• gregorum@lemm.ee
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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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            Jeeps, man. If you’re looking for a comfortable, reliable, fuel efficient vehicle, you’d go elsewhere. But if you want the front windshield to fold down, and for it to perform better off-road than on-road, they got a box on wheels that’s perfect for you.

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              But if you want the front windshield to fold down

              If people actually wanted that, Jeep wouldn’t keep making it more complicated and awkward to do with each new generation.

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                Yeah, you right haha. Ever since the JK I think it’s been theoretically possible, with effort, and you’ll have water ingress issues permanently.

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              Neighbor got a jeep. I was shocked to learn it gets 15-17 miles per gallon. I get that it is an SUV, but there are SUVs with more utility that get better gas mileage.

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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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        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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    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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    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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      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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          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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    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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    Don’t worry, folks. Most of the time, concept cars exist solely to look interesting and get people talking, especially when it’s from a major manufacturer. I’m sure the production model will be much more boring appealing to the masses.

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      I dunno. If there is a culture that I think has innovated great ideas into reality it’s the Japanese car companies. They took what we wanted in the 80s and made it happen. Then kept doing it.

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    I really hope that back end is the charging port and you get to park you car like one of those toy cars that you you ‘charge’ up and fire across the room.

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    Ever notice how all the new selling points for cars are all things to avoid the experience of driving a car:

    -self driving (because why would you want to drive a car)

    -giant screens (because why would you want to look at all the shitty strip malls)

    -tinted windows (because you wouldn’t want to be seen driving this piece of shit)

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      That’s all that cars have become. It’s great for anyone who doesn’t like driving, it sucks for anyone who enjoys it

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      -self driving (because why would you want to drive a car)

      Don’t use it/pay for self driving option

      -giant screens (because why would you want to look at all the shitty strip malls)

      People have been putting screens in cars for a very long time.

      -tinted windows (because you wouldn’t want to be seen driving this piece of shit)

      People have been tinting windows for a very long time

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    The low, sloping shape gives it a sporty feel that cribs from Honda’s Formula 1 experience.

    So the car will be terrible for several years, then they’ll bring out a model that’s amazing with sales going through the roof, and then they’ll immediately pull out of the market.

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    Continuing the trend of completely butchering the rear end of the vehicle as is the case with many other modern cars aswell.

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      Seems they looked at nature for inspiration and baboon rear-ends were their take-away.

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        Oh yeah, when you see a lady driving one of these things around, you’ll know she’s in heat with her swollen red rear-end. boom-chica-wowow

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    Someone at Honda looked at the failure that is the Cybertruck and was like “Huh… not bad”

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      The difference here is that the car in the picture is a concept car, which very very rarely ever makes it to production as is. The Cybertruck is the exception to that rule…

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    Why do these concept vehicles always have to look this dumb and impractical? Why can’t we get EU sized personal electric vehicles? Think Fiat 500 or the Renault Twingo?

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        Also because of the way emissions standards are enforced in the US, SUVs and trucks are held to lower emissions standards making them more profitable. They receive the heaviest marketing and therefore sell the most.

        Holy fuck, do I love capitalism.