Comparing EPA ranges is all good and well, but there needs to be a giant caveat in that comparison because it seems that the Germans are fairly conservative in engineering their electric vehicles, so they tend to get decently close, and perhaps even beat, their rated ranges. Meanwhile, Tesla seems to be one of the…

Yeah, if the Rabbit were 25% more expensive it’d be impressive, like a Civic beating a 3-series. But I don’t think that was the case.

To be fair, they had simply rebadged a Japanese-engineered car, so the near-victory really belongs to Isuzu. It’s very impressive for Isuzu, which we now hardly see making passenger cars. GM just cheated off their test and managed to keep making “also ran” compacts to this day.

Actually, I think the 2nd place in a test they paid for was a smart idea for the time.

Its a bold thing to admit to your non-first place status. It only works if you are the underdog though.

It points at the ground. Fairly uselessly.

If it helps, here it is near a Toyota Sports 800 and a Skoda 110MB

The Plaid is the first car ever that can accelerate better than it can brake

You are talking out of your ass. You’re just making stuff up.

Assuming the owner had track insurance. Otherwise they could be in for a rude awakening when the insurance company reminds them of some of the exclusions in the policy.

There’s a family down the street from me that just moved here (Pennsylvania) from California. Giant Trump flag in the pickup, but it still has California plates months after moving because they don’t really believe in following the law.

What you have to understand about Conservatism is at its core, it is about preserving an in-group protected by the law but not bound by it, and an out-group bound by the law but not protected by it.

We have here the crossing of 3 things

Rolling coal when a person is in the vicinity and when the individual rolling coal intentionally or knowingly causes that excess exhaust to contact that bystander is AT A MINIMUM an assault. They are causing their vehicle to “spit” on a living, breathing, human being that is worthy of dignity and not having his or her…

I bet my left nut that his parents make voting choices based on “law and order” and who’s “tough on crime”.

“massive”

Exactly. Most people don’t drive numbers, they drive the inside of the vehicle. The BMW appears to be at least 2-3 steps higher in quality and design, and probably has a few extra that Tesla hasn’t bothered with, like turn signal and windshield wiper stalks, a steering wheel which is a complete circle-ish thing, and…

It seems like more than a run for the money- while the Tesla is “faster,” the iX seems to be a much better place to be stuck for a day. In the end, that’s what it all comes down to- which one do you want to be stuck in for your commute or for long drives? Both look silly- the Tesla like something from woody allen’s…

Thank you for sharing this interesting information. My dad and I used to work on Type 4s, specifically the wagons. I think he got bored with the automatic and moved a manual from a two door type 412 to his personal 412. The kids at school would make fun of that car but I loved listening to the shifting of the gears.…

Lets see. Its supposed to be a Torch article. So obscure car? Check. Taillights involved? Check. Possible obscure version of said obscure car? Check. VW? Check. Ladies and Gentlemen, we've hit full Torchlopnik again! Bust out the champagne!