the following key piece of info: fuel economy, cargo space, tow rating, and does it have a real spare.

You can make ethanol from basically anything with sugar in it, sugar cane in particular is great for making ethanol- more sugar more fuel. There was a huge push in the early 2000's under Bush to make E85 readily available- which they did. Ethanol can lower emissions by up to 20% currently vs. petroleum. The issue with…

I think the ATS coupe was the last Caddy Coupe and that was back in 2019.  They could certainly build a coupe off of the CT5 or CT4 but I don’t think there’s much market for those in coupe form.

I miss the American Luxury coupe too but not from Dodge. Give me a Lincoln MKVIII successor. Fit it with the ecoboost engine or even crazier throw the Cobra engine in it and make a new LSC. The only one who actually could build an American luxury coupe at the moment is Cadillac but they haven’t done that in quite some…