And with a 5000lb trailer, 7 healthy people, and cargo on board, in cold weather, range is what? 40% of the ideal rating? Less?

The front looks too small or something on that thing. They should just overcab it:

I was kinda like “Okay, o0okay, this is fine”

Good point. Check out a sedan from the 40's and they about the size of a VW Atlas or bigger.

Before everyone starts saying that a similar size wagon or hatch has the same space, what you are missing is the vertical space.

I dig it! I actually change the oil and do engine maintenance on my smart fortwos with 6" heels on. When the car’s sitting on ramps engine bay is darned near impossible to see/reach into for someone of my height. In the past, I used a stool. Then sometime into transition I realized I could just wear heels and ditch…

Their you halve it. An other peace, wear the average, person demonstrates they’re inability, to, write, affectively. You’re points are valid, but still, its a shame to sea.

Wow. If this is Hackett’s brilliant idea, Ford is fucked.

I’d have been tempted to sell half my fleet to buy this thing.

The article mentioned that lowering the amount of standard features is not likely to effect the base MSRP much. It’s an exorsize In increasing Ford's profit margins. Also this is Ford the only enthusiast vehicle they offer is the mustang in the USA and their cheapest vehicle is a dumb tiny crossover for 20k don't…

There’s only one thing that’s simple in this thread. Enjoy your strange hateful ageism.
You already incorrectly identified my age by 20 years so I’m sure your judgement and intelligence is far superior to the multiple car owners above.

You earned him a star from me with your ageist and nasty post.

Actually, he’s 77, an old-school hot rodder who’s built well over 100 jaw-droppingly beautiful cars in his life and probably knows more about cars than most people you’ll ever meet. His cars routinely get trophies, and he still drag raced until last year (when his arthritis couldn’t take the g-forces of acceleration…

In China, about 70% of the 1.2 million electric or gasoline-electric hybrid models sold over the past year went to government and company fleets,

3.5mm Aux plug.

My parents hold it down.. They have an E-type, have had some Corvairs and 442's and an MGBGT, and a bunch of other fun stuff.

Because that would turn a $5,000 trailer into a $50,000 trailer while also halving the payload it could carry.

OK, I’ll bite. Why shouldn’t a trailer be self-powered so it hauls its own weight? Batteries in a layer below the floor and the electric motor goes to the trailer’s axle—boom. But here’s the key: the trailer’s electronics would interface to the car’s electronics so the trailer’s motor would be “throttled” by the car’s…

Yeah, agreed, not the biggest Volvo fan here, but a deal is a deal and this one isnt bad for $1700. Its a scruffy survivor and is kind of cool.  Id buy it - with the full understanding that the first thing to fail will probably cost more than the car is worth. And it will probably be the AWD system.

Drive it for a year and you got your moneys worth is how I’ve been buying cars for the last decade. I like your style. If you get him down to 1500 and keep the car for 15 months, that’s $100/month.