It found that over 500 cars drove around the railroad’s down barriers.

Masi just weighed in and says “no steal here ... it’s just racing.”

Range is fine. The concept that people would have two cars in their household with totally different driving needs is also fine. Worthless suicide doors that tell the insurance the car is a four door are great.

I mean, it has about the same range as a decade-old Nissan Leaf...

This car is like if I took an iPhone 5 straight from 2012 and sold it for $500 today. Sure, the design and quality is as good as any competitor, and it’ll still do the basic car/phone things you expect it to do, but you’d have to either be out of your mind or have some extremely niche use case to buy one when so many…

Great. You can be the one person that buys this thing. 

But what about actual trains?

It’s fine, actually.

Wasn’t the i3 with the range extender what you’re describing?

This is some A-level regulatory trolling. It will be at Redit levels if they actually build a rotary plug-in. I’m sure running all electric most of the time will make up for having to feed it two-sroke oil, lol(rotaries are cool, but do they ever burn dirty as a diesel)! I’m just waiting for someone to build a proper g…

“Why at this stage in history do we have a Prius as a distinct model...” - because cabs still exist. 

Spoken like someone who has never driven anything older than about 1990, or any Chrysler.
You’re not wrong about the looks. Yikes.

the prius is a distinct model because it is basically a supercar of efficiency commuter car.  everything else is “the hybrid version of x car”  Also it’s a hatchback all of toyotas other cars are sedans. 

So, you want every drive to be an exciting thrill ride? Do you commute to work with squealing tires and overheated brakes?

It’s still sold because it’s a better car than a camry or corolla. It has more trunk and more back seat - and the use of that hatch of course. Dynamics/NVH/looks are all subjective but objectively it works well.

Perhaps this is the time to reflect on the fact that, in this world at least, the quality of excellence rarely penetrates equally into all dimensions of a thing. There are meals which inspire the highest superlatives, only to be paired with wine of a medicocre vintage. The majestic vistas of Alaskan mountains in the…

That said, this article leads to a question that makes you go “Hmm...” Why at this stage in history do we have a Prius as a distinct model instead of looking back on it as the market and technology pioneer for hybrid versions of pretty much everything else?

Having driven them, I’m reminded that Dan Neil could hold in his mind these two contradictory thoughts: that the Prius is kind of an kinesthetically (and, for a long time, I might add, visually) regrettable car and that it is a work of genius.

I’m not sure I’d say the crossover turning circle is significantly smaller.

If you combine all of the things the Maverick is capable of doing and add in the remarkable fuel-efficiency of the base hybrid model and the starting price of $19,995, then the real question becomes why the hell would anyone want to buy a crossover like the Toyota RAV4 or the Honda CR-V, two of the best-selling…