How on earth did people manage for 70 years? Every modern sedan I have been in in the last ~10 years has been high enough to easily get in and out of. Unless you are dailying a Miata, I don’t understand how there’s so much issue. 

You (and the people agreeing with your comment are either A) abnormally tall B) driving exceptionally low cars or C) Sold on the hype.

I agree, at least from the perspective of someone who WANTS a wagon. CUV buyers are fools for not seeing that they are basically wagons, but they are too tall and crossover-y to drive how an actual wagon buyer would want.

The outback is the exact worst amount of wagon, though. It’s more wagon than the general populace wants to admit, but not wagon enough to satisfy people who actually want a real wagon. It does not drive like a car, and that is the main thing wagon lovers are looking for. If you are willing to lower it, you may get it…

Oh come on. Have you even seen a modern Volvo, specifically the V60 and V90, or the Buick Tourx? Of all the automotive stigmas that need to die, this is number 1.

THANK F***ING GOD OUR ASTRONAUTS WILL HAVE F***CKING IPADS IN SPACE. Even if they hold them backwards...

Crossovers are no more, and often less, “versatile” than a wagon or minivan. Many popular crossovers are lifted hatchbacks and nothing more, with relatively small cargo areas. A lot of them offer very little or no additional ground clearance vs. their sedan/wagon/hatch counterparts, and even when they do, who cares?…

Hey, I said “well over $30k”!

I understand all that, but look at the comments of the people that I was responding to throughout this blog post. Every one of them said “this would be a great car for me because I drive 10 miles to work”. This car would be awful for those people because their rationale is that they could “Drive for free” to work.

Okay, then you compare it against a car designed for cheap, efficient commuting. How about a prius? You would still have to drive nearly a million miles on free solar energy to offset the cost of this car vs the cost of the car, gas, maintenance, etc. in a prius.

Well I did say “well over $30k”! That just furthers my point! This car is a rolling statement and technological exercise, nothing more.

Where did you get the idea that I thought it could only be charged via solar? Or did you mean to respond to someone else?

Can’t argue with that

You would have to drive over a million miles for the savings in fuel to offset the purchase price, compared to 25mpg at $3.00/gal. There is no use for this car, aside from proof of concept and showing off

YIKES. It’s going to take an ungodly amount of free energy driving to make up for that price.

It doesn’t make sense for someone to buy this and a separate car for long trips. You will never get your money back in fuel savings. And even when people do own multiple cars, the second car is usually the “toy”.

I responded to another comment like this elsewhere saying:

True, but it seems pretty insane to buy a car dedicated to driving you 10-20 miles per day, for what I assume will be well over $30k. Even driving 10 miles each way, working 5 days a week with no days off, getting only 20mpg and will gas at $3.00/gallon, you are only spending like $780 a year on gas. The car is still…

Which is why core functions have no place in a touch screen, anyway. You should not have to look away from the road to change the volume, station, climate controls, etc. Sure, maybe for digging deep into menus a touch screen is fine, but you really shouldn’t be doing that while driving, anyway. 

I can’t get over how bad that new grille looks because of the black plastic within it. At LEAST put them all in one single piece of ugly black plastic, rather than spreading them between 2 up top and whatever is happening on the bottom part of the “grille”.