I agree with you. Customers need more options that plug in, but there aren’t many today. 3/25 is not a winning record.

I agree. I would be curious to see who is living in those RVs along El Camino and what led them there (and then what can be done about it).

So we should all live in plywood huts with a corrugated metal roof? When are we going to break the cycle of “cheap up front but expensive to operate and maintain?” Some of the requirements are quite inexpensive, like making sure there is a 240V circuit in the garage and panel space for a future EV charging station. If…

Funny how discussion like this often miss the first point: do EVs exist in the shapes and sizes that we Americans love? Of the top 25 best-selling cars in the U.S., only three have a plug-in version: the RAV4, the Wrangler, and the Escape. The Grand Cherokee PHEV is coming as is Lightning in Spring 2022. 

I’d buy it, and swap the drivetrain (engine, transmission, transfer case, and axles) in a Jeep Willys Wagon. And before the pitchforks come out, that’s where the engine originated.

Luxury is outward visibility - thin pillars and low beltlines.

So how do they adjust the selling price as the features get removed one-by-one?

Lion has been around a while. When I visited them, they were brutally honest about what they could do, what they couldn’t do, where they were going, and why.

I love old Willys, but that FC might need some significant work just to get it structurally sound.

This is awesome. I look forward to this future... way better than letting the classics rust into the ground.

A previous owner of my ‘66 Gladiator swapped out the pie plates for driving lights:

Not sure, but Willys didn’t win the trademark battle for the word “Jeep” until 1950. Maybe this is why they added these brass ‘Jeep’ badges on the lowe cowl just for a few months in mid-1950:

This is awesome, but why didn’t Honda follow the existing swappable scooter batteries?

True, but there also is the missed opportunity of getting a customer for life (lifetime value of a customer)... move from a Civic to a CRV to a Pilot to an MDX to a ???

Japan is also one of the leading countries in aging out.

So much this.

That back seat. The room. The upholstery. The styling. The outward visibility.

I don’t get why we can’t sleep on the ground. With a decent mattress, it’s not bad. Plus you can see the stars. I know it’s not cool, but this whole overlanding thing seems absurd.

It’s funny. Toyota of America has done so much good over time. This, however, comes across as 100% being shoved across the pond.  It’s ugly inside and out, and WTF is up with the marketing, starting with the name?

This.