Wheels, especially aluminum wheels are wear items. They have a finite service life.

Go with something that has a TUV approval and you’ll be ok.

Hit a foam man obviously.

That $14k was a made up number. However this vehicle would not pass US crash test regulations.

It also has $6333 USD in Federal Chinese subsidies and other local subsides who’s value I could not track down.

Outside of artificial Gov price reductions this is a ~15k-20k USD car IN CHINA.

Remember this price is with $6,333 in Chinese Fed subsidies plus local subsidies. This is a ~16k to 20k vehicle

Dishonest journalism from Felton pushing a far left agenda piece? I’d never imagine that!

Hahahaha, you forgot the $14,000 federalization charge buddy.

2015 MPG adjusted for utility mix. I don’t think our electric sources have changed all that much since 2015 so It’s still probably valid

You’ve caught on to the big misdirection.

Here in Michigan our power is very dirty. Driving a car that get’s 36 mpg is about the same emissions as driving a Model S. This is ignoring production emissions in both cases, the EV is at a disadvantage here due to all the mining required.

It’s too early for this shit.

Around 6k for a clean one and you both walk away happy.

If you wanted a clean one before they’re craigslist “classics” I’d go for it. If you got it for 5k that’s a real deal, at 6k I’d not be too upset if this is really what you want.

It’s not ridiculous when you are getting a 2.6% rate. You’re better off with the money in the market making 6%.

Take the cheap money if you have to borrow money. 

And this is why we don’t buy FCA products kids.

I hope it has a 1000:1 transfer case...

Dozens of horsepower I tell you!

I’d buy one of these for my child when they turned 16. It’ll get them through college and will keep them from getting (too many) tickets.

I test drove one, it was not awesome but it does car things pretty well.

I’d not say garbage but you need to be a mechanic going on vacation to enjoy them. It’s not something I’d send my geriatric mother off in for a weekend upstate. It’s not even because mine was old and broken, new they had similar issues.

A TDI swap and I’d say you’re golden. After driving a few swaps it’s a much better…

You need to understand that at this price point 250k vs 500k is nearly identical.

It’s exactly like a motorcycle clutch.

Manufacturing costs in Mexico are going up significantly, China’s labor costs are MORE than Mexico’s. This means that unless you’re going to push manufacturing to SE Asia it’s going to come back to US shores in highly automated fashion.

Utility costs in China are also significantly higher than in the US or Mexico.