It won the Top Gear Car of the Year 2000. It was also voted Top Gear Magazine's Family Car of the Year for four years in a row, from 2001 to 2004. It seats six in two rows. They had one variant that ran on propane. 12 year production run in Europe. Another 5 years in China. 343,000 sold. It was extremely space and fuel efficient, because of the design for aero.
you want stupid and bizarre looking...
I rented one in Italy for a vacation. Loved it. Seats 6 but still can be parked in European cities, great fuel economy, and no blind spots. Two rows of 3 bucket seats.
The pity Cruiser.
Prowler = Boomer car for Pep Boys car meets.
They did that. Ended up with a 10,000 lb turd.
EVs are now mostly skateboard designs, they can drop another body style on and off quickly.
The Ioniq 6 is hideous.
Inspired by a computer mouse. IoniQ5 has a waiting list.
If only Americans applied this level of critical thought to every pickup truck they love to buy.
Still shocking he never hired a designer
Cyber truck designer was Franz von Holzhausen.
It was all fueled by a law firm, who picked out Ford because they had the most cash at the time.
Same thing with AUDI "sudden acceleration".
then again with Toyota "sudden acceleration" , but Toyota had black boxes that proved the car's accelerators were being pressed. Since then, every car company tracks data to prevent lawsuits.
You know what jacked Bronco sales in the 90s? OJ Simpson car chase. American consumers are idiots.
For as long as I live I’ll never understand how people could see that unveiling where the doofuses on stage hurl a big metal ball at the “bulletproof” glass and watch it crack during the live demo, and still think “Yeah I’ll pre-order one of those”.
Bulletproof glass is actually illegal by US safety standards. In fact, the side windows have to be easy to break by EMTs for emergency extraction.
Musk's engineers knew this, but were too afraid to tell him before the demo.
LOL. US safety standards are voluntary and almost non existent for trucks.