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Abandoned History: The Navistar EStar, a Very Troubled Electric Van

The plain white van you see here is the subject of our second edition of Abandoned History. Though it was produced and sold domestically as eStar by Navistar, it was actually developed in England years prior. In fact, the story of this electric van begins with the traditional black London taxi.

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  • Bd2 This is a close copycat of the Hyundai Pony Coupe designed Geegario back in in 1979, the most influential sportscar wedge of all time. I'm having a wedge salad, btw.
  • 3-On-The-Tree It does have that blacked out police vibe to it. Not a HK or Heckler and Koch fan but I do like the way it looks. I drove M1151 up armored Humvees in Mosul Iraq and this Kia looks more tactical than our vehicles.
  • Dwford Are tariffs the right answer? Yes. You can't have free trade between a high wage country and a low wage country. Jobs will naturally flow towards the low wage country, as we have seen for the last 40 years. We have voluntarily handed China its economic strength. Time to moderate that.
  • 3-On-The-Tree The trim level of the vehicle may have a lot to do with the amount of controls that run through the screen. My 2021 Tundra SR5 Crewmax hvac only has separate controls and knobs which is the way I like it. On mine the screen only sets the radio options and map, vehicle alerts maintenance etc. I prefer No screen.
  • Bd2 That's "Anal" posting these nonsense comments here, just ignore them.