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I really wish car companies would actually release production models that looked like the concept models. These look so goddamn cool.

I don’t need to see out the back if I’m staring into the future!

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No you don’t. They look cool and get you thinking you want them. However if you ever had to live with them instead of just looking you would quickly discover some of those cool looking things make for very annoying compromises and so you wouldn’t want them.

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“hi, dealership, I’m looking for a car that looks like an oversized Amazon package and rides like I’m in a trashcan being kicked by a mule. You say you have plenty of jeeps available? Perfect.”

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I rented a jeep (Cherokee?) for the first time recently. Literally a worse driving experience than my old 2000 Mitsubishi Galant. Which was the worst ever, prior to the jeep.

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lol, my first car was a Jeep. Fun car.

never bought another one, though.

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I also think they’re cool. I also wouldn’t own one because of how incredibly out of place they look.

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Chrysler used to do that. Did you ever put your money where your mouth is and buy a P.T. Cruiser, Prowler, or Crossfire?

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I really wanted a crossfire, but couldn’t afford one at the time

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Hell yeah, I owned a PT for about a year, that car was fun to drive. Never been able to hold the gas pedal to the floor for as long in any other car!

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Never been able to hold the gas pedal to the floor for as long in any other car!

LOL, I see what you did there.

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Fiat 500, my friend.

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If in was in my 50’s having a raging midlife crisis, I would totally get a prowler

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Tron: Legacy soundtrack comes preloaded

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hans zimmer actually made a soundpack for some BMW models, imagine having hiroyuki sawano make one for their cars.

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Daft Punk for the Honda Tron Remix 2.0 album or gtfo

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How wonderful that would be

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That wss Louis Armstrong

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No real specs are being released, but Honda says these future EVs will be both partially and fully autonomous, depending on the configuration.

Doubt

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Does cruise control and lane assist count as “partially autonomous”?

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They’ll say anything buzzwordy to hype investors

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Fully Autonomous is nowhere near ready

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Just make a regular looking car that happens to be EV. I don’t know why manufacturers have to make the dumbest looking vehicles for their EV cars.

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Styles are changing, I guess they’re focus grouping it and people want cars from blade runner. No longer requiring a radiator or exhaust has actually produced some interesting designs.

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No longer requiring a radiator or exhaust has actually produced some interesting designs.

I would rather just have more storage. I think lucid did it right for EV design, same with Rivian. Seems like the legacy car manufacturers always make a goofy design. The lucid air for example is a foot shorter than the S class but has more space.

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Practical EVs exist too. It’s an open market so there will be something for everyone I’m sure. If you really hate EV design you can buy the conversion kits for a classic.

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Lots of visibility with such a small front end, but it’ll make head-on collisions scarier, also, imo. Looks aerodynamic, too. I’d have no issue rocking this for my daily.

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Money would be the issue for me.

Just give me a standard car with an electric engine.

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Depending on your commute, a used Nissan Leaf will get you back and forth for 5k to 10k. If you have a long commute, used Model S can be had as low as 20k, but it comes with some negative connotations.

If you don’t necessarily want to plug in and efficiency is good enough, old reliable Priuses are getting pretty cheap.

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I wouldn’t worry about it too much, the concept cars always look sleek and then the manufacturers poop out something that looks way more standard. See: the Chevy Volt.

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I’m with you on this. I feel like manufacturers still feel like people are wanting to make a statement by making EVs look like their suited for spaceflight. I’d rather have near similar looking models to what we’ve already got with the combustion engine, with aerodynamic considerations for efficiency baked in.

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Marginally nicer looking than the cybertruck. I would steal this in GTA if I played GTA and it was a car in the game

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