Agreed, it would be a great DD. For somewhat less money.

This would not be “my” car even at a better price (this was easily the most bloated ‘Stang of the entire run). The price would be okay if it were a collectible, but that’s been compromised in too many ways.

Mixed emotions. This is one of my very favorite cars of all time as a coupe—even the 2+2 was unusually well-executed—but the convertible is awkward af.

Had a Previa for a few years (not a manual, sadly, but one of the high end models with the dual moonroofs and the icemaker). LOVED that little thing.

I’ve always kinda dug this design. And for awhile in the mid-90s I had a gig driving a corporate shuttle that used the Chevy Lumia variant of the “dustbuster”, so I remember how they drive, at least.

Disagree.

I will probably always vote NP for Pacers. My mom owned a ‘76 and that’s what I did about 90% of my early years’ driving in. They were a different design and I still lament that they were never offered with the GM Wankel.

Don’t make perfect the enemy of good. We live in a carbon-based world, and a lot of the work we have to do to fix that is going to require burning carbon fuels until we... don’t have to.

Assuming complete effectiveness, verifiability, and transparency, carbon offsets are essentially a voluntary version of Carbon Tax, and function much the same way.

There’s benefits, though. It’s more space-efficient with the shared footwell and it’s rare that all those seats will be occupied often for most owners.

I think you’re on to something, Tom.

It warms my heart that this is available to buy and drive. If I were insanely wealthy I’d gladly drop a mil on this. And I’d actually take it out and drive it around.

In which case they should have removed the feature BEFORE wholesaling the car. I wouldn’t begrudge them that, or wanting to charge a new customer for the feature provided it wasn’t on the car when they wholesaled it.

The other way to look at it: with the awning/tent option you can pick out your own cooking/kitchen gear and not have to worry about an expensive vehicle repair if a built-in one breaks.

I have a 2015 Frontier, and am strangely intrigued by this. Especially with nice amenities like push-button start. If this includes new infotainment as well I’d be... interested.

Lack of range, period. And it’s a shame, but I get it.

Depends. You wouldn’t have it generating power while cruising (it adds drag and the RVs powertrain just has to work harder.

In a way, the heavier the vehicle the more benefit from electromotion. The instant torque gets them moving easier, and the extra momentum gives the regen braking that much more energy to recapture.

The geeky romantic in me would love to see Saturn rebooted like this, but trust me, Hummer will raise more interest.

Batteries will be recycled. That will need to be a thing. But in the near term the strong likelihood is that batteries that are no longer suited for auto use (say, have lost 40% of their original capacity) can still be suited to stationary application like home backup.