refuse to buy outside of our means.

Once you agree to buy something, its future value is irrelevant.

. A little over 14 percent of buyers even have monthly payments over $1,000,

This isn’t all that “retro.” Sure, that’s what VW was going for, but it is really just a over-stylized “generic van” to the rest of the world. Give a Renault Trafic a two-tone paint job and some chrome decals from Autozone and you’d have this.

Oh....oh....wow...

I think the New Edge is up there with best mustang designs.  11-14 > 15-17 > 99-04

The owner can only achieve those numbers if they use premium gas, which is a small price to pay.

The suppliers are the ones getting hammered.

with the price of materials inflated I don’t know how they are getting away with increases this small.

you would be crazy not to shop a nice 2 year old car for the same money

The Cali regs call for a nominal amount of EV only range. So no, they won’t count as a PHEV.

I don’t believe a vehicle that produces power instantly like an Electric motor, can ever get traction in snow when it’s only driving 2 wheels.

I will never understand the whole midlife and cannot have a fun/outlandish racecar mindset. Feels like just giving up your youth to getting old.

They get complete control over Porsche in the deal. When Porsche was attached to VAG, they had shareholders that needed to be appeased.

A tuned Golf R w/DSG is the ultimate street car. In the real world, it’s basically faster than anything you’re going to run into while being pretty useful as a daily driver and very comfortable.

Actual works seems to get done with beat up old F-150s vans.

You see trucks from the 90s around the poorer areas of my town all the time.

Correct.  The only appropriate color for EMS would be Fire Truck Red.

The color is nice and the attachment system sounds useful.

You seem like an interesting character. You’re either a hypocrite who engages in risky behavior because you like to, but thinks, “I’m different because”. Or you’re only into cars because of nostalgia and if you were younger, you’d probably hate cars.