Range extenders are not an advantage, they are the exact opposite. They are a bridge technology that is used when you do not have good enough EV tech to have a stand alone EV. Sales speak volumes and Tesla sold 25K Model S in the US last year, while GM sold just 15K of the much cheaper Volt.

You can’t be serious. You are trying to blame Tesla for someone driving like an asshat in one of their cars?!? Shall we say the same thing about BMW, Porsche, Audi, Lambo, Ferrari, Nissan, Jaguar, Lotus and every other company that sells a sub 4 second car? A lot of these other companies have a “Race mode” that you…

A) I worked for Tesla for 4 years and had TX as my territory so I’m well aware of the issues there.

The part you are missing is that it is all up to how the Mfg handles things with their dealers. For example, Volvo imported just 120 S/V60 Polestars for MY 2015 and all sold out almost immediately, but guess what, they all sold for MSRP. The reason is that Volvo choose just a handful of dealers to sell them and had an…

Please do some proofreading. The V60 P* has Ohlins not “Oehins” Dampers.

If you keep repeating the same points it doesn’t make them any more true.

The S/V60 Polestar is the only current Volvo that actually allows you to disable ESC as well as go full rear wheel bias. The rest of the lineup just limits Stability Control to give it some slip.

It’s a 2016. The V60 Cross Country is only available with the 5 cylinder.

Apparently you are new to this site. Jalopnik spent the first many years of Tesla’s existence bashing the company at every opportunity. I’m sorry that basic facts don’t fit this narrative that you want to play, but it’s the reality.

I can’t believe this pic is missing the most British of colors BRG. Let me fix that with the one car in the US so far. It is a very dark hue of BRG.

This is great. I got the pleasure to relive some of this at Monterey Historics this year...

This is tough as I have seen a lot but as far as tracks go, it is the corkscrew @ Laguna

All vehicles are supposed to be “global” moving forward, so yes.

First of all, this video is from 2012. There have been countless updates that have changed the responsiveness of the handles. The handles sense the driver walking up and present themselves. You don’t need to touch anything for them to “pop out”. Secondly, the issue they solved, is coefficient of drag. The Model S had…

The V40 was the only version of the current Gen. It just wasn’t homologated for the US and would have costed too much to do so. The new Gen is being homologated from the beginning, so there is no reason not to bring all variants over. They have said that all variants of all series will be Global cars moving forward.…

So if you want to compare the current V40 to the old Focus RS, it still falls well short. The V40 that had the same 5 cylinder had 227hp/236ft-lbs vs the Focus RS that had 305hp/325ft-lbs. The Focus RS also had a limited slip diff, 19" wheels, 164mph top speed(15mph higher than the Volvo), Recaro Seats and a unique…

There will be an S40, V40, V40CC and XC40.

They’re supposedly coming to the US as well. Not just in the 40 series, but in the 60 series as well.

You are fooling yourself if you think the interior of the 40 series will be “nicer” than the interior of the top of the line 90 series. Is the CLA interior “nicer” than the E Class? Is the 1 series interior “nicer” than the 5 series? Is the A3 interior “nicer” than the A6? The answer to all of those questions is NO!…

Incorrect! There is no current S40. The only current 40 series is the V40 and V40CC. The S40 stopped production in 2012. When it was offered, the T5 was a 2.5L 5 cylinder with 227hp. The Focus RS is a 2.3L 4 Cylinder with 350hp/350ft-lbs. Two completely different worlds of performance. One is a performance car(Focus…