The VAG systems are actually pretty decent. The only thing I’m concerned about is moving the climate controls onto it. It looks like there are some physical buttons below the screen, but real buttons for climate are what’s really needed.

The interior isn’t too far off from the new Tarraco SUV.

That too. You’re less likely go have problems with a blank button than whatever is supposed to go there!

European Teslas have always come with a connector equivalent to the Type 2 connector, which is what most European electric cars charge with at lower speed chargers (home chargers, work chargers, etc).

I think that it does kind of make sense. The ‘Launch Edition’ will be fully loaded. All those options are normally just profit for the manufacturer, but people still buy them (myself included). The fully kitted out ‘Launch Edition’ will probably not actually cost much more to produce than a more basic spec one, but…

<raises hand>

This seems to be something the Mk.7 platform brought in, on cars with regular cruise and with adaptive. Older VAG products will cancel cruise when you depress the clutch. 

Well, I’m pretty certain that the system kills fuel to the engine too.

Yup. At least, I presume it does. It’s only full-on triggered on me once in the 2.5 years I’ve had the car, when some moron pulled out infront of me without looking, but I was immediately onto the brake and the clutch so it didn’t stall.

I have a 2016 Skoda Fabia with a manual gearbox and AEB (what VW Group call ‘Front Assist’). It has a radar sensor down in the lower front grille- the same unit as used for adaptive cruise. If it activates and the clutch is engaged, then the car will just stall. 

The car just stalls. 

My Skoda Fabia has AEB and a manual transmission. My next car, a Seat Ibiza, will have AEB and adaptive cruise control, yet still have a manual transmission.

What’s particularly frustrating with the Acela is that it’s purely the lack of track upgrades that are slowing it down. The train is capable of 150 mph, but only runs at that speed for short sections of the route. Here in the UK, for a similar distance as NY-Boston, likewise running on congested and old routes, the…

They used to be a kind of semi-premium brand, but now are pricing themselves more in line with the likes of the German manufacturers. A friend has a previous-gen XC60 R-Design, and he said that he wouldn’t be able to afford a new one. 

They have a use- especially today in the world of CCTV and dashcams, although of course they need to be legible. They’re often left behind in hit-and-runs, too. But many US/Canadian plates aren’t legible when on a slightly blurry video still. European plates typically use larger lettering, which helps, and I prefer…

Can’t you factory order a regular V60 though? Without the cladding etc?

The pre-conditioning is an important factor here. Was that taken into account in this study? If the car is a nice comfortable temperature when you get in, then a lot of the heat sink effect that the car’s interior causes is wiped out, which wouldn’t be the case if the car was working from cold and having to heat the…

I think option two is most likely. Also, how much of the time are you foot-to-the-floor anyway? I think that this will be a bit like the ‘overboost’ feature some turbocharged cars have. Peak at 1,400kW, continuous at 800kW or something like that. 

What, like this?

That is very definitely the wrong engine for the Polo. It’s a great car when not in poverty-spec with the 65PS engine, which I think is only there for cheap insurance.