Initially, I liked the idea of new cars with retro-styling because I'm old enough to remember seeing the originals as a kid. But it has gotten to become so ubiquitous, cliched and hackneyed that it now just smells like a lack of design creativity. And now we get new-and-improved refreshed retro-styling for the original retro-styled cars that were copies the original originals. For me, it's become a snoozefest.
And 315 hp from a 4.6 liter V8? Now THAT'S retro!!
But, hey, last year's Hemi belched out 335 hp from 5.7 liters, or just under 60hp/liter, and that had people gooing in their pants.
Some people are easily impressed, I guess.
W ConradI'd gladly get an EV, but I can't even afford anything close to a new car right now. No doubt if EV's get more affordable more people will be buying them. It is a shame so many are stuck in their old ways with ICE vehicles. I realize EV's still have some use cases that don't work, but for many people they would work just fine with a slightly altered mindset.
Master BaiterThere are plenty of affordable EVs--in China where they make all the batteries. Tesla is the only auto maker with a reasonably coherent strategy involving manufacturing their own cells in the United States. Tesla's problem now is I think they've run out of customers willing to put up with their goofy ergonomics to have a nice drive train.
CprescottDoesn't any better in red than it did in white. Looks like an even uglier Honduh Civic 2 door with a hideous front end (and that is saying something about a Honduh).
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I think it's great, but I can't imagine buying this knowing an updated drivetrain is in the pipe for next year.
Initially, I liked the idea of new cars with retro-styling because I'm old enough to remember seeing the originals as a kid. But it has gotten to become so ubiquitous, cliched and hackneyed that it now just smells like a lack of design creativity. And now we get new-and-improved refreshed retro-styling for the original retro-styled cars that were copies the original originals. For me, it's become a snoozefest. And 315 hp from a 4.6 liter V8? Now THAT'S retro!! But, hey, last year's Hemi belched out 335 hp from 5.7 liters, or just under 60hp/liter, and that had people gooing in their pants. Some people are easily impressed, I guess.