It was something to do with a regulation about the roof height over the back seats. There’s some minimum headroom requirement that the CRZ didn't meet.

As someone who’s actively shopping something like this right now, I agree with you. The wagon sounded good in theory, until I really started comparing things. You can get a CUV with the same or better cargo space and very similar fuel economy for the same money. And because CUVs sell in much higher numbers and there’s…

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That might work, or at least be worth setting up a trial. I’m curious to see what sort of power you could generate, how close to the cars they would need to be mounted, variables like wind from a truck vs. a prius, etc.

Do you mean to catch the wind generated by passing cars?

Frankly the thing I would be most excited about is USB-C. I’m looking to make the jump back to iPhone after using Samsungs for the past 4-5 years, and it’d be nice to use all these cables I already have for my current phone.

My guess? The market for big coupes is pretty tiny these days, and those that want a 100k cruiser instead of an SUV don’t think of Lexus as their first choice. BMW now has the 8 series out, and I bet that ends up taking the majority of this niche market. It’s a shame because this thing looks fantastic.

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Fair point, but they’re both wagons so I imagine the ratio of volume to surface area is going to be the same for both. Neither of these are stubby SUVs with useless ceiling height.

That’s a good point. So it’s actually even less useful than it appears on paper.

That cargo volume is pretty sad for a longroof. Granted it’s technically a size up from this, but the Buick TourX has 33 cubic feet behind the seats, and a vast 74 with the seats folded. It makes this Volvo look tiny with 23/51.

I mean, they don’t have to if they don’t do any business in the US. However if they want to do business here then they have to abide by our laws, simple as that. Other countries do the same thing, it just hurts more when the US does it because it’s such a big market for companies to miss out on, and doubly so if it…

I was just there last week, on one of the last tours to the top before everything closed this week for construction. While it’s hard to get a great idea of their concerns as an outsider, everything we heard about the project did seem like the TMT people were doing a lot to address the protestors concerns. As this…

A regal will likely be my next car, but I’m torn on whether to get the wagon. The fastback still has a pretty large cargo area and that hatch makes the shape practical, but the wagon just has so much more.

Why did that strategy go away anyway? Seems like tastes in the US and Europe are even closer now, with the latter moving away from diesel and jumping on the SUV bandwagon.

Does it concern anyone else that the Defender will have a full digital cluster? I mean isn’t this supposed to be on the opposite end of the Range Rover on the luxury scale?

Exactly. I’m not sure if I’m ready for a full EV yet as they are now (though I probably could make it work). A PHEV just seems like a good stepping stone for most people until the EV tech is more mature.

I totally forgot about the Panamera, that’s a really good example. I think I saw the price tag and just moved on. Something like that would be just about perfect though, it’s just outside any rational budget for me.

That idea was ahead of it’s time, but I think it would be interesting to see someone try again. Since then we’ve had the P1, 918, etc. show the way. I’m surprised no one’s tried that formula yet in something more attainable.