01-12-2015, 05:58 PM | #1051 | |
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when it's in production, i strongly suspect it will still be oodles more palatable than the BMW i3. and while the styling will be derivative, it's only $30,000. derivative styling for $100,000 is less acceptable, IMHO.
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01-12-2015, 06:15 PM | #1052 |
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I don't see anything wrong with the Bolt's looks. There is only one way for cars with a compact footprint to be spacious, and that is by being tall.
I really liked the i3 in person, tall but lowish CoG, great visibility, RWD, mostly carbon, not a hooligan by any stretch but a decent drive. While it is expensive, you get a lot for your money. It will be interesting to follow it for a year/20k miles at Edmunds that just kicked off a long term test. |
01-12-2015, 06:21 PM | #1053 |
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On a side note, I find Jalopnik highly entertaining and efficient/fast to read. The headlines are click-bait-y, absolutely, but it's done "ironically". Anyway, they are a bunch of guys who love cars and they are trying to keep their heads up in today's sink-or-swim media environment with a good bit of millenial language/attitudes thrown in.
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01-12-2015, 07:19 PM | #1054 | |
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They better fix the production version, because nobody is going to but that ugly thing. How many Ford Cmax's do you see? |
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01-13-2015, 08:30 AM | #1055 | |
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01-13-2015, 04:24 PM | #1056 | |
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The RSS feed that populates the forum here is even worse than Jalopnik proper.
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01-13-2015, 05:03 PM | #1058 | |
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01-14-2015, 05:58 AM | #1059 |
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It appears to reside on the Jalopnik domain.
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01-14-2015, 06:42 AM | #1060 |
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It does. It's "user generated content," meaning Jalopnik gets the clicks but doesn't have to pay for it. Kind of like CNN iReport. There's some editorial control on which Opposite Lock features get promoted to the front page; if this was featured on the main page, then Jalopnik bears some responsibility.
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